JUNE 6 - NOVEMBER 7, 2015Blue Spruce, greenback cutthroat trout, purple mountain majesty, and orange sunsets – explore color and creativity in this camp-style exhibit. Bridge the gap with summer learning and fun through the Gateway to the Southwest, right here in our hometown. Take a side trip to New Mexico and Arizona in the Helen T. White Galleries at no extra charge!

SPONSORED BY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

LAKE PUEBLOSTATE PARK

QR codes are coming to enhance your museum experience and extend your visit. Parenting apps, digital books, and information to help your children learn will be available with just a push of a button.

Sponsored by the Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundation

PARENTS - GOT A SMART PHONE?

WITH SUPPORT FROM

The Estate of Christine L. Fratterelli

Look up in the air! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s YOU as a super hero! The Buell Children’s Museum comes to the rescue at your library location with the Super Hero Factory.

Check our website for dates and locations - we’ll see you there!

Visit on Wednesdays, June 10 and July 8 to hear the “Museum of Dreams” with storyteller Birgitta De Pree telling tall tales, pioneer yarns, and mining myths.

Paint, print, and sculpt in the Artrageous Studio.

Sponsored by the Pueblo Day Nursery Children’s Foundation

SUNDAY, JUNE 14 & SUNDAY, AUGUST 9

K is for Kachina! William Mattoon was known as a prominent Pueblo lawyer, but not many people know he created Kachina style art figures. See his collection and be inspired to create your own piece. Let the artwork from The McClelland School lead the way! On Loan from the William Mattoon Family.

It’s the Buell Children’s Museum’s 15th birthday and we’re inviting EVERYONE to our parties! Usher in the Summer with our celebration on June 14 and bid the Summer farewell with another party on

August 9. Do you have a Summer birthday too? Celebrate with us.

The magical Mr. E will be on hand to celebrate with a magic show and cake, of course! Enjoy the fun of the museum and all the fixin’s – included in your admission. Just follow the sound of singing…

Showtime is 1:30 in the Magic Carpet Theater.

Create your own clay art piece and see a collection of Storyteller Dolls, clay figurines made by the Pueblo people of New Mexico depicting a man or woman with their mouth open to tell or sing a story to young children. On loan from Kathy Parga.

WONDERFULWEDNESDAY

Art for Kids

WEDNESDAYS | 10 AM - 12 PM

Sponsored by the Robert Hoag Rawlings FoundationSTORYTELLING

SUNDAY SUMMER BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR A CALENDAR OF EVENTS

See the art installation, “Purple Mountain Majesty” - area students illustrate each line from the Kathryn Bates song-written on top of Pikes Peak. Pueblo Community College Art Club will inspire you.

Pick up your Colorado Journal created by author/illustrator Craig McFarland Brown. Color your own “uncoloring” pages in your official Colorful Colorado book as you learn about the land and critters in southern Colorado. Sponsored by the Jennie and Albert Gersick Foundation

“Camp” out in our gallery, “fish” indoors, put on a wildlife puppet show, dress up like the state dinosaur, sing around the campfire, even create with marshmallows - you’ll want s’more!

Identify animal tracks, “Go Buggy” in the Sensations interactive exhibit, get advice from critters and learn to appreciate nature as only an artist can. Use nature’s tool box to make creative projects from sticks, and “story” stones.

Using Imagination Playground blocks, kids build a new world every day. They make objects like animals, rocket ships, houses, and cities. Most important, they make the rules. Because Imagination Playground is child-directed and open-ended, it encourages self-expression through deep, joyful play.

THINK BLUE

Imagination Playground is back! Look for blank fish kites with art supplies around the town. Clues will be given as to their hidden locations. When found, open it up, decorate the kite with the art inside and fly it!

Join us for the “Catch & Release - A Fish Tale” kick off at Lake Pueblo’s Fishing Derby, Saturday, June 6 from 8 - 10 am. The derby is free and no license is required. The event coincides with Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s free fishing weekend.

CATCH & RELEASE “A FISH TALE” KICK OFF

This event is free, but a park pass is required on every vehicle that enters park. A daily pass is $7 per vehicle.

BE A PART OF OUR FISH KITE INSTALLATION!

PRINT COLORFUL COLORADO!

Check out Colors of the Southwest in the Helen T. White and Reilly Family Galleries with vibrant artists such as RC Gorman, Tony Abeyta and John Farnsworth. Then unleash your inner printer! Gel Printing Plates that look and feel like gelatin! Monoprinting on a Gelli plate is simple and fun plus the prints are too cool! “You’ll be addicted to Gelli!”

Visit our a-MAZE-ing state of Colorado without ever leaving Pueblo. Get lost on your visit in artist John Wilbar’s installation of a life-size maze with exciting nature photography by Ron Drummond.

SUMMER FUN WITH OUR STATE!

BUELL CHILDREN’S MUSEUMCALENDAR OF EVENTS

JUNEMAY 31-JUNE 5CLOSED to install Colorful Colorado – Camp Create-a-lot! for your enjoyment

JUN 6 Kick Off with Fishing Derby – 8-10 am at Lake Pueblo Reservoir

JUN 6 Opening Day, Colorful Colorado – Camp Create-a-lot!

JUN 6 Sit Means Sit “Doodle a Poodle” and Sparky the Art Dog JUN 9Lake Pueblo Naturalist – “Build a Beaver”

JUN 10Summer StorytellerBirgitta De Pree

JUN 11 Prairie Conservation - Pueblo Zoo is here!

JUN 11Geology of the Southwest! Pueblo Community College2:30 - 4 pm

JUN 13Bird Hurdles with Sue Hardesty from Pueblo Nature & Raptor Center/Arkansas Valley Audubon Society

JUN 14 Birthday Celebrations with Magician, Mr. E 1:30 pm

JUN 16 Lake Pueblo Naturalist – “Owl Pellets”

JUN 18 Dig it! Colorado State plants with the CSU-Extension Office

JUN 18Bike presentation with Kim Arline 2:30 & 3:30 pm

JUN 19 Explore Colorado’s past with the Pueblo Archaeological & Historical Society

JUN 20 Make Lanterns for Solstice Parade with Cynthia Ramu 1 - 3 pm

JUN 21 Father’s Day – Dad’s get in FREE all day when accompanied by a child

JUN 23 Lake Pueblo Naturalist – “Rock Out with Geology”

JUN 25 Mammal Skins, Skulls & Tracks - Mountain Park Environmental Center

JUN 26Recycled Camping “Hacks” with Susan Finzel-Aldred, Environmental Division, Pueblo Health Department

JUN 30 Lake Pueblo Naturalist – Tracks & Scat

JULYJUL 2 Prairie Conservation – Pueblo Zoo is here!

JUL 2Geology of the Southwest! Pueblo Community College2:30 - 4 pm

JUL 3 Celebrate Independence Day with Cool Science –What makes things go BOOM? 11am

JUL 4 CLOSED for Independence Day as we celebrate with our families

JUL 7 Lake Pueblo Naturalist – Hiding from Hypo – Water Safety

JUL 8Summer StorytellerBirgitta De Pree

JUL 9 Dig it! Colorado State Plants with the CSU- Extension Office

JUL 10 Bear Education with Bob Holder, Colorado Wildlife Officer. Bring your teddy bear to the Museum and learn more!

JUL 11 Bird Hurdles with Sue Hardesty from Pueblo Nature & Raptor Center/Arkansas Valley Audubon Society

JUL 14 Lake Pueblo Naturalist – Fish Printing

JUL 16 Day of Enchantment in partnership with Pueblo Summer Musical – SHREK

JUL 17 Explore Colorado’s past with the Pueblo Archaeological & Historical Society

JUL 18 Sit Means Sit “Doodle a Poodle”

JUL 21 Lake Pueblo Naturalist – Edible Camp Fire

JUL 23 Mammal Skins, Skulls & Tracks - Mountain Park Environmental Center

JUL 24 Recycled Camping “Hacks” with Susan Finzel-Aldred, Environmental Division, Pueblo Health Department

JUL 25 Find out about the state dinosaur and more! Dinosaur Resource Center

JUL 28 Lake Pueblo Naturalist – Urban Nature Hike in the Jackson Sculpture Park

JUL 28-31 3-2-1 Countdown to Fun School Readiness Week JUL 29 Family Arts Festival - A School Readiness Celebration with Big Bang BOOMAdditional Admission

AUGUSTAUG 1 Bird Hurdles with Sue Hardesty from Pueblo Nature & Raptor Center/Arkansas Valley Audubon Society

AUG 3OPEN MONDAY-HAPPY COLORADO DAY! Join the celebration of the Centennial State!

AUG 4Lake Pueblo Naturalist – Incredible Journey of Water

AUG 6 Prairie Preservation with Pueblo Zoo

AUG 6Geology of the Southwest! Pueblo Community College2:30 - 4 pm

AUG 7 Explore Colorado’s past with the Pueblo Archaeological & Historical Society

AUG 8 Sit Means Sit “Doodle a Poodle”

AUG 9 Birthday Celebrations with Magician, Mr. E 1:30 pm

AUG 11 Lake Pueblo Naturalist – Snakes!

AUG 13 Dig it! Colorado State Plants with the CSU Extension Office

AUG 14Colorado Steel STEM activities with the Steel Works Museum, Victoria Miller

AUG 15Recycled Camping “Hacks” with Susan Finzel-Aldred, Environmental Division, Pueblo Health Department

AUG 18Be a Girl Scout! Find out more from leader, Carmen Valdez

AUG 20 Mammal Skins, Skulls & Tracks - Mountain Park Environmental Center

AUG 29Maggie Burns Nursery Nanny, Victorian Pueblo with Rosemount House Museum Curator, Deb Darrow

SEPTEMBERSEPT 7OPEN MONDAY-HAPPY LABOR DAY!

ICE CREAM CONTESTWhat is the flavor of Colorful Colorado? Invent an ice cream tasty treat that reminds you of our wonderful state. Draw your favorite art piece that shows your yummy idea and you could win ice cream for a year from Cold Stone Creamery - just don’t eat the picture! Participate in this delicious contest and receive a coupon just for entering.

WIN A BIKE Remember the bike you have in the garage? Take it for a spin and get active in Colorado! No bike in the garage? Then here is your chance to score a new mountain bike - visit the Buell Children’s Museum and see this shiny prize. Answer a fun quiz, draw yourself biking, and enter your name- you could win in more ways than one- a hot new bike and a cool healthy lifestyle! Thanks to Vance’s Bicycle World.

A Day of Enchantment returns! The Pueblo Summer Musical cast from “Shrek” will be on hand to entertain with fairy tale fun and all things green!

FAIRY HOUSE GARDEN TOUR - START BUILDING NOW! Create your own dwelling out of natural objects for the wee folk, garden gnomes and fairies. Then, enter our Fairy House Garden Tour on Thursday, July 16th, beginning at 11am. Pick up an entry form at the Museum’s front desk. Bring your fairy house to show on the special day, or create one on the spot with natural materials the day of the event.

A DAY OF ENCHANTMENT Grab your wand, flutter your wings, sparkle your crown and get ready for the biggest fairy tale fun ever! Be on the look-out for the giant dragon, duck, and seahorse puppets. There will be bubbles, too, did we say bubbles? Meet the famous Tooth Fairy while Shrek – the Musical cast members will be helping families create memories and facilitate creativity with songs and costumed characters - plus a few surprises.

DRAGON CHALK WALK We’ve invited a friendly dragon to our party! - picture its bright colors creeping down the path. Light a fire under your imagination and help create a larger than life-size mural.

ENTER & WIN!

This exhibit is in conjunction with the community-wide Take 5 campaign to Get Pueblo Moving more by walking and biking sponsored by PACE (Pueblo Active Community Environments) and the City of Pueblo.

ALL PROGRAMS INCLUDED WITH ADMISSION12 - 2 PM UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED

Admission: $8 Adults | $6 Children/Military/Seniors 65+Buell Children’s Museum Hours: Tues, Thur, Fri: 11-5 pm | Wed: 9-5 pmOpen Weekends Sat & Sun 12-5 pm 210 N Santa Fe Ave | Pueblo, CO | 719.295.7200 | www.sdc-arts.org