Community Day
Upcoming Date and Time(s):
May 4, 2024, 9:30am — 4:30pm
Location: Reynolda House Museum of American Art
Cost: FREE
Celebrate self-expression and empowerment with Reynolda and our community partners during Community Day! All attendees will enjoy free museum admission, musical performances, and hands-on art activities inspired by the spring exhibition Seen & Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham.
Bring your creativity for black-and-white collage making, stamping, and cyanotypes. More activities and educational opportunities will be offered by community partners Delta Arts Center, Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology, Sawtooth School for Visual Arts, Forsyth County Public Library’s Bookmobile, and HOPE of Winston-Salem, as well as local authors Linda Dark and Chenita Johnson.
Sample Schedule:
9:30 a.m. – Museum opens (free admission all day!)
10 a.m. – Special art-making activities* begin on the front lawn.
10:30 a.m. – Live performance by Big Bang Boom—a band that mixes genres to create music that is fun, parent-friendly, and educational (front lawn)*
12:30 p.m. – Live performance by The Bo-Stevens band (front lawn)*
2 p.m. – Art activities end on the front lawn
4:30 p.m. – The museum closes (though feel free to enjoy more of the grounds and gardens…always open daily from dawn to dusk!)
Pre-registration is encouraged but not required to attend.
*In case of inclement weather, the performances and hands-on art activities will be modified to take place inside the Museum.
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