Home Studio: Family Day

Home Studio: Family Day is family-friendly celebration from home inspired by current exhibitions and visitor favorites at the Tampa Museum of Art! Each box (delivered to your home or picked up from the Museum) includes all the traditional and non-traditional art supplies you’ll need for a full day of learning, making, creativity, and family togetherness. You’ll also receive pictures of examples with links to how-to videos that include visuals and information about the works of art that inspired each project.

Projects are designed for children ages 6-11, with the option for parents to help and collaborate.

Projects in the winter edition of Family Day include:

Hand Puppets inspired by Pepe Mar’s sculpture Burning Up

Faux-Finish Ancient Bronze Sculptures inspired by ancient Greek Horse Figurines

Geometric Painted Figures inspired by Mernet Larsen’s Raft

Spinning Drawing Machine inspired by an ancient Greek Kylix

Collaborative Wall Hanging inspired by Willie Cole’s Sunflower

Book Klub (a blank book and storywriting guide) inspired by the epic tales visualized in our ancient Greek and Roman pottery collection

Pickup at TMA: $20

*If you select pickup, you will receive an email when your package is available (usually 1-2 business days)

Home Delivery In Hillsborough County, FL: $25

*Home deliveries in Hillsborough County take place before 7p Friday on the week you select.

Home Delivery Outside Hillsborough County, FL: $25

*Packages sent outside Hillsborough County will be mailed before 7p Friday on the week you select.

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Every Home Studio purchase pays for one Home Studio for a scholarship applicant.

Each box includes: 10 sheets Scrapbooking paper, 10 sheets construction paper, Colorful lunch bag, Small scissors, Bag of odds and ends assemblage materials, Glue bottle, pre-cut foam blocks, Pencils, Sharpie, Toothpicks, Paint strip of 6 acrylic paints, Small roll of bendable metal wire, 4 containers of pre-mixed acrylic paint for bronzing, 2 cardboard tubes, 2 Metallic Cricut sheets, Blank book, Large craft paper to put down to cover work area, Cut-out stencils, template, Book Klub handouts, Card with links to how-to videos for all projects.

Image captions left to right:

Pepe Mar (Mexican, b. 1977). Burning Up, 2006/2019. Collage sculpture. Tampa Museum of Art, Gift of Joan and Michael Salke.

Red-FIgure Kylix (Drinking Cup). Exterior attributed to the Euergides Painter. Greek, Attic, ca. 510-500 BC. Ceramic. Tampa Museum of Art, Joseph Veach Noble Collection, purchased in part with funds donated by Costas Lemonopoulos.

Mernet Larsen (American, b. 1940). Raft, 2017. Acrylic and mixed media on canvas. Tampa Museum of Art, Museum Purchase with funds contributed by Tampa Collects as well as Liz Dimmitt & Piers Davies, Vevie & Lawrence Dimmitt, Mary B. Perry, John Tarapani, Dr. Robert & Sue Isbell, Sandy & Penny Liu, Rick Simonetti, Stanton Storer, Debra Williams, and Susan Mueller.

Horse Figurine. Greek, Thessalian, late 8th century BC. Bronze (solid cast, with stamped and incised decoration). Tampa Museum of Art, Museum Purchase.

Willie Cole (American, b. 1955). Sunflower, 1994. Scorched canvas and lacquer on padded wood. Tampa Museum of Art, Museum Purchase.

Fragment from a Red-Figure Volute Krater (Mixing Vessel) with the Judgement of Paris. Attributed to the Darius Painter, South Italian, Apulian, ca. 380-370 BC. Ceramic. Tampa Museum of Art, Joseph Veach Noble Collection.