Riverside Metropolitan Museum

FIRST SUNDAYS

2011/2012 First Sundays Season October 2 - May 6  (NEXT SEASON STARTS OCTOBER 7, 2012)
View May's Flyer of Activities at All 6 Locations

First Sundays is a seasonal series of free family programs featuring different activities for children and teens at six different location in downtown: Riverside Metropolitan Museum, Mission Inn Museum, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside Public Library, UCR ArtsBlock, and Riverside Fox Theater Foundation. Sponsored by the Riverside Arts Council.

1st Sunday of every month from October – May (excludes January)
1 – 4 pm, Free and Open to the Public

 

May 6 @ RMM– Design by Nature/Captain Carl
Touch and observe a variety of sea life from our local oceans. Learn about the importance of water conservation in our dry environment. What can you do at home to save water? Learn why and how certain animals have adapted to their environment and how UCR scientists are learning from the materials these creatures use.

Design by Nature" Join UC-Riverside Professor David Kisailus and his students as they share exciting information about their research:

 "Chewing Through Rock with the Hardest Teeth on Earth"
- Authors: Brian Weden, Leslie Wood, Qianqian Wang and David Kisailus

 "Making Nanosized Paint to Clean Water?"
- Authors: Kyle Nelson, Christian Alcaraz, Alexander Dudchenko, Nichola Kinsinger, and David Kisailus

"Producing Pure Water using Sunlight and Designs from Sea Shells?"
- Authors: Alexander Dudchenko, Letia Solomon, Nichola Kinsinger, and David Kisailus

"Running on Light: Making Nanoscale Sunscreen to Power Cars"
- Authors: Louis Lancaster, Norman Lim, Yinzhe Liu, Wenting Hou, and David Kisailus

"What do Snails know about Making Armor?"
- Authors: Ziran Wang, Wesley Dong, Chris Salinas, and David Kisailus

“Ultra-tough Skateboards Inspired by a Feisty Crustacean”
- Authors: Steven Herrera, Mohammed Alam, Garrett Milliron, and David Kisailus

“From Bones to Batteries: Nanomaterials for Fast Charging Electric Vehicles”
- Authors: Joseph Fiore, Richard Lu, Jianxin Zhu, and David Kisailus

“Using Enzymes to Make Nanomaterials!”
- Authors: Chhay Sun, John Johnson, and David Kisailus

May’s Activities planned for the 2011/2012 Season Finale are:
 
Blooming Blossoms with Guest Artist Raquel Castillo
Mission Inn Museum
May is a month when the beautiful gardens at the Mission Inn Hotel are blooming with colorful flowers! Join the Mission Inn Museum in creating a festive flower bouquet using different materials to make your very own blossoms! These bouquets are perfect as a springtime decoration for your home or as a Mother’s Day gift, so put your creativity to the test and join us for this fun project!

Dance, Dance, dance
Riverside Art Museum
The Riverside Art Museum is happy to welcome the Gluck Dance Ensemble from UCR’s graduate program. As usual, we’ll have arts and crafts, face painting, and you can roam through our beautiful galleries!

Captain Carl and Design by Nature Program
Riverside Metropolitan Museum
Touch and observe a variety of sea life from our local oceans. Learn about the importance of water conservation in our dry environment. Learn why and how certain animals have adapted to their environment and how UCR scientists are learning from the materials these creatures use.

A Trip to Africa
Riverside Public Library
Finally we make a stop in Africa were we will be making sand art from 1-2. From 2-3 we will have a live animal show by Wildlife co. then from 3-4 continue making our sand art.

Cork People and the Exquisite Corpse
UCR ArtsBlock (Culver Center, Sweeney Art Gallery, and California Museum of Photography)
Participants of this workshop will have access to an assortment of crafts and drawing supplies to create tiny people out of corks as well as collaborate on the art of exquisite-corpse drawing, a method of collective drawing invented by surrealist artists in the early twentieth century.

Off to Neverland!
Riverside Fox Theater Foundation at Fox Theater
In celebration of the upcoming Broadway musical, Peter Pan, Fox Foundation invites you to join us at the Fox where you don’t ever have to grow up! Create your very own shadow, just like Peter Pan. But make sure you keep an eye on it! You don’t want it wandering off like Peter Pan’s did! The first 50 families will be able to customize their very own picture frame to capture the magic at the Fox. Meet “the boy who wouldn’t grow up” himself and a few of his mates from Neverland. Enjoy this month’s special guests, UCR’s Music Changing Lives. While there, see how large our “Walk of Fame” has grown. Families are welcome to take their personalized stars home.