Remember the art program PDD attended at the end of the school year? Well, when we went to her ‘exhibit’ the last week of the program, we found out that the art museum has special program on the second Saturday of every month (that’s free!) where families can go and participate in art projects.
Philbrook Art Museum.
the main garden at the museum.
Second Saturday in June we participated in a scavenger hunt in this garden. Then we made what I call shrinky-dinks – you decorate pieces of plastic that you then bake in an oven and they shrink down.
Today we made dioramas that didn’t turn out all that hot, so I’ll spare you a picture of them, and instead give you PDD and Fresh Air on the balcony above the garden.
All in all, I think we’re going to enjoy Second Saturdays. Next month, we’re going to hijack Second Son and take him with us. He could stand to get his art groove on.
Very cool, and I love the Shrinky Dink!
We drove by the Philbrook Art Museum on one of my visits to Tulsa, but we didn’t have a chance to stop and go in. I had no idea the view was so incredible! Next time it’s a must see.
Wow, Tulsa has an art museum…get out of here who would have stunk it and a really nice looking one with cool activities at that. My daughter is very creative and she would love having a local art museum in town…now Second Son and Second Saturdays…hmmm let me know how that works out next month…hehe.
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Maggie – it’s definitely worth a visit!
Yasmin – oh yeah – we’ve got our cultural groove on here in Tulsa, baby!
We not only have Philbrook, we have Gilcrease Museum which sits on a 460-acre plot of land in northwest Tulsa and houses over 10,000 artistic pieces, including the world’s largest single art collection from Western America. There are also a huge number of Native American artifacts and artistic pieces on display. Gilcrease also has 23 acres of thematic gardens showcasing the gardening styles of different time periods in the American West. And what’s really cool about Gilcrease is it’s all free of charge, with donations accepted.
Shoot – we even have a ballet company and an opera!
You can’t forget about Woolaroc either… It’s quite a show as well.
http://www.woolaroc.org/
Well, Woolaroc isn’t in Tulsa, but it’s pretty close by… 🙂
Kelli – You are correct – Woolaroc is great! Maybe I’ll have to take my lazy butt to both Gilcrease and Woolaroc and take some pictures so Philbrook is not the only ‘cultural hot spot’ featured on this blog. Plus, it would be a great adventure for the kids and I. Maybe you’d like to accompany us to Woolaroc? Since it’s out your way?
Oh, heck yeah! You just name the date and the time and I’m always down for Woolaroc! 😀