Weekend Festival: Splish Splash!
| Venue: | Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) |
| Hours: | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. |
| Ages: | Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | see below |
| Category: | Fairs & Festivals |
9:30–11 am | East India Marine Hall | Space is limited; reservations by June 15
Bubble artist Keith Michael Johnson reveals the science and art of bubbleology. Bagels, muffins and fruit.
Artist Demonstration
SHIMMERING SURFACES — PAINTING WATER
10 am–12:30 pm | Atrium
Talk to artist Jim Chisholm as he demonstrates techniques for painting natural scenes.
Drop-in Art Activity
ICE CUBE PAINTING
10 am–1 pm | Art Studios
Create multicolored paintings with ice cube 'brushes'.
Family Gallery Tours
WATER WE
11–11:30 am and 2:15–2:45 pm | Meet at information desk
Tickets available on day of tour
For ages 5 and up with adult
Explore how water shapes our view of the world, on this special tour of the Maritime and American Art galleries.
Artist Demonstrations
SHAPING ICE
11 am–2 pm | Atrium
Meet artist and master ice carver Craig McConnell, from Images in Ice, and watch a sculpture take form.
SCULPTING WATER
11 am–2 pm | Atrium
Ripple Effect featured artist Cornelia Kubler Kavanagh sculpts tsunami waves and glacial moulins. Watch her in action, and create your own forms inspired by water.
Performances
CLOACINA'S ADVENTURES AND OTHER STORIES
11:30 am–noon and 1:30–2 pm | Atrium
Award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb brings water to life with her performance of folklore and original stories.
Silver Swimmers
SILVER SWIMMERS
11:30 am–3 pm | Atrium and Essex Street pedestrian mall
Dressed in 1900s swimming costumes and silver body paint, the Silver Swimmers silently swim in a world where air feels like water.
Drop-in Art Activity
COFFEE FILTER CHROMATOGRAPHY
Noon–3 pm | Art Studios
Water reveals the hidden color patterns lurking in a box of markers.
Interactive Games
A SPLASH OF FUN
Noon–3 pm | Atrium
Eureka! Puzzles, in Brookline, Mass., returns to PEM with puzzles and games featuring water.
Installation
WATERMIST SCULPTURES
Noon–3 pm | Asian Garden
Meet artist Joan Brigham, creator of Watermist, a series of interactive mist sculptures installed in the Asian Garden in conjunction with the Ripple Effect exhibition. Watermist is on view June 18–August 25.
Artist Presentation
FROM ICE TO STEAM
12:30–1:30 pm | Morse Auditorium
For adults and children ages 7 and up
Reservations by June 16
Walter Wick, featured photographer in Ripple Effect and co-creator of the acclaimed I Spy series, takes you behind the scenes of his award-winning book A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder.
Reserve Tickets Now
Drop-in Art Activity
WATERCOLOR PAINTING
1–4 pm | Atrium
Create a water-inspired still life with artist Jim Chisholm.
Performance
THE SECRET WORLD OF BUBBLES
3-4 pm | Atrium
Bubbleologist Keith Michael Johnson creates an Eiffel Tower. Find out how water, soap and air interact to create bubble art, and maybe stand inside a bubble!
| COST | ↑ top |
All Programs are FREE with museum admission. Adults $15, Seniors $13, Students $1. Youth (16 and under) and Salem, Mass. residents admitted free*.
| WEBSITE | ↑ top |
pem.org/calendar/event/468-splish_splash
| LOCATION | ↑ top |
East India Square, Salem, MA, 01970 map
Phone: 978-745-9500
East India Square
161 Essex Street
Salem, MA 01970-3783 USA
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