Kids at the Sid in Fort Worth

Kids at the Sid

No reservations are required; families may just drop in for stories, history, and art-making fun.
Families are in for a real treat. The education department at the museum has planned three captivating Kids at the Sid activities:
• June 6: Storytelling in Art: Make Your Own Puppets
Families will learn how artists create visual stories in their paintings while hearing stories inspired by the Sid Richardson collection. Then, in the studio, the children will create cloth puppets based on characters in the museum's paintings.
• June 13: Artist's Tool Box: How to Paint Like an Artist
Families will explore the tools and techniques that Western artists Charles M. Russell and Frederic Remington used to create their vibrant paintings. In the studio classroom, the children will create their own paintings on canvas.
• June 20: Communication in the Old West: Printmaking a Poster
Families will view vintage posters and advertisements from the 1800s and discuss printmaking as a technique for mass production and communication. They will learn how Frederic Remington's artworks were reproduced in popular magazines, forever capturing the public's imagination of the West. Then, in the studio classroom, the families will design a Westward Expansion poster using a relief print technique.
For more information, call or email Kat Yount at 888-332-6554, ext. 123 or kat@sidrichardsonmuseum.org.
Celebrating its 30th anniversary year, the museum holds one of the most significant private collections of paintings by Frederic Remington (1861-1909) and Charles M. Russell (1864-1926) in the U.S. The paintings of the 19th century American West by Remington and Russell are from the personal collection of the legendary Texas oilman and philanthropist, Sid W. Richardson (1891-1959). Nearly one million visitors from all 50 states and 68 countries have toured the museum since it opened in 1982.
Admission to the museum is free. The museum is open daily except for major holidays, at the following hours: Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. The museum is wheelchair accessible.

Categories: Education | Kids & Family | Museums & Attractions

This event repeats weekly on Wednesdays for 3 times: