Join us for a celebration of two new works in the CAC’s Creativity Center. Stop by the museum on October 4 from 11am-2pm to learn directly from artists Sarah Rodriguez and Julia Orquera Bianco about the inspirations behind their artwork.
Guest artists and educators, with a talent for creative learning, have developed unique art and science projects geared specifically for families.
- Design a painted, hanging tapestry inspired by Julia Bianco’s garden banners.
- Experiment with botanical paints and seed paper with the artist Devan Horton.
- Create a DIY magnet with Indigo Hippo to take home or add to the new mural fridge on the sixth floor.
- Decorate your own apron to take home inspired by the mural Family Function.
- Work with the CAC’s new Artist in Residence, Bear Vogt, to create art from repurposed materials.
Stick around for a family-friendly artist talk at 1pm with Julia O. Bianco, Sarah Rodriguez, and the Teen Apprentices who assisted with the new community mural.
This Family Festival celebration is free and open to the public.
Sarah Rodriquez’s Community Mural, Family Function represents a dream-like version of the artist’s grandma’s kitchen—a space shaped by family gatherings and the bustle of the day. Often investigating themes of identity, kinship, and belonging, the artist asks us to consider the functionality of our kitchens as a passageway to move from one space to another, and as a gathering space for family, friends, and love. Rodriquez worked on the mural with 5 Teen Apprentices throughout the summer.
Julia Bianco’s PACHAS is an installation comprised of four large-scale, textile banners, each depicting an animal and a plant. Rooted in the Andean cosmovision, the work explores the concept of the three interconnected "pachas" or worlds, each protected by a guardian animal: Uku Pacha, the underworld, guarded by the Snake, Kay Pacha, the world of humans and nature, guarded by the Jaguar, and Hanan Pacha, the celestial realm, guarded by the Condor.