Join the Walt Disney Family Museum for the Big Green Draw!
Join San Francisco's Walt Disney Family Museum as they celebrate the Big Green Draw, the world’s largest drawing festival. This annual free community event celebrates Walt Disney’s contributions to visual arts and his vision for a more sustainable earth. This year's event will be virtual, with live programming on Facebook and YouTube. It takes place this Saturday, October 3, from 10 am to 3:30 pm.
This year’s theme is #ClimateOfChange, and the event focuses on the relationship between people and our living environments and ecosystems, highlighting how we live today and the ways in which we do and do not harmonize with nature. Experience a unique animal drawing workshop led by a professional wildlife artist, listen to a story about preventing wildfires, create fun and sustainable crafts, and more.
The day's schedule is as follows:
- 10 am | Welcome from The Walt Disney Family Museum
- 11 am | Painting with Lions: Panthera Africa
- 11:30 am | Roots and Shoots: Tree of Hope
- 12:30 pm | Virtual Storytime and Workshop: We Will Live in This Forest Again with Author-Illustrator Gianna Marino
- 1:30 pm | Mix and Match Halloween Paper Marionettes with Haya Tawato, Youth Art Exchange
- 3 pm | Inspiratiopn from EPCOT: Build Your Own Sustainable Community Workshop
Learn more about these programs from the WDFM at www.waltdisney.org.
For this event, the WDFM is partnering with the Jane Goodall Institute’s Roots and Shoots program. Founded by Dr. Goodall in 1991, Roots and Shoots is a youth service program for young people with a mission to foster respect and compassion for all living things, to promote understanding of all cultures and beliefs, and to inspire each individual to take action to make the world a better place for people, other animals, and the environment. For more info, visit rootsandshoots.org.
