FREE ARTS! FAMILY DAY
Enjoy free admission from noon to 4 pm on the third Sunday of every month! Each monthly Free Arts! Family Days explores a new theme through a S.T.E.A.M. (science, technology, engineering, art and math) lens, giving families time to interact and create something inspired by that month’s topic. All activities are designed to be accessible for young visitors while also engaging the young at heart. Free Arts! Family Days use each monthly focus to encourage creativity and collaboration among families and friends.
We hope to see you there!
June Theme: Collaborative Zine-Making
with Exile Arts
Guest Artist: Edny Jean Joseph
Sunday, June 19, 2022
Gallery Open: Noon - 4 pm
Learn to express yourself in new and unique ways through the cool and crafty process of zine-making in a collaborative workshop with guest artist Edny Jean Joseph from EXILE Books! Zines are self-made publications made of found texts and images. This workshop is an explorative space where visitors can contribute their own creative expressions. At the end of the exhibition, EXILE will print these materials to create a free community zine!
In addition, we will premiere Joseph’s new free zine in the EXILE Zine Machine newspaper box which will be featured in the exhibition. Come get your zine before they are gone!
About the Artist:
Edny Jean Joseph is a Haitian American artist and designer born and raised in Miami. After graduating from Miami Edison Senior High School, he worked with artist Amanda Keeley at EXILE Books, helping to organize their nomadic Miami Zine Fair. He briefly attended New World School of the Arts, but left to create artwork outside of an academic setting.
Future Free Arts!
Family Days
July Theme: Bookmarks Abound
With guest artist
Ingrid Schindall of IS Projects
Sunday, July 17, 2022
Noon - 4 pm
August Theme: Zany Zines
With guest artist
Russell Maycumber
Sunday, July 17, 2022
Noon - 4 pm
Exhibition On View:
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
May Theme: Foiled Again!
Sunday, May 15, 2022
Gallery Open: Noon - 4 pm
On Sunday, May 15, as we honored the work of Swiss sculptor, Alberto Giacometti. Using aluminum foil, artists of all ages will leave with their own sculpture that combines the anatomy of the human body and engineering.
April Theme: Earth Day Eco-Journal
Saturday, April 16, 2022*
Gallery Open: Noon - 4 pm
Create your own field guide notebook to document your creative nature discoveries in honor of Earth Day on Friday, April 22, 2022.
March Theme: Modeling the Reef with C[H]ORAL STORIES
Guest Artist Beatriz Chachamovits
Sunday, March 20, 2022
Join C(h)oral Stories exhibiting artist Beatriz Chachamovits for the Free Arts! Family Day activity “Modeling the Reef”. Visitors will learn about our underwater ecosystems through an interactive marine ecology lesson followed by a coral sculpting workshop led by the artist on how to craft their own ceramic coral sculptures. Visitors will create their own clay corals through hand-building and mold-making clay forms. This STEAM-based project encourages education on coral reefs, community activitism and engagement, and creativity for all ages.
About Beatriz Chachamovits
Beatriz Chachamovits is a Brazilian artist, ocean activist, and cultural producer from São Paulo. Her multi-media work highlights the decline of the coral reef ecosystems and the human effects on ocean conservancy. Like the reef itself, her work uses several underlying structures – interdependence, diversity, and scale – to organize collective empathy. Her work has been shown in multiple art institutions, museums, and galleries in Brazil. Chachamovits is currently a resident at the Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami.
February Theme: Chromatic Fantastic!
Sunday, February 20, 2022
Gallery Open: noon - 4 pm
Join us this Black History Month at the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood for our Chromatic Fantastic activity! Celebrate the life and brilliant artwork of the late African American artist, Alma Thomas. At February’s Free Arts Family Day, you can make your own colorful masterpieces mimicking Alma Thomas’ famous “Alma stripes” featured in some of her most recognizable art pieces.
January Theme: Community Under Construction
with Introspective Guest Artist Adrienne Chadwick
Create a model representation of your very own neighborhood with recycled materials, inspired by artist Adrienne Chadwick. Meet the artist and view her original artwork featured in the exhibit Introspective: A Reckoning of the Soul.
About the Artist:
Adrienne Chadwick was born in Toronto, Canada, with origins in Belize, Central America, and lives and works in Hollywood, Florida. Her mixed media installations utilize accumulation, repetition, and translucence to express ideas related to power and resistance, in society and nature. Select group exhibitions include: “In Tandem” (2021) and “Radio Silence” (2019) Far Gallery, Fort Lauderdale; “The Tree, Is the Porch, Is the Watering Hole” (2020) African American Research Library and Cultural Center, Fort Lauderdale; “Local Global Borderless Caribbean XII” (2020) Little Haiti Cultural Complex, Miami, FL; “Clay” (2019) and “Concrete Jungle: Narrative of Presence” (2020) Bridge Red Studios, North Miami; “The Other Half of the Sky” (2019) Girls’ Club, Fort Lauderdale. Chadwick received a BFA from New World School of the Arts and an MPA from Nova Southeastern University.
adriennechadwick.com @adriennechadwick
December Theme: Wrap Up 2021!
Put a unique twist on gift-giving by creating your own homemade wrapping paper.
Create your own unique wrapping paper just in time to wrap up 2021. With the right tools you can give your family and friends a gift swaddled in your own inspired packaging!
November Theme: Feel The Beat!
If you listen closely, you can hear unique rhythms made from the sounds all around you. We walk to the beat of our own drum every day so let’s come together to create unique percussion instruments inspired by the Japanese den-den daiko drum.
October Theme: Anything is Fossil-able!
There is so much to learn about fossils when we dig deep enough. We will discover how these ancient rocks are formed and what the preserved signs of life can tell us about the past. Grab your fossil-loving friends and family and explore how different objects can leave its own unique mark with us as you make your own artistic imprint to take home.
September Theme: Be a Honey to Bees
Did you know that September is National Honey Month? Celebrate the tiny, hardworking honeybees who create the sweet treat with us! Bring your whole hive so you can work together to make an inspired bee-watering station fit for a queen - bee, that is.
July Activity Mask Masters with
Guest Speaker Dr. Donna L. Goldstein
Can you tell a story using just a facial expression? Create a mask
that tells a story without using any words, inspired by Dr. Donna L.
Goldstein’s mask collection. Dr. Goldstein will join us for an exciting
conversation about her extensive mask collection.
June Activity
Cyanotypes with Guest Artist Antonia Wright
Did you know you can take a picture without using a camera? Cyanotype is a simple printing process that makes brilliant blue images after being exposed to light! This STEAM-based activity is inspired by Antonia Wright’s work in the exhibition Artists + Identity on view at the Center. Learn how to make these unusual blueprint images with the Miami-based artist.
May Activity
Shell-Abrate! Good Times!
Summer is right around the corner, and your friends at the Center are ready to celebrate! Join us for an afternoon of creating creatures with Floridian flair while learning about what makes shells so swell!
Crab Supply List:
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Glue stick
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Scissors
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Markers
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Googly eyes
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Construction paper
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1 big circle to trace for the body
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1 smaller circle to trace for the claws
Turtle Supply List:
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Liquid glue
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Scissors
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Egg carton body
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4 strips of short construction paper for flippers
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Pompom ball for the head
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Googly eyes
April Activity
Heroes Unite!
In honor of this month’s Superhero Day, leave your secret identity behind as you join us to construct your own piece of caped-costume flair! Wear your favorite superhero t-shirt or costume to complete your heroic look as you learn about the science of superheroes while collaboratively creating.
Supply List:
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Paper plate cut in half
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String
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Hole puncher or tape
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Scissors
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Construction paper
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Markers
March Activity
March Mad Scientist
Grab your make-believe lab coat and goggles and gear up to get mad, mad, mad about science and art with us. Friends and family will use common household items to create a mad scientist puppet of their very own to help
them on future investigations and explorations! Bring your curiosity to our “Creatin’ ‘n’ Experimentin’ Lab” to predict, observe and see what explodes!
Supply List:
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Brown Paper Lunch Bag
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Glue Stick
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Scissors
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Construction Paper
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Pipe Cleaners
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Other Embellishments:
Sequins, Gems, Yarn, etc.
February's Activity
Beloved Community!
Celebrate the talents and gifts we all bring to our communities. Visitors will work together with friends and families as they create a personal collage showcasing their special gifts. Everyone will then have a chance to literally make their mark in our “Beloved Community” Community Gallery, by leaving behind a symbol of themselves in the creatively created communities crafted by all who attend! Come and be a part of this special day when you show us what parts of YOU to share with your own beloved community.
Supply List:
January's Activity
Creative Colaborations!
Looking for an exciting opportunity to create and collaborate with your friends and family? Create your very own tangram, a geometric puzzle made out of shapes you create! Gather your crew for an afternoon of problem-solving as you rotate, reorder and rearrange 7 different geometric cutouts to design a tan-gible work
of art.
Supply List:
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Crayons or markers
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Glue
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Scissors
December's Activity
Winter Quilt Weaving
Warm-up to winter with cozy quilting at the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood! Add the wonders of weaving to your engineer’s toolbelt as we learn the techniques and history of textiles. Follow along to create your own weaving in our Community Gallery during the last Free Arts! Family Day of 2020.
Supply List:
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Construction Paper
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Scissors
November's Activity
Soaring Through Migration
On Sunday, November 15, 2020, the Art and Culture Center celebrate the marvelous, fall migration of the monarch butterfly during Free Arts! Family Day at the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood! Learn about the jaw-dropping journey, lasting thousands of miles, that these delicate critters take from as far north as Canada all the way to Mexico each November. Then make your own adventuring arthropod creation to take home and share with friends and family.
Supply List:
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Construction Paper
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Wooden Stick
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Crayons, colored pencils or markers
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Glue or Tape
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Scissors
October's Activity
Papel Picado Parade
On Sunday, October 18, 2020, the Art and Culture Center celebrated Dia de los Muertos during its monthly Free Arts! Family Days. During Octobers’s activity, Papel Picado Parade, guests worked together to create their very own papel picado, the traditional paper flags used to decorate for Dia de los Muertos and other celebrations in Mexico.
Supply List:
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Tissue Paper
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Ribbon
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Glue or Tape
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Scissors
September's Activity
Find Your Guiding Star
In honor of International Peace Day, join the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood as we celebrate the peace-making heroes in our lives. Commemorate the harmony-maker of your life at September’s constellation-creating Free Arts! Family Day. Families will work together to create their very own cosmic configuration as they explore the story of the stars while enjoying three exhibitions in the safe and inspiring Art and Culture Center/Hollywood galleries.
Supply List:
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Black Construction Paper
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Card Stock
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White, Gold, Silver Crayon
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Toothpick
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Scissors
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Crayons, Markers, or Paint
August's Activity
Make Your Monster!
Make your own otherworldly friend creatures with artist Jen Clay. Design a fun or scary monster by making its body, then adding as many movable legs and arms to it in any way you wish. All participants will leave with their own self-designed monster friend!
Each guest will receive their own Time To Play art-making packet with the following items
for their use only:
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Worksheet with original cut-out templates
designed by Jen Clay
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Paper fasteners
Additional items, including markers, colored pencils, and scissors, will be sanitized and prepared for one-time use.
July's Activity
Video and editing by Arts Ambassador Khami Auerbach, Marketing and Social Media Apprentice
Create Your Own Felt
Bonsai Drawing!
Create your own bonsai tree felt drawing with Curator of Exhibitions Meaghan Kent. Using colorful materials, scissors, and glue, this STEAM activity allows you to learn about the small tree and how to cultivate and maintain them.
Project Items:
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felt squares
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googly eyes
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fuzzy balls
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wood dowel
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yarn
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glue
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scissors
Free Arts! Family Days is funded in part by PNC Foundation, and City of Hollywood General Fund Social Service Agency Grant.