Family Day | Patterns & Portals
October 12, 202411:00 am - 3:00 pm
Admission is free to Family Day attendees.
Families participate in Family Day | Unfreeze, April 13, 2019. Photo: Grace Duval.
About the Event
Explore patterns and portals—and possibilities! To kick off the 2025 Family Day season, take inspiration from Virginia Jaramillo: Principle of Equivalence to play with the magic of color and line.
Participating artists include Shira Torrech and Sishi Wang.
ASL interpretation is provided at this event.
About the Artists
Keny De La Peña is a Los Angeles raised interdisciplinary artist. He holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in World Arts and Cultures from UCLA. De La Peña weaves together theories from cultural anthropology with practices and influences from Mexican crafts and art forms to create a praxis that explores the tensions between popular culture, folklore, history, and myth. He believes that the way we care for and craft materiality is inextricably linked to its efficacy in further sustaining a cosmology.
Born and raised in China, Sishi Wang holds an MFA degree in metalsmithing and jewelry design at Indiana University of Bloomington, IN, and a BFA from East Carolina University, NC. Her work reflects elements from everyday life through traditional metalsmithing techniques, and she tells stories through her work. Wang is currently an artist in residence at Lillstreet Art Center in Chicago, IL.
Funding
Support for Family Programs is provided in part by the MCA Women’s Board Family Education Initiative and Peoples Gas Community Fund.
