CAM Kids Day

About this event

Free. Drop-in and pre-registered programs available.

Step into Charley Harper’s colorful world of birds, bugs, and other wildlife at this month's CAM Kids Day, inspired by the exhibition The Art of Charley Harper: Creatures Wild and Tame. Meet live bird ambassadors with Raptor, Inc. and investigate insects with entomologists The Bug Chicks. Create an animal mask with artist Seb Laspiur, color a screen-printed poster with DIY Printing, and make art with Visionaries + Voices. Drop in for Storytime with the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library, participate in a scavenger hunt, play pretend camping, and more!

Drop-in activities include:

11 a.m.–1 p.m. Make art with Visionaries + Voices in Gallery 151

11 a.m.–1 p.m. Watch a screenprinting demo from DIY Printing and color your own poster in the Koetters Family Classroom

11 a.m.–noon & 1–3 p.m. Look at insect specimens with The Bug Chicks in the Marek Family Commons

11 a.m.–3 p.m. Create an animal mask with artist Seb Laspiur in Gallery 127

11 a.m.–3 p.m. Make art in the Rosenthal Education Center (REC)

11 a.m.–3 p.m. Play pretend camping in the Great Hall

11 a.m.–3 p.m. Contribute to a collective forest animal scene in the Great Hall

noon–1 p.m. Enjoy an interactive insect learning session with The Bug Chicks in the Marek Family Commons

noon–1 p.m. Drop in for Storytime with the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library in Gallery 126

1–2 p.m. Meet live bird ambassadors with Raptor, Inc. in the Eckerle Classroom

1–3 p.m. Make an origami passenger pigeon in Gallery 151

Registered activities include:

10–10:40 a.m. Members-Only Baby Tours with songs from May Festival MiNiS for ages 0–2

11–11:45 a.m. Family Songs and Stories with the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library and May Festival MiNiS for ages 3–5. Features American Sign Language interpretation by Ghostlight Artistic Interpreting.