The 2020 Virtual Cultural Pass offers families in Greater Louisville with children ages 0-21 access to participate in arts and cultural activities provided by nearly 50 venues, free of charge, from June 1 through August 8, 2020. The purpose of the program is to inspire, to explore,to discover; and this year we’re going virtual, which means families can access the content over and over again throughout the summer from the comfort of their homes. Created from Vision Louisville, the Cultural Pass is an innovative initiative to promote art and culture and improve summer learning in our community.
Ages Appropriate: 9 – 14
Arts & Culture Disciplines:
– Arts Education
– Museum
– Visual Arts
Description of Program: Travel through space and time in this exciting adventure story where you decide what happens next! The Tangled Tale of Two Sisters begins at the Carnegie Center for Art and History with you and your sister visiting the Permanent and Natural art exhibition. Suddenly and unexpectedly, your sister disappears in a flash of light. You determine what happens next as you search for her in this Google Docs version of a Choose Your Own Adventure story, learning about the artists and artworks in Permanent and Natural along the way.
Ages Appropriate: 8 – 14
Arts & Culture Disciplines:
– Arts Education
– Museum
– Visual Arts
Description of Program: Become the keeper of your family lore in this guided activity that has you discover the oldest object in your home, and turn a story about it into a mini comic book! You will interview family members to learn facts about your family heirloom and retell them in a creative way. We even make it easy for you by giving you a downloadable mini-comic book template! Just print (or copy) and fold, and VOILA! The perfect blank canvas for the thrilling story of an object that has survived generations. Click here to watch a video of this activity led by one of our museum educators.
Ages Appropriate: 8 – 18
Arts & Culture Disciplines:
– Arts Education
– Museum
– Visual Arts
Description of Program: This film is an introduction to the history of the Underground Railroad in Southern Indiana. It is an edited version of the 1 hour film Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage: The Men and Women of the Underground Railroad, produced by the Carnegie Center for Art and History.
Papa’s Purses by Pat Budge
Chichi by Anne Parker
Strange Attractor # 20 by Niraja Lorenz
Texas Boy with Fish by Carolyn Skei
Shifting Thoughts by Valerie Maser-Flanagan
Ages Appropriate: 6 – 12
Arts & Culture Disciplines:
– Arts Education
– Museum
– Visual Arts
Description of Program: Art quilts in the Carnegie Center’s annual Form, Not Function exhibitions have fallen apart! Click and drag the pieces to help put the quilts back together again. Use visual clues like colors, patterns, and whether the pieces have a boarder edge to figure out where they may fit.
Alinea #10 by Kathleen Probst
Moonlight Mania by Kathleen McCabe
Perennial by Maggy Rozycki Hiltner
Circular Infinity by Susan Michael
Red Lightning by Bonnie Bucknam