Category Archives: Cafritz Art Place at Fort Totten

June 3: Explore! Children’s Museum Jumpin’ June Festival

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Explore! Children’s Museum Jumpin’ June Festival
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
5234 4th St. NE

From Explore!:

Explore! is hosting our fourth FREE backyard fest – and this time we’re celebrating movement! Come get the wiggles out! Enjoy family-friendly activities, meet new neighbors, and learn what Explore! has in store for the Summer. Families and children of all ages welcome; dress for outdoor weather. Light snacks and drinks will be provided.

– Take part in a mission in Space aboard the Explore! Mission Mobile at 11:15 & 12:15

– Imagination Stage will be leading two 30 minute Hip Hop Instructional sessions at 11:30 & 12:30

– Color With Luna is going to have a coloring station open & Explore! is providing a FREE Color with Luna book to the first 50 children!

– Tom Noll will be bringing the Recycled Rainbow Truck & Explore! is providing the first 50 children with a FREE copy of one of his books!

– We will be decorating and creating tambourines!

– Hoola Hoops, Bubbles & Jump Ropes will be available

– Explore! prizes will be available for participation in a Simon Says Showdown!

– A Represent Your Ward! giveaway for adults

Funded in part by the D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts

April 1: Explore! Children’s Museum April Fools Fest

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Another family friendly event from Explore! Children’s Museum of Washington DC:

April Fools Fest
Saturday, April 1, 2017
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
5455 3rd Street NE

We’re hosting our third FREE backyard fest – and this time we’re celebrating spring! Enjoy family-friendly activities, meet new neighbors, and learn what Explore! has in store for the Spring! Families and children of all ages welcome; dress for outdoor weather and bring your own smock or old t-shirt for wall painting. We will also be partnering with the Lamond-Riggs Library who will join us with exciting programming!

Activities to include:

  • A saxophone demo with Herbert Scott
  • Music and storytelling with Sylvia Zwi
  • Storytime about Spring and a matching craft activity with the Lamond-Riggs Library
  • Weaving on the collaborative loom
  • Fundred Dollar Bill project
  • Arts and Crafts
  • Snacks and Drinks

RSVP and info at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/april-fools-fest-tickets-32435484407

To volunteer, contact Irina Rubenstein at irina@exploremuseum.org or (202) 248-3490.

January 28: Explore! Children’s Museum Pop-Up Opens at National Portrait Gallery

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On January 28, 2017, Explore! Children’s Museum, which will be part of a future phase of the Art Place at Fort Totten, will open a temporary pop-up exhibit downtown at the National Portrait Gallery. The exhibit will be free to the public.

The museum held a couple of neighborhood events last year to introduce staff and concepts for the museum. The year-long pop-up is another chance to showcase the museum and test out some exhibits in a cool collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery. Tell your neighbors and friends.

Details from the website:

In Explore! with the Portrait Gallery, kids can experiment with portraiture in an age-appropriate way to answer questions such as “What is a portrait?” “How do I see myself?” and “How do others see me?”. Young visitors will be able to trace each other’s silhouettes, strike a pose for a projected video art piece, and experiment with expression and emotion by building faces out of illustrated blocks.

  • Open Tuesday to Sunday, 11:30 am to 6:00 pm on the first floor of the gallery
  • Designed for children ages 18 months to eight years old
  • Text in English and Spanish

Check the website for additional details.

 

WBJ: Children’s Museum Profile

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The Washington Business Journal profiles the Explore! Children’s Museum, which is anticipated to be part of a future phase of the Art Place at Fort Totten development. The museum will open a temporary location at the National Portrait Gallery on January 28, 2017. We have covered the museum’s progress on this blog in several posts, noting in our year-end neighborhood development profile that there are still open questions regarding the museum. The article provides a few details on the temporary exhibit and notes that museum officials hope to begin construction on the permanent museum here in Riggs Park at the end of 2017:

The portraiture exhibit is one that could be replicated in the eventual permanent museum, though Explore! has not yet decided exactly what exhibits will be installed, said [Executive Director Rhonda] Buckley. She and the other museum principals are still keeping mum on other details on the project as well, including size and cost.

They hope to begin construction by the end of 2017 and open to the public in mid-2019, however. The museum will be built on “Parcel B,” as the developer refers to it, which is in the second phase of the Cafritzes’ Art Place development. . . .

 We will see if this timeline holds. In the meantime, check out the temporary museum at the National Portrait Gallery later this month.

Neighborhood Children’s Museum Fall Fest – Call for Volunteers

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Update: The volunteer happy hour has been postponed

On October 22, the Explore! Children’s Museum of Washington DC is holding a Fall Fun Fest to offer families a sneak peek of the new children’s museum coming to Riggs Park (see event details below). Volunteers are needed for the event. See the list of volunteer duties here: Fall Fun Fest Volunteer Job Descriptions (pdf)

Anyone interested in volunteering is encouraged to attend the Volunteer Happy Hour at Hellbender (5788 2nd St. NE) on October 20, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm, for a brief orientation and to sign up.

For more information, contact Irina Rubenstein at irina@wdckids.org.
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Fall Fun Fest
Saturday, October 22, 1 PM – 3 PM
5455 3rd St NE, Washington, DC 20011

Curious about the new children’s museum coming to the Fort Totten neighborhood? Come get a FREE sneak peek!
• Fanciful music and storytelling with Sylvia Zwi
• Large-scale whimsical weaving
• Saxophone demo with Herbert Scott
• Make your own bird feeder
• Create a spooky mask

Families and children of all ages welcome. Share your ideas for the museum and learn how to get involved.