EXPLORE & CREATE! - EXPLORA Y CREA! 

The Rubin Center and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Latino organized a fun-filled weekend of activities for families and visitors of all ages called Descubra!.  This special celebration featured exhibitions Collidoscope: de la Torre Brothers Retro-Perspective, La Frontera, and Proving the Hypothesis of Celestial Flirtation by local artist Christin Apodaca. The day included art demonstrations, fun activities, music, and featured activities from Descubra! national collaborator, the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Families participated in hands-on activities that included making lenticulars, scavenger art hunts, collage, and printmaking, and more. Families view artist Christin Apodaca as she painted a community art wall reflecting on Latinidad and the borderlands.

The Rubin Center for Fine Arts Family Day inspired by nature and the Rio Bosque. Took part in eco-friendly art-making activities while exploring the exhibition Here, and the Wind. The exhibition documents the process of community engagement in the creation of the performance, considering the intersections between land, movement, research, and conservation.    

Participating Works

Join us for Signs of Life Community Family Workshop inspired by Both Sides of the Border: Endangered Species in the Borderland. In this workshop, families can create contemporary road signs focusing on endangered species in our region. Participants will create their works using the stencils, materials and medias used by the artists. There will also be exciting activities in the galleries throughout the day created to learn more about the exhibitions on display. 

This event is open to learners of all ages but is geared towards 4-12. 
It is free and open to the public, and no registration is necessary. 
Don’t miss this event!

We had a great time with friends reflecting on our journeys and the things we carry along the way. UTEP Professors Vincent Burke and Jessica Tolbert, along with their art students led free community workshops on 'traveling shoes' and creating 'luggage tags' on copper plates. We also hosted a story time about migration + immigration + separation and had a conversation about our young friends who aren't as lucky.

Saturday, March 21, 2015
10 am – 12 pm

All Rubin Center programming is free and open to the public.

The Rubin Center hosted a Hip Hop! Creative Writing and Performance Workshops for kids of all ages:

Ages 4-11: Hip Hop! Dance
Kids had a 2-hour session on learning the skills of Hip Hop dance. During this performance, children learned about the development of Hip Hop, a youth culture developed in response to many problems affecting New York City in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Mikel Gregory from Jago Sazu-The Free Dance Company lead this workshop.

Ages 12-18: Hip Hop! ‘Using Your Words to Change the World’
Fabian ‘Farbeon’ Saucedo taught how through the exploration of Hip Hop history, poetry and music, you can use your words to advocate for change in your own community. Students wrote poems and learned how to develop a performance to share their work. They also learned about the power of their own voice through words and music! ‘Farbeon’ is the Director of The Hip Hop Re:Education Project, a community-based organization that develops Hip Hop educational and cultural programming in New York City, throughout the United States and abroad.

A special thank you to Valenzuela Law Firm for sponsoring all our Spring Family Days!