de Youngsters Day Out
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March 5, 2022, 9:30 am – 5:15 pm
We invite you, and all Bay Area families, to attend this year’s de Youngsters Day Out. This free, in-person, all-day event includes hands-on art making activities, entertainment led by community partners, and workshops and presentations by local contemporary artists interpreting our permanent collection inside and outside the museum.
Proceeds from the event will support our Equity Schools Partnership Project, which provides in-classroom instructional support, art supplies, and transportation for students who do not typically visit the de Young.
Forest of Lost and Found
10:30 am–2 pm
Osher Sculpture Garden
Led by renowned local artist Ranu Mukherjee, recall a memory or feeling to create an art piece and add it to a collaborative 2D forest of trees. Photo courtesy of Ranu Mukherjee
Flower Fields
11 am–4 pm
Front Lawn
Led by renowned local artist Yétúndé Olagbaju, paint a flower inspired by Hung Liu or Patrick Kelly. Photo credit Jacob Cruz-Rine
Teaching Artists Activations
10:30 am–4:30 pm
Piazzoni Murals Room and Galleries 4, 12, 15
Piazzoni Murals Room: Family Art Making: Patrick Kelly Love Stamp Book
Gallery 4: Unfolding Art Sketching Activity: Looking at Animal Shapes
Gallery 12: Celebratory Meals: Use Your Sense to Describe Your Favorite Food
Gallery 15: “What if I…” Mixed Media Abstractions Photo credit Gary Sexton
Teaching Artists Activations
11:30 am–4:30 pm
Galleries 21, 23, 40
Gallery 21: Unlikely Portrait: Colonial Portrait Makeover
Gallery 23: I Spy: A Game of Historical Hints
Gallery 40: Pattern Party in Africa: Find and Sketch Photo credit Gary Sexton
Hip Hop For Change and UnLearn The World
10:30 am–1 pm
de Young Museum Lower Level
Hip Hop For Change will present about hip hop culture’s past, present, and future and its impact on society, social justice, and modern art. UnLearn The World will lead a beat making and rap songwriting workshop. Photo courtesy of Hip Hop For Change
The Great Tortilla Conspiracy
10:30 am–1 pm
East Side of the Front Lawn
Make art you can eat! The Great Tortilla Conspiracy will present their creative, edible, printmaking technique.
Crochet Jam
11 am–2 pm
West Side of the Front Lawn
Join artist Ramekon O’Arwisters for a Crochet Jam session. This art making event is embracing and inclusive, with participants free to decide the creative process and finished project. Photo courtesy of Ramekon O’Arwisters
Cuicacalli Dance Class
2–3 pm
Hamon Tower
Join Cuicacalli’s director Jesús Cortés to learn a few Ballet Folklorico steps. Photo courtesy of Cuicacalli Dance Company
Live Music and Dance Performances
10 am–4:30 pm
Wilsey Court
10–10:30 am: Cuicacalli Dance Company
11–11:45 am: Mariachi Juvenil La Misión
12–1 pm: Ballet Folklórico
1:30–4:30 pm: Hip Hop for Change, Alphabet Rockers, Ryan Nicole, Jada Imani, Isaiah Mostafa, Deejay Saurus, March Stretch Photo courtesy of Mariachi Juvenil La Misión
