Sun 9/10 @ 11AM-4PM
The Cleveland Museum of Art has given its Gallery One a makeover. The gallery, which introduces visitors, especially younger ones, to the museum and its collection, is now the ARTLENS Gallery, using a touchscreen-free, motion-detecting technology that provides an interactive experience to draw people into the art.
As part of Grandparents Day and its Play Days, the museum will be hosting a special Sunday for visitors of all ages to explore the ARTLENS Gallery.
“During the ARTLENS Gallery Celebration, we’re looking forward to watching grandparents and their grandchildren making silly, expressive faces and comparing reactions to works of art, and siblings working to replicate the poses of Degas’s ballerinas,” says Melissa Higgins-Linder, CMA’s director of learning and engagement. “Parents can help their children ‘favorite’ and download artworks on the ARTLENS Wall to the ARTLENS app on their smartphones and then turn those selections into a customized family tour. In addition to these amazing digital experiences, our fantastic education staff has designed complementary ‘analog’ counterparts to some of the ARTLENS games and art making activities for visitors to enjoy in the atrium. As visitors engage with the activities in both spaces, they can collect wearable buttons to celebrate and commemorate the day.”