Family Saturday: Face to Face

Event details

April 29, 2023, 2 PM

Location: Whitman Classroom

This event is free and open to the public

Suitable for children age 5 and older, accompanied by their adult companions. No registration required; supplies provided on a first-come, first-served basis

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A colorfully painted frame surrounds a photograph of a person leaning on one elbow with chin in hand against a pink background. Their face is painted and adorned with jewelry; they wear colorful garments and jewelry. A headdress of braided hair forms the shape of a crown.

Martine Gutierrez, Demons, Chin ‘Demon of Lust,’ p93 from Indigenous Woman, 2018, chromogenic print mounted on Sintra, hand-painted artist frame, 43 ⅝ x 31 ⅝ inches, Tang Teaching Museum collection, purchase, 2019.29.1

Join us Saturday, April 29, at 2 pm, for Family Saturday: Face to Face. After learning about the exhibition Face to Face from the student curators in Associate Professor and Chair of Art History Saleema Waraich’s course “AH 325 (De)colonizing the Museum: Addressing Systemic Racism and Promoting Social Justice,” participants will be invited to create their own mixed-media portraits in response to Martine Gutierrez’s Demons, Chin ‘Demon of Lust,’ p93 from Indigenous Woman.

Student Presenters:
Adrian Antonioli ’25
Eloise Dreesen ’25
Sasha Fishstein ’23
Kimberly Fragola ’23
Chiara Garcia-Ugarte ’25
Jae Hymer ’25
Eleanor Marks ’25
Mey Pugh ’24
Paul Seggev ’23
Mia Townsend ’24
Natalie Viebrock ’23
Augusta Williamson ’25

Family Saturday programs foster multigenerational creative cooperation through looking at artwork, discussing it, and engaging in a hands-on art-making activity. Programs run from 2-3:30 pm and include a tour of selected works. All programs are free and open to the public, and suitable for children age 5 and older, accompanied by their adult companions. No registration required; supplies provided on a first-come, first-served basis.