Kids Day: Time Capsules!
Friday, June 16, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm at RAM’s Wustum Museum
In celebration of the Racine Art Museum’s Twentieth Anniversary, create art inspired by the past, present, and future—all to go into your personal time capsule! Kids and families can create multiple art projects, play art games, go on scavenger hunts, and so much more!
As part of the museum’s commitment to supporting local and regional artists and partnerships, families will have the opportunity to meet a special guest artist! Get to know printmaker and University of Wisconsin–Parkside artist-in-resident Roberto Torres Mata. See what this talented artist is creating, and get the inside scoop on how his art will sustain well into the future!
All children must be accompanied by an adult—one for every four children, please.
Kids Day: Time Capsules!
Friday, June 16, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm at RAM’s Wustum Museum
Photography: Azure Mahara Photography
In celebration of the Racine Art Museum’s Twentieth Anniversary, create art inspired by the past, present, and future—all to go into your personal time capsule! Kids and families can create multiple art projects, play art games, go on scavenger hunts, and so much more!
As part of the museum’s commitment to supporting local and regional artists and partnerships, families will have the opportunity to meet a special guest artist! Get to know printmaker and University of Wisconsin–Parkside artist-in-resident Roberto Torres Mata. See what this talented artist is creating, and get the inside scoop on how his art will sustain well into the future!
All children must be accompanied by an adult—one for every four children, please.
Creating Community Through Screenprinting with Roberto Torres Mata
Create with us and engage with printmaking—no experience necessary! See an expressive, hands-on approach to creating work that captures personal interests, hobbies, and shared histories as designs are printed for the public.
Photography: Dakota Mace
Roberto Torres Mata is first-generation artist from Huntington Beach, California, and Rockford, Illinois, currently active in Madison, Wisconsin. He explores the complexities of migration from human and animal movements by using multimedia to investigate and visualize the complexity of migration at the U.S. borders. Roberto earned his Masters of Arts and Masters in Fine Arts in Printmaking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned his Bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University of Macomb, Illinois. He has exhibited his work nationally and internationally. His work has been exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Figge Art Museum, Zhou B Art Center, Chazen Museum of Art, and the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. His work has been collected by universities and private collectors. Roberto was also a recipient of the Education Graduate Research Scholars fellowship and a recipient of the Russell and Paula Panchenko Chazen Prize.
Creating Community Through Screenprinting with Roberto Torres Mata
Create with us and engage with printmaking—no experience necessary! See an expressive, hands-on approach to creating work that captures personal interests, hobbies, and shared histories as designs are printed for the public.
Photography: Dakota Mace
Roberto Torres Mata is first-generation artist from Huntington Beach, California, and Rockford, Illinois, currently active in Madison, Wisconsin. He explores the complexities of migration from human and animal movements by using multimedia to investigate and visualize the complexity of migration at the U.S. borders. Roberto earned his Masters of Arts and Masters in Fine Arts in Printmaking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned his Bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University of Macomb, Illinois. He has exhibited his work nationally and internationally. His work has been exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Figge Art Museum, Zhou B Art Center, Chazen Museum of Art, and the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. His work has been collected by universities and private collectors. Roberto was also a recipient of the Education Graduate Research Scholars fellowship and a recipient of the Russell and Paula Panchenko Chazen Prize.
Hands-on Art Activities
Use a variety of materials and techniques to create art inspired by the past, present, and future! Craft a paper hybrid animal doll that imagines a new potential species that exists in the future; form and decorate a clay hand print mosaic to memorialize the present; and create a miniature time capsule containing notes, pictures, and keepsakes to remind your future self of the past—just to name a few!
Project Samples and Photography: RAM Staff
Hands-on Art Activities
Project Samples and Photography: RAM Staff
Use a variety of materials and techniques to create art inspired by the past, present, and future! Craft a paper hybrid animal doll that imagines a new potential species that exists in the future; form and decorate a clay hand print mosaic to memorialize the present; and create a miniature time capsule containing notes, pictures, and keepsakes to remind your future self of the past—just to name a few!
