This year, OKCMOA and SONIC Foundation are bringing Family Day straight into your home! We’ve made art kits, tours, and videos to learn about frescoes. Follow these steps:
Pick up an art kit at one of these Metropolitan Library locations* for free beginning May 27:
- Almonte Library (SOLD OUT)
- Capitol Hill Library (SOLD OUT)
- Del City Library (SOLD OUT)
- Ralph Ellison Library (SOLD OUT)
- Southern Oaks Library (SOLD OUT)
*Be sure to check hours and availability by calling ahead.
OR
Stop by the OKCMOA Museum Store to purchase a kit for $25 beginning June 6.
OR
Gather the art supplies listed below and get ready to follow along with the videos!
Make a fresco!
Supplies:
- Plaster of Paris – about ½ cup
- Styrofoam bowl
- Spoon
- Jute – about 3 inches
- Tempera paints
- Paintbrushes
- Paper towel
- Drawing paper
- Pencil
Make a paper mosaic!
Supplies:
- Grid paper (1 sheet)
- Pencil
- Colored pencils
- Black cardstock (1 piece)
- Scissors
- Elmer’s squeezable glue
- Paper tesserae (mosaic squares) – you can purchase pre-cut squares or cut up colorful paper yourself
Design a triclinium (dining room)
Supplies:
- Drawing paper
- Pencil
- Colored pencils
- Markers
- Scissors
- Glue stick
- Mosaic squares — do the mosaic activity first and use the rest for this project or cut up colorful paper to make mosaic squares
- Wood pieces – 3 rectangles (2” x 1”) and 3 squares (1/2”)
- An empty box — shoebox or small, shallow shipping box
With an adult’s permission, post your creations on social media using #OKCMOAffd to be entered into a drawing for a SONIC gift card.
Come to the Museum to see the art in person! Go to okcmoa.com to reserve your tickets. We can’t wait to see you there!
We want to say thank you to:
- SONIC Foundation for making these kits possible
- Our friends at the Metropolitan Library System and Oklahoma Children’s Hospital at OU Health for their help distributing kits
- YOU … for learning about and making art!
