Events

Explore the Himalayas at your own pace . . . 

Learners of any age are welcome to stop in and use their imagination at the RMA's Garuda Open Studio.  Play Asian games (like with the abacus), make art inspired by a gallery visit (such as your own mandala), dress up in colorful Himalayan costumes and scarves, and read in the Story Corner stocked with more than 100 Asian tales, including Jataka Tales (Buddhist parables), and I Once Was a Monkey. 

Can you move like a painting? Making art more interactive for a younger audience, this program encourages understanding of art through interpretative movement. Guided by RMA educators, children will transform the artworks they encounter into poses, movement, and sound.Moving Through Art is for kids ages 3-5 (accompanied by an adult). Participants should bring their own thin, yoga-style mat; the program meets in the theater.

TICKET INFO

RMA Family Programs are free with Museum admission, and to Cool Culture Members. A $5 contribution per family is welcome, and participant children must be accompanied by an adult. Registration by phone is recommended at least one business day prior to the program.

Admission to RMA is $10.00 for adults; $7.00 for seniors, students and artists (with ID); $7.00 for neighbors (zip codes 10011 & 10001 with ID); and free for children under 12 and for museum members. Gallery admission is free to all on Fridays between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Contact the Box Office at 212.620.5000, ext. 344.

GENERAL INFO

Opened in 2004, the Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) houses an esteemed and wide-ranging collection of Himalayan art; the paintings, pictorial textiles, and sculptures are drawn from cultures that touch upon the 1,800 mile arc of mountains. With changing exhibitions and exciting events, RMA allows people of all ages and backgrounds to discover art from the far-away Himalayas conveniently in Chelsea. Learn more at www.rmanyc.org.

The museum is open Monday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; closed on Tuesday. To reach the museum by subway, visitors may take the A, C or E to 14th Street; the 1 to 14th Street; or the L to 6th Avenue. By bus, visitors may take the B20 to the corner of 7th Avenue and 17th Street. For more information, the public may call (212) 620.5000 or visit rmanyc.org.

CITY PARK KIDS PRESENTS HERITAGE OP Heritage Op fuses conventional music with modern trends using mostly traditional instruments to create this unique FREE musical experience. Inspiring and uplifting lyrics paired with strong beats will get the audience up and dancing! Friday, July 25 10:30 AM LOCATION: Crotona Park, Haffen Park Crotona Park E. & Charlotte St. Performance Site: Crotona Park Tennis House on Crotona Ave. Rain Site: St. Mary Recreation Center, East 145th St. & St. Ann’s Ave.BRONX For more information visit: www.CityParksFoundation.org

Three days of animation:

Best of the Ottawa International Animation Festival 60min Fri, Jul 25 at 2, 4:30, 6:50, 9:15pm Animation Weekend opens with Lapsus (pictured) from Argentina, about a curious nun; John and Karen, about the romantic complications of a British polar bear; and I Met the Walrus, an Academy Award-nominated film.

Animation Block Party 1 90min Sat, Jul 26 at 2, 6:50pm Experimental works and music videos include Air, an abstract collage of smoking; Illuminant, a stop-motion animation made up of photographs; andOne Skin (pictured).

Animation Block Party 2 90min Sat, Jul 26 at 4:30, 9:15pm Features Guy Talk, in which dude mice talk smack about ladies on a plane; the inventive Teat Beat of Sex, a take on sex exclusively from a woman's perspective; and Hot Dog by celebrated NYC animator Bill Plympton.

Animation Block Party 3 90min Sun, Jul 27 at 2, 6:50pm A secret agent attempts to rescue a child's goldfish in Operation Fish, while Goobees exposes the dark side of candy manufacturing, and two superheroes share a drink in a Gotham bar in Batman and Wolverine.

Animation Block Party 4 90min Sun, Jul 27 at 4:30, 9:15pm Everyone's favorite packing material has its day in Fantaisie in Bubblewrap,while Whoopi Goldberg's eyebrows go AWOL in Whoopi's Eyebrows, and a pear and apple discuss life in the fridge in Fresh Fruit.

For tickets and more information visit www.bam.org