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Share the world of art with your family with our fun at-home art activities, and engage your little ones with our Storytime videos.  Download our scavenger hunts before your next visit for self-guided fun at SAMA!
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Have you ever wanted to own a work of art from SAMA’s collection? See it hanging in your house, or displayed on a canvas the way the artist might have seen it? Now you can... virtually! All on Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
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Family Art Time
Jazz Cityscape
Family Art Time with SAMA: Jazz Cityscape
An easy step-by-step art making demo on how to draw a jazzy cityscape with oil pastels and paper. This art project is inspired by a painting on loan from Art Bridges.
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Musical Abstract Painting
Family Art Time with SAMA: Musical Abstract Painting
A fun mini painting demo to smooth jazz music. You will need the following materials to get started: acrylic paint, paintbrush, napkins, water, and a canvas. This art project is inspired by a painting on loan from Art Bridges.
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Musical Instrument
Family Art Time with SAMA: Musical Instrument
An easy step-by-step demo on how to turn a simple cardboard box into a musical instrument. You can make a harp, guitar, or drum! You will need the following materials to get started: empty box, circle template, sharpie, markers, four large rubber bands, ribbon, brads, and scissors. This art project is inspired by a painting on loan from Art Bridges.
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Bilingual Story Time with SAMA
Sugar Hill: Harlem's Historic Neighborhood
San Antonio Museum of Art Educator, Michelle Treviño, reads “Sugar Hill” by Carole Boston Weatherford. The selection for this book is inspired by "Bronzeville at Night," by Archibald John Motley Jr. This painting, currently on loan from Art Bridges, shows us Motley’s jazz-infused vision of Bronzeville, a black neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.
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Abstract Music Painting
While listening to jazz music, create an abstract painting inspired by the rhythms, sounds, and feelings.
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Leafy Bowl
Make a bowl with Model Magic and pressed leaves inspired by our special exhibition, America's Impressionism.
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Chalk Garden Drawings
Draw a simple garden with soft chalk pastels as you learn about ELBOW in impressionism.
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