For Kids & Families, Weekend Festivals
Surreal and Absurd
Weekend Festival
Included with museum admission
Saturday, October 1, 2011 from 10:30am - 4:15pm
Location: Peabody Essex Museum
Drop-in Art Activity
Wacky Hats | 10:30 am–2:30 pm | Art Studios
Amazing and surprising things happen at the intersection of Surrealism and fashion. Look at images of fantastic creations and then make a wild, wacky or creepy hat to wear around the museum.
Drop-in Art Activity
Surreal Collage | 10:30 am–3 pm | Atrium
Free your mind from logical thought and create an amazing artwork inspired by two unrelated objects.
Drop-in Art Activity
Randomized Poetry | 10:30 am–4 pm | Atrium
Arrange random words and phrases into a poem of your own or add to an existing group poem. Adjust the words to create a flowing poem, even if it is unintelligible.
Performances
Big Nazo! | 11–11:45 am, 12:30–1:15 pm, 2–2:45 pm, 3:30–4:15 pm
Atrium
Meet Big Nazo, the international and intergalactic creature troupe from Providence, R.I., that united to create bizarre and hilarious larger-than-life characters and spectacles.
Drop-in Art Activity
Surreal Landscapes | 11 am–4:15 pm | Atrium
Create your own landscape. Then have it projected on the wall and step into your creation!
Story Time
There's a Nightmare in My Closet | Noon
Tickets available at admissions desk on day of program
For families with children ages 4 and up
In Mercer Mayer's book there is a big, scary nightmare living in a boy's bedroom closet. Find out what happens when the boy decides to confront the unwanted guest.
Docent-led Gallery Tour
Man Ray | Lee Miller, Partners in Surrealism
1 pm | Meet at information desk
Tickets available on day of tour
Film
Labyrinth | 1–2:45 pm | Morse Auditorium
Reservations by September 29
With a cast of Jim Henson's imaginative puppets, Jennifer Connelly and glam-rocker David Bowie, Labyrinth takes us on an amazing and at times musical journey to the City of Goblins and the castle of their king. 1986, 101 minutes. Rated PG.
