Spice up your “stay”cation with some quality family time at the FIA during Spring Break! Explore a different art medium each day of the week and create your own masterpieces to take home. Check back for updates!
Spice up your "stay"-cation with some quality family time at the FIA during Spring Break! Explore a different art medium each day of the week and create your own masterpieces to take home.
| Morning Stories Recommended for families with children ages 3 - 5 Tues & Thurs 11am-11:45am Galleries & Studio Listen to a story, look at art and create an artwork of your own. Different stories each day. Recommended for ages 3 to 5, but all are welcome. Free of charge. Tuesday: Listen to Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert, look at artworks with flowers in the galleries, and create a spring-inspired artwork of your own in the studio. Thursday: Listen to Little Cloud by Eric Carle, look at landscapes with clouds in the galleries, and create clouds that look like anything you can imagine in the studio. | Afternoon Studio Recommended for families with children ages 5 - 10 Mon-Fri 1pm-4pm Studio Drop in between 1pm and 4pm to make your own art. Different projects each day. Recommended for ages 5 to 10, but all are welcome. Free of charge. Monday: Learn some basic techniques and explore the endless possibilities of creation with the Crayola modeling clay Model Magic. Tuesday: Go under the sea and learn watercolor techniques to create an imagined underwater world. Wednesday: Design your own stained glass window and create it using tracing paper and markers. Thursday: Get inspired by paperweights in the museum collection and use styrofoam and markers to create a printed design with radial symmetry. Friday: Imagine you discovered a brand new animal and create it out of different kinds of patterned and textured papers. |
Programs are recommended for families with children in the age ranges specified, but all are welcome. Registration is not required.
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1120 East Kearsley Street
Flint, Michigan 48503
810.234.1695
810.234.1692
| Hours |
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| 10am-5pm |
| Admission | |
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| Members | Free |
| Genesee County Residents | Free |
| Adults | $10 |
| Students (with ID) | $8 |
| Senior Citizens | $8 |
| Children 12 & Under | Free |
To advance the understanding and appreciation of art for all through collections, exhibitions, and educational programs.
The FIA is supported in part by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment Millage. Your tax dollars at work.