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Family Day 2024
September 7 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm CDT
Artist Alley
Located outside the museum in our parking lot, visit info booths, Native artist booths, and Food will be available for sale during the event.
Schedule of Events
Museum Activities
All day crafts and coloring pages for the kids and families on the 2nd floor.
10:30-11:30 am Critter Visit with Evanston Ecology Center
Join the Evanston Ecology Center for a Critter Visit! Meet live animals up close, as we learn about each animal’s unique adaptations, the senses that they use, the groups they belong to, and the important roles that they play in their habitats.
12:15-1:15 pm Airdry clay turtles with Cynthia Thomas
Cynthia Thomas (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin) will be leading an air-dry clay turtle art workshop for all ages!
Cynthia is a Pottery/Ceramic Artist who earned her Bachelors degree is Art and went on to earn a Masters degree in Secondary Education. In addition to be a successful artist, Cynthia has gained 20 years teaching experience.
2:00-3:00 pm Resin Birchbark Earrings with Porcupine Quills with Sunny Webster
Sunny Webster (Oneida) will be leading a workshop on creating resin birchbark earrings.
3009 Building
We will have live music!
Lanialoha Lee
Lanialoha Lee – Pacific Soundz Productions – (Native Hawaiian)
My continuing work as a professional performing artist in music and dance encompassed chanting, vocal work, instrumentation characteristic to both Western and Pacific Island cultural arts, and production. Throughout my career, I’ve taught thousands of `ukulele, hula, and Tahitian drum students, enhancing my curriculum and cultivating a new generation of artists with a refined sensitivity to the culture bridging the Midwest to the islands through shared repertoire. As a Midwest-based Native Hawaiian, I continue to preserve, perpetuate, and protect Pacific Island cultural arts. I hope an appreciation will develop and augment the cultural literacy of those less familiar with the mesmerizing rhythms of music, dance, and poetic text of the South Pacific islands.
For more information about this program, please contact: info@gichigamiin-museum.org | (847) 475-0911.