Calendar
For
Information email: Educatorjcll@aol.com Open to the Public for Sunday Arts and Crafts, Special Holiday Programs, on Weekdays during select School Vacations, and on Mondays after school Admission:
$8 |
| Family Programs -- Spring 2008 |
| Now open on Mondays after school! |
| Visit over eighty interactive stations
in two fun exhibitions for children ages 5 - 12: From
Home to Home: Jewish Immigration to America and
From Tent to Temple: Life in the Ancient Near
East. In From
Home to Home, children pack small trunks,
shop in a supermarket while decoding a new language, design a neighborhood
and much more. Hunting for food, grinding wheat, and weaving cloth
are just some of the exciting activities in From
Tent to Temple. Anytime during your visit, join us in the art room for the art activities below. |
| February on Sundays: 2-5pm |
| 2/10: Use sheet metal and beads to create "ancient" jewelry; create a comic strip about immigration to America |
| 2/17: Create an immigration board game; work with little stones to create mosaics |
| 2/24: Learn how to weave; build a miniature New York neighborhood |
| February on Mondays: 3-6pm |
| 2/4, 2/11, 2/25: Exhibitions, arts and crafts |
| School Vacations, 2-5pm |
| Monday
2/18, Tuesday 2/19, Wednesday 2/20, Thursday 2/21 Exhibitions, arts and crafts |
| March on Sundays: 2-5pm |
| 3/2:
Use sheet metal and beads to create "ancient" jewelry;
create an immigration board game |
| 3/9: Purim Prep: Create costumes and masks; make noise makers; create and illustrate a Purim scroll |
| 3/16: 1-2pm: Special Purim Event: I Need a Queen: The King's Version. David Mitnowsky, a.k.a. King Ahasverosh, will amuse young and old alike spoofing the scroll of Esther in his interactive "Purim Spiel". Hilarity abounds! Ages 5 and up only. $14 per person. Upper level members $7. Registration Required: Call 212-924-4500, ext 1# |
| 3/16: 2-5pm: Play in the exhibitions, participate in a treasure hunt, make costumes and noise makers, create and illustrate a Purim scroll |
| 3/23: Celebrate Women's History Month: Illustrate stories of famous Jewish women in Biblical and modern times; create paper dolls based on images of women in the exhibitions |
| 3/30: Learn how to weave; build a miniature New York neighborhood |
| March on Mondays: 3-6pm |
| 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31: Exhibitions, arts and crafts |
| April on Sundays: 2-5pm |
| 4/6: Use clay to build models of ancient mud houses; create a comic strip about immigration |
| 4/13: Passover Prep: Create Seder plates; design matzah boxes; decorate Elijah cups; illustrate the story of Passover |
| Intermediate Days of Passover: 2-5pm |
| Tuesday 4/22, Wednesday 4/23, Thursday 4/24: Design matzah boxes; make miniature clay bricks and use them to build a model of an ancient house |
| April on Mondays: 3-6pm |
| 4/7 and 4/14, 4/28: Exhibitions, arts and crafts |
| May on Sundays: 2-5pm |
| 5/4: Celebrate Israel's Independence Day with Israeli songs and crafts: Create flags, pins and kinetic pictures |
| 5/11: Mother's Day! Bring Mom to CGJC for free! Make jewelry boxes and necklaces; draw and frame Mom's portrait; make tissue-paper flowers |
| 5/18: Use sheet metal and beads to create "ancient" jewelry; create an immigration board game |
| 5/25: Learn how to weave; build a miniature New York neighborhood |
| May on Mondays: 3-6pm |
| 5/5, 5/12, 5/19: Exhibitions, arts and crafts |
| June on Sundays: 2-5pm |
| 6/1: Prep for Shavuot: Create a mosaic of new fruit; illustrate the story of Ruth |
| 6/15: Father's Day! Bring Dad to CGJC for free! Make cell-phone holders and photo albums; draw and frame Dad's portrait |
| 6/22: Create an embossed treasure trunk; use sheet metal and beads to create "ancient" jewelry |
| 6/29: Prep for July 4th: Frame the Declaration of Independence; design and American postage stamp; create American flag pins |
| June on Mondays: 3-6pm |
| 6/2, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30: Exhibitions, arts and crafts |
| We will be closed to the public in July, and reopen on Sunday, 8/3 |
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General
Admission to Exhibitions and Art Activities:
$8.00 per person, Members: Free |