[MONTEREY, CA] In its 50th Anniversary year, the Monterey Museum of Art is indeed “honoring a rich legacy and creating a bold future.” Two signature exhibitions are now on view to excite art lovers and Museum fans and the MMA is expanding its reach to new audiences by including family gallery activities to enhance the Museum experience for children. The Tour in a Tote, upcoming Discovery Spots and the new Museum mascot, Artie the Octopus, help children discover art in creative new ways.
Museum visitors can now check out a Tour in a Tote filled with five fun activities to explore Made in Monterey at no additional charge when they purchase regular admission at MMA Pacific Street. The activities include an art activity to complete in the Museum using an artist’s tool box, interactive opportunities to discover how paintings are made, tools to see photographs in new and delightful ways and activities and ideas for making art at home. Over the course of the exhibition, additional tours will be released for Tour in a Tote, expanding the variety of experiences for return visitors.
Beginning Saturday, May 16, visitors can explore Discovery Spots throughout the Made in Monterey exhibition at MMA Pacific Street. They can participate with any or all of the elements including a scavenger hunt, gallery map, doodle station, reading nook, listening station and photographer’s corner. The Discovery Spots are sure to delight children of all ages and encourage them to explore art in new interactive ways. On Saturday, May 16, there will also be a family art activity from 12 noon to 3pm.
In honor of the Museum’s 50th Anniversary, MMA is offering specially priced $50 Family Memberships, which represents a $10 savings off the regular price. Available May through September, families will receive free admission, laminated Junior Membership cards with the image of Artie the Octopus for each child and monthly family activities e-mailed to their home.
Sure to be a hit with children, the enchanting exhibition Over Rainbows and Down Rabbit Holes: The Art of Children’s Books will be on view Saturday, July 11through Sunday, September 13, 2009 at MMA La Mirada. Over Rainbows and Down Rabbit Holes: The Art of Children’s Books is a delightful presentation featuring approximately seventy original illustrations from well-known children’s books. The exhibition is drawn from the outstanding collection of picture book art assembled by Zora and Les Charles and was organized by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in collaboration with The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Now on view through June 21, 2009 at MMA La Mirada is 50/fifty: 50 Gifts for the Next Fifty Years, an exhibition of gifts to the Museum’s permanent collection in honor of the Museum’s 50th Anniversary. A family gallery guide accompanies the exhibition. Now on view through October 25, 2009 at MMA Pacific Street is Made in Monterey, a sweeping exhibition of the most beloved and important works from the permanent collection celebrating the painting, photography and contemporary art of California.
For more information, please call 831.372.5477 or visit the Monterey Museum of Art website at www.montereyart.org, where you can also sign up for the weekly electronic newsletter.
FAMILY ACTIVITIES AT THE MONTEREY MUSEUM OF ART
May 1–September 13, 2009
MAY
Ongoing
Tour in a Tote for Made in Monterey at MMA Pacific Street
Family Gallery Guide for 50/fifty at MMA La Mirada
Free with regular Museum admission
5/1-9/30
Specially priced $50 Family Memberships in honor of the Museum’s 50th Anniversary, representing a $10 savings off the regular rate. Available May through September, families will receive laminated Junior Membership with the image of Artie the Octopus for each child, and monthly family activities e-mailed to their home.
5/16
First Day of Discovery Spots family gallery activities at MMA Pacific Street
Art activity for children
12 noon-3 pm
Free with Museum admission.
JUNE
Ongoing
Tour in a Tote and Discovery Spots for Made in Monterey at MMA Pacific Street
Family Gallery Guide for 50/fifty at MMA La Mirada
Free with Museum admission
6/20
Watercolor Art Class for children and parents at MMA Pacific Street
12 noon-2 pm
Free with Museum admission
JULY
Ongoing
Tour in a Tote and Discovery Spots for Made in Monterey at MMA Pacific Street
Self-guided Family Gallery and Garden Tours for Over Rainbows and Down Rabbit Holes: The Art of Children’s Books at MMA La Mirada
Free with Museum admission
7/10
Over Rainbows and Down Rabbit Holes: The Art of Children’s Books
Exhibition Preview at MMA La Mirada
6 pm-8 pm
Free for MMA Members and children under twelve, $10 general admission
7/11
Over Rainbows and Down Rabbit Holes: The Art of Children’s Books
Storyteller at MMA La Mirada
2 pm
Free with Museum admission
7/18, 25
Story Time for Over Rainbows and Down Rabbit Holes: The Art of Children’s Books at MMA La Mirada
2 pm
Free with Museum admission
AUGUST
Ongoing
Tour in a Tote and Discovery Spots for Made in Monterey at MMA Pacific Street
Self-guided Family Gallery and Garden Tours for Over Rainbows Down Rabbit Holes: The Art of Children’s Books at MMA La Mirada
Free with Museum admission
8/1
Community Day for Over Rainbows Down Rabbit Holes: The Art of Children’s Books at MMA La Mirada
Storybook Making Art Activity
12 noon-3 pm
Free for Monterey County Residents and Visitors
8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29
Story Time for Over Rainbows and Down Rabbit Holes: The Art of Children’s Books at MMA La Mirada
2 pm
Free with Museum admission
SEPTEMBER
Ongoing
Tour in a Tote and Discovery Spots for Made in Monterey at MMA Pacific Street
Self-guided Family Gallery and Garden Tours for Over Rainbows and Down Rabbit Holes: The Art of Children’s Books at MMA La Mirada
Free with regular Museum admission
9/5, 9/12
Story Time for Over Rainbows and Down Rabbit Holes: The Art of Children’s
Books at MMA La Mirada
2 pm
Free with regular Museum admission
9/13
National Grandparents Day and Last Day of Over Rainbows and Down Rabbit Holes: The Art of Children’s Books at MMA La Mirada
1 pm-4 pm
Free admission for Grandparents accompanied by their grandchildren
The Monterey Museum of Art has two locations: MMA Pacific Street at 559 Pacific Street and MMA La Mirada at 720 Via Mirada, Monterey, CA, 93940. The Museum is open Wednesday-Saturday, 11 am-5 pm and Sunday 1 pm-4 pm. Admission: $5 general, $2.50 student and military with I.D., Free to Museum Members, children under twelve, NARM and AAM Members. For more information, please visit www.montereyart.org or call 831.372.5477.
Foundation support for Over Rainbow and Down Rabbit Holes: The Art of Children’s Books is provided by the James Irvine Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation, and the Marjorie McNeely Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County. Sponsored by CTB/McGraw-Hill, Mr. and Mrs. David Elliott, Susan and Bill Montgomery. Media Sponsor: Monterey County Weekly. The Monterey Museum of Art is proud to be collaborating with the School and Public Librarians Association of the Monterey Bay Area, a committee of the Monterey Bay Area Cooperative Library System. This collaboration includes free admission to any library card holder in the Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties.
Made in Monterey is supported in part by a grant in memory of Louise Bougie Beland from the John H. Marble Endowment Fund administered by the Community Foundation for Monterey County, the James Irvine Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Stephen Bechtel Fund. Sponsored by Rita and Shelby Steele, Alvarez Technology Group, Inc., Jane Dart, First National Bank of Central California, Dr. Darnell M. Whitt II, Pam and John Wilkinson, Mary Cary and Gary Coughlan, Gail and Jim Griggs, William E. Heyler, Carole and Andy Hunter, Jane Dart Tucker, Patricia Work, Jim Lauderdale and Kevin Philips and Nanci Markey. Community Day is sponsored by a grant from the City of Monterey Cultural Arts Commission. Media sponsorship provided by Monterey County Weekly.
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