FREE FAMILY FUN
Get ready for an afternoon of creative exploration! Art enthusiasts of all ages can drop in any time for art making, cookie decorating, and musical performances at this free event inspired by the exhibition Picturing Paris: Monet and the Modern City. Don't miss Monet’s early cityscapes, on view together for the first time in North America!
Optional donations of non-perishable goods for Oberlin Community Services will be collected at the doors.
Registration is encouraged but not required to attend.
SCHEDULE
11–3 Activities
- “Paint” cookies like Monet
- Create your own artwork
- Explore the galleries on an art scavenger hunt
11–11:15 Musical Performance
The award-winning musical Sunday in the Park with George comes to the Allen in this special 15-minute preview performed by Oberlin Conservatory's Music Theater students who are cast in the current production at Great Lakes Theater in Playhouse Square.
Izzy Baker (OC 2026) / “Sunday in the Park With George”
Elliot Block (OC 2026) / “Finishing the Hat”
Izzy Baker & Elliot Block / “Move On”
11:30, 12:30 Student Performances
Experience the power of art and music as students perform original compositions inspired by works on view! Follow students through the galleries to hear their songs and stories, starting at 11:30 and again at 12:30.
Sam McCulley (OC 2029) / Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Landscape at Cagnes, ca. 1914
Cassie Woodward (OC 2029) / Winslow Homer, Art-Students and Copyist in the Louvre Gallery, Paris, 1868
Ashlyn Tsui (OC 2027) / Kenji Nakahashi, Chinese Cat, ca. 1988
Emerson Gottlieb (OC 2029) / Sarah Brayer, Stepping Stones, 2007
Tate Cinti (OC 2029) / Thomas Cole, Lake with Dead Trees (Catskill), 1825
Demian Deonarine (OC 2029) / American, Portrait of Two Girls, ca. 1825–30
Sam Pickle (OC 2029) / Jan Davidsz de Heem, Still Life, ca. 1645
Open to all members of the public
