Soon-to-be sixth grader Maximilian is a huge Lucha Libre fan. He knows the names and stories of all the luchadores and collects their colorful masks. But the one he most idolizes is the iconic Ángel de la Guarda (Guardian Angel), the greatest and most fearless of all!
Due to an architectural mistake, Wayside School was built with one classroom on top of another, thirty stories high! (The builder said he was sorry.) Maybe that’s why all kinds of strange and funny things happen there.
Rose Howard is obsessed with homonyms. She’s thrilled that her own name has one (rows) and she purposely gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (reign, rein), which, according to Rose’s rules of homonyms, is very special.
After a gallery tour featuring Harvey Quaytman’s shaped canvases and experiments with pigments, try your hand at applying color to paper shapes that you have invented or traced. Choose your favorite results from your own experiments to create an abstract composition.
Inspired by Barbara Stauffacher Solomon’s Art Wall installation, use masking tape, rollers, paint, and stencils to create a Supergraphics-style design made from stripes, lettering, and other graphic elements.
Take an inspiring and interactive walk through Cecilia Vicuña’s found-object Precarios sculptures and her poetry, then work with wood, paint, words, and one another in a family- and community-focused creative exchange led by artist Gonzalo Hidalgo.
