April School Vacation Week

Artists & Authors
For Families
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Free with Museum admission

The Carle is open Tuesday through Sunday during April School Vacation Week! Come for art-making, storytimes, and special guests!

 

 

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Very colorful bird mobile in a tree in bobbie's meadow. Small owl bird mobile to the left of the other bird. purple and orange and yellow bright colors used.
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Everyday Art Project: Bird's Eye View

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Create your own mobile of floating characters!  

Highland Street Foundation Spring Week logo, with graphic of family walking around a city
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Spring Week

A free day at The Carle, thanks to the Highland Street Foundation!

Child and adult seated at table with a stuffed elephant and dog, with green bushes with pink flowers behind them.
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Sharing Stories with Casey W. Robinson and Heidi E.Y. Stemple

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What can we learn from the special elders in our lives? 

A child's bedroom showing a sequence of images of a boy in blue pajamas running across his room, then facing a purple stuffed bear in a fort, and finally holding holding his bear and removing it from the fort.
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Special Storytime: Ashley Belote

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Join author/illustrator Ashley Belote for a special story time and draw along to celebrate her new picture book, Don’t Wash Winston!

Young child listening during storytime
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Storytime with State Representative Mindy Domb

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Join State Representative Mindy Domb for storytime.

Illustration of owl in tree under moonlight.
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Birds of Prey with Tom Ricardi

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Learn about the great work being done at the Massachusetts Birds of Prey Rehabilitation Center.

Collage of people holding different signs, including "Love," "Hello!," and "There is no line where art stops and life begins."
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Special Storytime: Mara Rockliff

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Learn about Sister Corita Kent, the “pop art nun” who made signs with messages of love, hope, peace, and justice.