Family Day | Poetry and Improv
May 13, 202311:00 am - 3:00 pm
Admission is free to Family Day attendees; use promo code FAMILYDAY.
ASL interpretation is provided.
Freedom From and Freedom To performing at Family Day: Express Yourself Through Movement, Nov 12, 2022. Photo: Ricardo Adame.
About the Event
Designed and led by Chicago artists, Family Day is a monthly program at the MCA for all families and youth. Enjoy FREE admission while taking part in workshops, open studio sessions, gallery tours, and performances.
Schedule
Artist-Led Performance
Freedom From and Freedom To
11 am–1 pm
Edlis Neeson Theater*
Watch movement and sound performers fuse their diverse artistic backgrounds and practices to create unique interactive experiences in a celebration of movement and sound. The audience is invited to randomly select a combination of artists, who must then perform together.
Artist-Led Activity
Poems While You Wait
1–3 pm
2nd-floor atrium
Receive a typewritten poem on a theme of your choosing from poets with Poems While You Wait.
*Please note that masks are recommended in the theater.
Funding
Support for Family Programs is provided in part by the MCA Women’s Board Family Education Initiative.