Painting in the Park is the MFA\u2019s\u00a0FREE annual community celebration of all things art!\u00a0This year, the beloved event returns with more activities, community partners, and opportunities for fun than ever before.<\/p>\n
Families, friends, and art lovers of all ages are invited to spend the day exploring\u00a020+ colorful, creative, messy, and marvelous art activities\u00a0inspired by works from the museum\u2019s collection. Activities are designed for everyone\u2014from toddlers and teens to adults ready to rediscover their inner artist.<\/p>\n
Participants will receive a\u00a0Painting in the Park Discovery Passport\u00a0to guide them to each station and earn a stamp as they complete each activity. Complete at least\u00a010 art and activity stations\u00a0and this Discovery Passport becomes a ticket for a FREE visit to the MFA!*<\/p>\n
Activities at this year\u2019s event will include:<\/p>\n
En Plein Air Painting inspired by Claude Monet
\nA Paper Poppy Field inspired by Georgia O\u2019Keeffe
\nAn archaeology dig inspired by the Antioch Mosaics
\nOp Art Drawings inspired by Victor Vasarely
\nBracelet making inspired by Ancient Roman jewelry
\nAnd more!<\/p>\n
The fun continues with art-filled activities led by our friends at:<\/p>\n
Clay Co-Op
\nOverspray Art Space
\nSt. Pete Ceramics
\nTampa Bay Watch Discovery Center
\nCurious Creations Co.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Painting in the Park is the MFA\u2019s\u00a0FREE annual community celebration of all things art!\u00a0This year, the beloved event…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-268738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}