Family Days

Soundscapes is an immersive, multisensory experience that aims to break the mold of a traditional choral concert. Presented by the Miami Children’s Chorus, under the direction of conductors Liana Salinas, Ananya Akula, and Supitcha Kansirisin, the Allegro and Sonata ensembles will perform a diverse repertoire of choral music among the Bass Museum’s art installations.

The Miami Children’s Chorus is South Florida’s first community children’s choir – celebrating 60 years of quality choral music education and performances. In that time, it has grown its initiatives beyond choral concerts to include community events, a new music commissioning program, recording, touring, and even collaborating with Grammy-winning artists such as Gloria Estefan, Manuel Turizo, Paquito D’Rivera, Barry Manilow, and more!

MCC programs, which offer four advancing levels of chorus, foster a spirit of belonging and a drive for excellence that instills confidence in youth. Youth, ages 8-22, are selected by audition and meet weekly to learn the necessary skills to be practicing and professional musicians, in addition to important life skills such as teamwork, discipline, and commitment.

Celebrate the rhythm and harmony of shapes and colors with inspiration from Faire Foyer: Sarah Crowner in Dialogue with Etel Adnan. Families will design bold, geometric compositions that explore balance and connection—perfect for a month about love and community.

Be sure to see a the Soundscapes performance by the Miami Children’s Chorus during the February family Day. Learn more HERE.

Imagine the city of tomorrow through the lens of Lawrence Lek: NOX Pavilion. Families will explore futuristic shapes and glowing colors to design their own imaginative “pavilions” or cityscapes inspired by the possibilities of technology and community.

Join us for our STEAM+ Student Exhibition and find inspiration from nature through Social Assembly: The Communal Table and Haegue Yang’s Coordinates of Speculative Solidarity. Families will translate weather and plant patterns into eco-minded designs – creating with recycled materials and considering balance within our shared environment.

Inspired by Sarah Morris’s Calypte Anna (Origami), families will explore how simple folds and sharp lines can transform into dazzling patterns. Using paper and bright colors, participants will design their own kaleidoscopic compositions that shift and change as pieces are rearranged—celebrating movement, geometry, and imagination.

Explore bright color and playful texture across The Kaleidoscopic. Inspired by Paola Pivi’s pearl-lined panels and Allora & Calzadilla’s field of vibrant flowers, families will experiment with gradients, layering, and tactile materials to craft “faceted” forms and sunny summer palettes—mixing fragments into fresh, joyful compositions.

Drawing from The Kaleidoscopic, families will think about how frames change what we see. In the Creativity Center, experiment with lines, shapes, and layers to build playful frames that highlight shifting points of view—just in time for back-to-school reflection.

Inspired by Quisqueya Henríquez’s Frame Inside a Frame works in The Kaleidoscopic, families will combine textures, images, and shapes to create new stories from fragments. Explore variety and harmony by remixing patterns into imaginative collages.

Celebrate Halloween with a design twist, inspired by Vagabondia’s theatrical apparitions and performance. Families will create expressive masks using line, shape, and texture—perfect for costumes and imaginative play.