Join us at the Heard Museum on Sunday, April 28, for a day of clay activities designed with kids in mind!
Outdoor Activities Free
Free Museum Admission for Families
(Children, and up to 2 accompanying Adults)
If you and your family love hands-on learning, you won’t want to miss this program at the Heard Museum, inspired by the pottery in the Maria & Modernism exhibition. Activities will be available all day unless otherwise noted:
- Build your own clay sculpture with Yolanda Hart Stevens (Pee Posh, Quechan)
- Make a painting using clay slip with Heard Museum Director of Community Engagement, Marcus Monenerkit (Comanche)
- Glaze your own ceramic sculpture with Heard Staff (Please note, you will need to be able to come back to the Heard to pick this up!)
- Create a polymer clay magnet with Mikenzi Dupree (Diné, Sandia Pueblo) of S.T.I.L.L. She Lives)
- Experience a clay spa treatment with the Spa with the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass
- Slide down the inflatable slide
- Create a Maria-inspired silhouette family portrait at the photo station
- Add stickers to the collaborative Maria mural
Complete our in-gallery activity to earn a Heardlings pop-it ball!
*Please note that all activities and prizes are while supplies last.
Visitors can also browse items in Books & More, enjoy the Kids Menu at the Heard Museum Café or swing by the Coffee Cantina for a grab-and-go coffee, tea, or a sweet treat. Members always get 10% off!

