Through Sun 13. Linda St. John makes soulful little things out of scraps of nothing. She created 1,000 Skinny Girls in a Dirt Yard a couple of years ago and installed the piece in the Children's Museum where, in a workshop, she shared with kids the experience of making skinny girls. This year at the museum, she's doing an installation of teeny dogs in a joint exhibition with Jean Metcalf, whose whimsical large-scale paintings also feature pooches. This afternoon, St. John teaches kids how to make their own mini doggies with moving legs and heads.
Children spend a gloriously unstructured afternoon planting, watering and getting their hands dirty.
Through Sun 13. Afterward, they'll use the drawings as talking points when they chat with the audience about the show. The program repeats in Dumbo next weekend, along with music workshops for kids and teens. Watch police divers and fireboat water displays, set foot on a tugboat, take a rowboat ride and find out what it takes to be a ship's captain. All Rights Reserved.