Met Offers Art in Spanish

Mon09Jan2006

Met Offers Art in Spanish

11:54 H | Topics: Arts - Children - Events - Family - New York City

The world famous Metropolitan Museum of Art, located in New York City, to make sure that children and their families have access to the world of fine arts regardless of what language is spoken. The Education Department of the Met is sponsoring a Spanish language program named El primer contacto con el arte. The lectures and activities are being held every Saturday from 11:30 a.m. a 1:00 p.m. in the Uris Education Center and are open to children between 6 and 12 years of age accompanied by one adult. Each month a new artistic theme or time period is studies. In January the theme is The Renaissance in Europe. The program is scheduled to run through May and is free with paid admission to the museum. For more information regarding these and other programs call (212) 650-2833 or visit www.metmuseum.org.