Fun-Filled Isaac Mizrahi Family Day at the Jewish Museum Sunday, May 15

NEW YORK, NY – The Jewish Museum will present Isaac Mizrahi Family Day, a fun-filled day of activities, on Sunday, May 15 from 12 noon to 4pm.  Families can celebrate the striking and colorful world of fashion on view in the exhibition, Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History, at a huge drop-in art workshop, hear the hip Grammy award-winning music of Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band, and take gallery tours of the exhibition.

This event, for children age 3 and up, is free with Museum admission.   Adults are asked to accompany their children.  For further information regarding family programs at The Jewish Museum, the public may call 212.423.3337 or visit TheJewishMuseum.org/programs/families.  The Jewish Museum is located at Fifth Avenue and 92nd Street, Manhattan.

ISAAC MIZRAHI FAMILY DAY EVENTS  - SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2016

Noon – 4pm
HUGE DROP-IN ART WORKSHOP
Families can choose from three projects:

Hat Sculptures
Design imaginative sculptural hats with metallic board, textured papers, colored tape, and wire.

Wearable Art
Use found objects and other unexpected materials to create wearable works of arts inspired by the playful materials and textures Isaac Mizrahi incorporates into his designs.

Fashion Poses
Capture wearable creations on camera and strike a fabulous pose as a family at a professional photo booth.


12:30pm and 2:15pm
Concerts
LUCKY DIAZ AND THE FAMILY JAM BAND
Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band will link their inventive and colorful style to the vibrant work of Isaac Mizrahi. Families can dance to songs about color and pattern with indie music sounds rooted in the band’s whimsical child-friendly imagination. 

Garnering a Latin Grammy Award for their album ¡Fantastico! and an Emmy Award for their work on the PBS show Friday Zone, the husband and wife duo Lucky Diaz and Alisha Gaddis have been named “THE face of kindie music” by The Washington Post. Their sun-filled pop beats have been featured by NPR’s All Things Considered, NPR Music, Billboard Magazine, The New York Times, and Univision. Logging hundreds of thousands of miles and sharing the music of their seven albums, Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band bring smart, crafty lyrics with irresistibly fresh pop beats.


1:00pm to 3:00pm
PATTERN PRINTS
Kids can use printmaking techniques to create patterned fabric made with funky shaped stamps, colors, and textures.


1:15pm and 3:00pm
ISAAC MIZRAHI SPOTLIGHT TOURS
Jewish Museum educators will lead brief tour and sketching experience spotlighting looks in Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History.


All day
SELF-GUIDED FAMILY EXHIBITION TOURS
Specialized printed family gallery guides for Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History will be available for free.


The Jewish Museum is presenting the first exhibition focused on Isaac Mizrahi, the influential American fashion designer, artist, and entrepreneur, until August 7, 2016.  Through over 250 works, including clothing and costume designs, sketches, photographs, and an immersive video installation, this survey exhibition explores Mizrahi’s unique position at the intersection of high style and popular culture.  While best known for his work in fashion, Mizrahi’s creativity has expanded over a three decade career to embrace acting, directing, set and costume design, writing, and cabaret performance. Beginning with his first collection in 1987 and running through the present day, Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History weaves together the many threads of Mizrahi's prolific output, juxtaposing work in fashion, film, television, and the performing arts.

Isaac Mizrahi Family Day is made possible through the generosity of New York City Councilmember Daniel R. Garodnick. Additional support is provided through public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

The Edgar M. Bronfman Center for Education’s school and family programs are supported by endowed funds established by the Bronfman Family, the Muriel and William Rand Fund, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Helena Rubinstein Foundation, Rosalie Klein Adolf, the Kekst Family, and Mrs. Ida C. Schwartz in memory of Mr. Bernard S. Schwartz.