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Family Sundays: Measure Me
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Summary From the Rubin Museum: An art project aimed at measuring your own existence and reflecting on how you define yourself
Age Range Middle/Junior High School (ages 13-15), Primary/Elementary School (ages 5-12), Secondary/High School (ages 16-19)
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What’s special about you? What are the things that make you unique?
The Rubin’s exhibition Measure Your Existence can inspire you to reflect on how you define yourself. Measure your own existence through this art-making activity by creating a silhouette of your body and filling it with words, images, photos or abstractions about you!
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The Rubin Museum of Art
The Rubin Museum is a dynamic environment that stimulates learning, promotes understanding, and inspires personal connections to the ideas, cultures, and art of Himalayan Asia.