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A Sunday (Bird) Walk in the Park

A Sunday (Bird) Walk in the Park

Ages 5 – 7 and their families
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Hu Mei, Plum, Bamboo and Mandarin Ducks (detail), Qing dynasty. Color on silk, hanging scroll. Tianjin Museum.

Alice Keck Memorial Garden, 1500 Santa Barbara Street and Ridley Tree Education Center, 1600 Santa Barbara Street

$5 Members
$10 Non-Members

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Join Scot Pipkin, Director of Education & Engagement at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, and Museum Teaching Artists for this family-friendly adventure in birdwatching and sketching in Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden. Afterwards, walk to the Museum’s neighboring Ridley-Tree Education Center at McCormick House and create more art inspired by the exhibition Flowers on A River: The Art of Chinese Flower-and-Bird Painting, 1368–1911, Masterworks from Tianjin Museum and Changzhou Museum.

All materials and sketchbooks included. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Program Timeline
9:30 – 10 am: Check-in, Ridley-Tree Education Center (Arrellaga Street Gate)
10 – 10:25 am: Bird walk with Scot Pipkin & Sketching, Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden
10:30 – 11:30 am: Art making in the studios, Ridley-Tree Education Center

For more information, call 805.884.6457 or email communityprograms@sbma.net.