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The Denver Art Museum (DAM) will celebrate its 22nd Annual Children’s Day Celebration on Sunday, April 28 with free general admission to the public, bilingual creative activities, live musical performances and much more. This global celebration of childhood at DAM will feature art experiences such as live music and dance performed by local and international artists of all ages, as well as creative activities and special performances in the Martin Building and the Hamilton Building.
With FREE all-day general admission, visitors will have the opportunity to explore all of the museum’s rooms and spaces, currently home to renowned exhibitions such as Have a Seat: Mexican Chair Design Today, The Skeletal World of José Guadalupe Posada among others.
This year, for the first time, visitors will have the opportunity to experience the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere in Michoacán, Mexico, through virtual reality viewers provided by the Butterfly Pavilion in collaboration with the Consulate General of Mexico in Denver. This activity will take place in the Creative Heart of the Martin Building.
We invite the entire public to bring their family and friends to celebrate Children’s Day at the DAM, now enjoy free admission all day from 10am to 5pm, which includes access to all activities, exhibitions, presentations and spaces in the museum complex.
“The Denver Art Museum is happy to continue our annual collaboration to celebrate Children’s Day,” said Clara Ricciardi, Sr. Spanish Language and Community Engagement Liaison at the Denver Art Museum . “This association began more than 20 years ago, thanks to the support of the Mexican Cultural Center and the Consulate General of Mexico, with the purpose of honoring a Mexican tradition with universal reach. Children’s Day is an opportunity to bring together children, families, art and culture from around the world and we are delighted to join other cultural organizations in celebrating our most valuable treasures: our children.”
In the Sturm Pavilion of the museum’s Martin Building and outside in the Kemper Courtyard, there will be live music and dance performances, where the following groups and performers will represent Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and Zimbabwe: ARCINDA, Ballet Folklorico Sangre de México, Celtic Steps Irish Dance, Chihera African Marimbas, Colorado Mestizo Dancers, Colorado New Style, Comparsa Morelos in Denver (Chinelos), Danza Caballitos de Rancho Grande, Danza Matachina Guadalupana, El Mariachi Juvenil de Bryant Webster, El Sistema Colorado Chamber Orchestra, with members of the Colorado Symphony, Folklor México en la Piel, Danzantes del Powwow de la Amistad, Mariachi Femenil Alma del Folklore, New American Stories by Roshni Youth, Qhaswa Peru USA, and Sandoval Singer.
The Denver Preschool Program (DPP) will invite celebrities to read Miss Butterfly by Ben Gundersheimer at 11 a.m. in the Sturm Pavilion. The book will be read to the girls and boys, in English, by the anchor of the ABC network, channel 7 in Denver, Jessica Crawford and, in Spanish, by Briana Gonzáles. A free book will be given to each child who attends the reading, while supplies last. In the Hamilton Building’s Dream Studio, visitors will be able to interact with guest artist of the month Arturo García, from 12 noon to 3 pm. On the second floor of the Hamilton Building, Colorado artist Chris Bagley will be there to interact and chat with visitors from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Que Pasa? is compiled by La Voz Staff. To submit an event for consideration please email attractions@lavozcolorado.com with Que Pasa in the subject line by Friday at 5 p.m.
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