Center Sunday: Fundred Drawing Workshop

Digital poster for Center Sundays. The poster includes the photo of a young girl holding a bundle of Fundreds. The text reads: Fundred Project Drawing Workshop with Smart Museum Educators, at Hyde Park Art Center Parking Lot from 1–3 pm
Digital poster for Center Sundays

A young girl dressed in a purple puffy coat holds three stacks of Fundreds. Fundreds are artist Mel Chin’s alternative currency project that invites participants to draw their own version of a hundred-dollar bill on a template. The young girl stands in front of a wall displaying more completed Fundreds.

Photo by Hyde Park Art Center

Center Sundays is a family-friendly filled day of art-making activities, workshops, and artist talks presented by the Hyde Park Art Center.

In May, Center Sundays offers virtual programs and socially distanced outdoor activities, including a Fundred drawing workshop led by Smart Museum Educators. The Fundred Project engages youth in civic action around lead contamination and is a creative currency to demonstrate how much we value the lives of children and a future free of lead poisoning. Making a Fundred is a chance to express yourself, while together the Fundreds demonstrate the value we collectively place on healthier communities, lead-safe homes, and the imagination of all children.

Presented by the Hyde Park Art Center in collaboration with the Smart Museum of Art.

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