Wave Hill Offers Family Programs for Spring Vacation Week

Spend the afternoon—or two or three—with artist Mariana Swick, and explore the many meanings of “hands-on,” using a wide variety of techniques—plaster casting, collaging, painting, drawing and wax resist. Then add beautiful, found materials as embellishments, create different “hands” that each tell their own, personal and unique story. Programs are geared to children ages five to 10 with a parent or caregiver. Space is limited. Registration required. $25/ $15 Wave Hill Member per session includes one child and one adult. Additional child or adult $10.

Tuesday, April 15, 1:30-3PM: Colorful Sculptures: Plaster Hand Casting

Using a basic mold-making technique and quick-setting materials, make highly detailed, colorful and expressive plaster hand-casts. Adding natural and recycled materials, festoon your plaster cast with rings, bracelets and other bling.

Wednesday, April 16, 1:30-3PM: Wall-Clock Making

Design a large clock face using drawings, paintings and collage materials. Use natural materials and dried, colorful leaves to create personalized hour and minute hands. We provide the mechanism that transforms your work of art into a working clock.

Thursday, April 17, 1:30-3PM: Hands off: Marble Paper Resist

The technique of “resist” can create beautiful shapes, swirls and areas of interest. Create a resist area by lightly tracing your hand in pencil on a heavyweight piece of paper, and then fill in the tracing with clear wax crayon. Use sticks and other natural materials to effect simple marbling techniques that resist wax, creating a rich patterning to showcase your hand. 

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