Family Day

Himalayan New Year

Saturday February 25, 2012 @ 12:00 PM
Price: $10.00
Member Price: $7.00

Celebrate the Himalayan New Year (Losar) with a day of art, crafts, food, music and more at the Rubin Museum of Art. Contribute to a giant collaborative mandala, construct colorful butter sculptures and sip on some Himalayan butter tea, explore the galleries on an amazing story drama tour, and enjoy traditional music performances.

Schedule

Spiral Lobby

12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Button Making
Mini Prayer Flag Making
Woodblock Rubbings

1:30, 2:30, 3:30 & 4:30 p.m.
Story Tours (30 mins)

Theatre

1:00–4:00 p.m.
Sand Mandala Demonstration

Watch a master sand mandala maker demonstrate how he lays down grains of sand to create sacred diagrams.

1:00–4:00 p.m.
Collaborative Mandala

Be a part of a giant collaborative work of art. Create lines, shapes, and designs out of recycled materials.

4:00–5:00 p.m.
Collaborative Mandala Destruction Ceremony

Sixth Floor

1:00, 2:00, 3:00 & 4:00 p.m.
Music Performance: Bansuri (Bamboo Flute)

Hear musician Sunder Das create soft melodies with a bamboo flute.

Education Center: Commons

12:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Collaborative Mapmaking

Trace your journey to the Rubin Museum of Art and your family's roots by adding to a gem-studded collaborative map of New York City and the world.

Education Center: Studio

12:00–5:00 p.m.
Butter Sculpture

Watch and learn from a master sculptor, and make a butter sculpture of your own to take home!

1:00–4:00 p.m.
Little Lhasa Tea House

Our studio has turned into a Tibetan tea house! Taste some butter tea and share stories of New Year's traditions.

Tickets:
$10 per child /$7 children of members.
Adults pay regular admission fees.
Free to children under 1 year and Cool Culture members.
Tickets include gallery admission and are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. All programs are subject to change.