This free family day will be filled with art activities for children of all ages and will be inspired by celebrations and artistic traditions from around the world. Art activities include manga, origami, calligraphy, ex votos, holiday cards, dragons, and miniature paper lanterns. Performances include story time and songs highlighting multicultural celebrations, Charrería (Skillful Roping), Dragon Puppet Theatre performance of Raven and Petrel, a Northwest Native American tale, and museum tours will be offered in Spanish and English.
Sponsored by Imagination International, Inc., Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace, the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Confucius Institute, and the Center for Multicultural Academic Excellence.
Schedule of Events
12 p.m. – 3 p.m. Free Art Activities
Draw Manga and Create Origami with Alisa Caves & Chihiro Howe, Imagination International, Inc. Resident Artists in Mangaka
Holiday Cards
Calligraphy with the Confucius Institute
Ex Votos
Chinese New Year Dragons with Global Perspectives for Youth
Miniature Paper Lanterns with the River Road Park Imagination Bus
12:20 – 12:40 p.m.
Dragon Puppet Theatre Performance of Raven and Petrel
1:00-1:20 p.m.
Story Time and Songs with Taylor Worley, Springfield Public Library
Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales (bilingual, English and Spanish)
All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom by Angela Johnson
Issun Bōshi: The One Inch Boy (folk story from Japan)
1:30-2:15 p.m
Museum Highlights Tour
Tours available in English and Spanish
2:30-2:50 p.m.
Charrería (Skillful Roping) Performance by Antonio Huerta
