Powerful portraits abound in the exhibition Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton, a survey of paintings that includes the artist’s friends and personal heroes from the worlds of art, music, fashion, and politics.
Story Time: I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont, Illustrated by David Catrow
10:30 am
Listen to a tale of paint gone wild as a little boy unsuccessfully tries to curtail his creative curiosities.
Art-making for the Entire Family: Profile in Paint
10 am – 3 pm
Using an overhead projector, oil pastels, and watercolor paints, transform your own profile into a wash of colorful brushstrokes.
Art-making for the Entire Family: 4-Part Portrait
10 am – 3 pm
Combine different media to make images about things you like to do, your favorite season, your family, and your hopes for the future. Led by artist-instructor Melinda McCannell-Unger.
Film: Because You’re Gorgeous by Brent Dawes
10 am – 3 pm
Watch how one warthog’s vanity gets the better of him in this animated short. 2007, DVD, 5 minutes.
Gallery Activity: Famous Faces
10 am – 3 pm
Take a trip through the exhibition Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton with a gallery activity sheet filled with drawing, writing, and seek and find activities related to the artists’ paintings.
Family Photobooth: Caught in Color
11 am – 2 pm
Get your family photo taken in front of a colorful backdrop then see it online on the Walker’s Flickr account.
Film: Identity Shorts
11 am – 3pm
These witty films prove that being yourself is a journey, not a destination.
No Bikini by Claudia Morgado Escanilla
A 7-year-old girl discovers the freedom that comes with not wearing a bikini. 2007, DVD, 9 minutes.
Hair We Are by Daniella Blechner
Two young Afro-Caribbean girls discuss how hair is a form of self-expression. 2007, DVD, 6 minutes.
Performance: What I Want to Be When I Grow Up!
11 am and 1 pm
Follow the incredible acrobatic adventures of a would-be superhero, a professional bowler, and a lasso-slinging cowboy in this one-person show starring David Harris. Presented by Dreamland Arts.
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