Objective:

entertaining

engaging

visually appealing

Our goal for this project was to create an adventure for entire family
by making the map entertaining, engaging and visually appealing
to children primarily as well as adults.

We made it something that could be a keep sake for years, while

encouraging the kids to explore and learn about the sculptures.

Heres our strategy: Print everything on a neckerchief, reminiscent of

scout neckerchiefs. As a keep sake, fabric lasts longer. Crinkles and
smudges arent deal breakers when you can put something in the
wash.

This is what the neckerchief looks like folded up for its first
presentation.

The Annual Donald J. Hall Sculptu

Celebration and Kansas Citys Big

Ongoing Activities and Performa

Live music featuring the Dylan Bassett Perc

4- 5:30pm, and solo guitarist Chad Abernath 5:
StoneLion Puppet Theatre
Gather around the giant picnic blanket and be
puppets!

Badminton
Try your hand at a game of badminton or watch

Sculpture Challenge
collect & add all 5 sculpture stamps to your
neckerchief by visiting the sculptures below
and completing the art activity!
The Four Seasons, 2012
on view April 25 October 18
Phillip Haas

Kansas City Parks and Recreation

The Thinker, 1840-1917
Auguste Rodin

Untitled, 1992
Joel Shapiro
Shuttlecocks, 1994
Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van
Bruggen
Seated Woman, 1983
Henry Moore

Doggie Activities and water bowls special tha

at Wayside Waifs
Art Tent
Hands on activities for all ages!

Plein Air painting

Watch local artists capture festivities in the par

Lawn Games
Get active with snag golf, bubble soccer, giant c
more.

Crowd Maintenance Man

Cool off with the Crowd Maintenance Man Ric

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Large Adirondack chairs
Pose for a picture.

On Emaniel Cleaver II Blvd

Blue Bell Ice Cream give-away - while supplie

Food Trucks - purchase food and drinks and d

KC Parks & Recreation Welcome Truck

When the neckerchief is unfolded, you can see a plastic fan to keep you cool,

The Annual Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park

Celebration and Kansas Citys Big Picnic
Ongoing Activities and Performances:
Live music featuring the Dylan Bassett Percussion Trio
4- 5:30pm, and solo guitarist Chad Abernath 5:30 7pm.
StoneLion Puppet Theatre
Gather around the giant picnic blanket and be amazed by the
puppets!
Badminton
Try your hand at a game of badminton or watch the experts play.

Sculpture Challenge
collect & add all 5 sculpture stamps to your
neckerchief by visiting the sculptures below
and completing the art activity!
The Four Seasons, 2012
on view April 25 October 18
Phillip Haas

Kansas City Parks and Recreation

The Thinker, 1840-1917
Auguste Rodin

Untitled, 1992
Joel Shapiro
Shuttlecocks, 1994
Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van
Bruggen
Seated Woman, 1983
Henry Moore

Doggie Activities and water bowls special thanks to our friends

at Wayside Waifs
Art Tent
Hands on activities for all ages!
Plein Air painting
Watch local artists capture festivities in the parks.
Lawn Games
Get active with snag golf, bubble soccer, giant checkers and
more.
Crowd Maintenance Man
Cool off with the Crowd Maintenance Man Richard Renner
Live music in Theis placeholder TBD 4 - 5:30pm and
placeholder TBD 5:30 7pm
Large Adirondack chairs
Pose for a picture.

On Emaniel Cleaver II Blvd

Blue Bell Ice Cream give-away - while supplies last!
Food Trucks - purchase food and drinks and dine outdoors!
KC Parks & Recreation Welcome Truck
Pianos on Parade - play an artistically transformed piano!

as well as informed of event details with the key on its back.

The color pallet has bright points and neutral tones to help with
navigation as well as appeal to kids and feel fresh to parents used to
kid targeted products.

Here, you are introduced to the characters of our map. If you want to
run around and ignore them, it doesnt hurt your experience. If you want
to sit down and really study it, you can get some fun out of them.

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To get kids exploring with their families, weve designed a sculpture

challenge. When handed the neckerchief, each family is given the
challenge to go to each of the marked sculptures. When they arrive,
kids and adults can make a drawing of the sculpture (abstract
references such as elmo are acceptable). They receive a stamp on their
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This allowed us to be more clear about the placement of the

Haas sculptures as well as giving people a bit more of a clue
which sculpture was where.

This program is generously funded

by the Hall Family Foundation.
Extra Special Thanks to
Our fabulous museum volunteers
And
Members of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: Thank you for your
membership!
To become a member, call 816-751-1ART (1278) or visit nelson-atkins.org
The red and white picnic blankets scattered throughout the parks were created
by artist Alison Heryer as part of her installation The Picnic Project.

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Museum of Art

Program Designed By Edith Galicia and Eos Chu

Credits:
Icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com

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The last thing we did was add the date and time of the event to all the
printed material. Yes, guests had to know what day it was to get there and
receive a copy of the map, but a user pointed out during testing that they
might not know the end time. This also brought back echoes of concert
poster making for the Folly. During that project we learned that a keepsake
is a connection to the memory of that place and time, so marking it with that
place and time can only help.

This program is generously funded

by the Hall Family Foundation.
Extra Special Thanks to
Our fabulous museum volunteers
And
Members of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: Thank you for your
membership!
To become a member, call 816-751-1ART (1278) or visit nelson-atkins.org
The red and white picnic blankets scattered throughout the parks were created
by artist Alison Heryer as part of her installation The Picnic Project.
Program Designed By Edith Galicia and Eos Chu
Credits:
Icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com

#kcbigpicnic

We also experienced a lot of personal growth during this project. Working

together, we keep each other on schedule, as well as keeping each others
spirits up. Happiness and timelyness seam to be very important to each other.

We also made sure to keep up communications. Every day we would take a

walk, throw out stress and ideas about other things we have to do, get map
plans on the mind and get in the zone. Each walk resulted in a detailed to do list.
This was the most important part of both feeling productive and being
productive.

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