Kids Culture 01.28.16
The Parrish’s Student Show
The Parrish Art Museum’s Student Exhibition, featuring work by more than 1,000 students, will open with a reception for younger children on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. There will be comedy, juggling, balloons by Jester Jim, and hot cocoa and cookies to enjoy while exploring the show, which will be on view through Feb. 28. Admission is free, as are a number of family activities offered while the exhibition is up.
It will include collaborative works by students from 38 schools and original field drawings by participants in Parrish workshops with the artist Alexis Rockman. The first of these is a stop-motion animation workshop with artists from the Good School on Friday, Feb. 5, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Participants will design sets and characters and create a plot for their own short films. Reservations are required. A reception for high school artists will be held on Feb. 6.
Looking ahead to the February break, the Parrish will offer art workshops in a range of mediums from Feb. 15 through 19 for children 4 and older. Workshops for ages 4 to 6 will run from 10 a.m. to noon; those for kids 7 and up run from 1 to 3 p.m. The cost is $40, $30 for members, and advance registration is a must.
Guild Hall Reception Redo
A reception for Guild Hall’s Student Arts Festival Part I has been rescheduled from last Saturday to this Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. Student performers will take the stage in the John Drew Theater, and visitors can explore the show of work by students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Admission is free.
February Theater Camp
Registration is under way for My Life: The Musical, a theater camp for ages 8 to 12 that will run at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor during the February school break.
Ava Locks, the theater’s director of education, will oversee the five-day camp, which will be taught by Emily Selyukova and Paul Hartman. Ms. Locks has worked Off Broadway, in regional theater, and in television and film. Ms. Selyukova, a Pierson High School graduate, is pursuing an acting career. Mr. Hartman, also a graduate of Pierson, is headed to Berlin in the spring to study and pursue a career in musical theater.
Campers will work on acting, singing, dance, and performance skills while also learning some musical theater history. The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. from Feb. 15 through 19 and will culminate in a performance for family and friends that Friday. The cost is $425; advance sign-up is required.