Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27, 2025
1:00–5:00 p.m.
San Diego Museum of Art May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden
Create your own floral-themed works of art!
Great for art enthusiasts of all ages, the Art Alive Garden of Activities brings hands-on fun to the daytime floral extravaganza of Art Alive weekend. Join Museum educators in the floral-themed art-making space in The San Diego Museum of Art sculpture garden to craft and create through a variety of hands-on arts projects.
Explore intersections of botanicals, art, and architecture in this year’s new Garden of Activities adventure.
Start your creative journey inside the Museum at Gallery 19 on Saturday or Sunday between 12:30 and 4:00 p.m. to make a paper flower or commemorative butterfly to add to our collaborative community mural. Commemorative butterflies are created in partnership with The Elizabeth Hospice to celebrate and remember someone that you are grieving. The collaborative mural is located at the entrance to Garden of Activities near the Panama 66 restaurant entrance.
Cross through the sculpture court into the garden to find music and art stations featuring the following activities:
Construct an accordion book inspired by the Foster + Partners: Architecture of Light and Space exhibition to be filled with your Art Alive Garden of Activities creations
- Fashion a 3D flower model
- Photograph florals and botanicals
- Journal or write poetry
- Create a mini-artwork based on Bouquet by Henri Matisse now on view at The San Diego Museum of Art
- Make a botanical artwork on blueprint paper
- Design a postcard collage that brings together urban landscapes interconnected with nature with our community partner TAAE/ATEA (The Transborder Association of Architectural Education).
Garden of Activities is free with Art Alive floral exhibition admission.
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