| The New Children's Museum opens a long-awaited special installation about the work and imagined futures of legendary speculative fiction writer Octavia E. Butler. The exhibit fills an entire room in the museum with interactive art and play spaces, including a climb-in tree, a mini library and other items inspired by Butler's own childhood. Butler-informed murals by artist Mithsuca Berry adorn the exhibit and museum lobby.Dr.
"I think her writing and her life, which is also what things that exhibit are based on, really provide opportunities for people to explore and dream and imagine and speculate about the future that we would love to see," Jamieson said.Jamieson said that because of its practice of letting young people interact with contemporary art in meaningful ways, NCM is uniquely positioned to present an exhibit about Butler.
"It's a wholly unique place that is really fertile ground for the kinds of imagination that we need in order to all thrive together as a community in the future," Jamieson said. On opening day, the curators and some of the artists in the Seeding Futures Collective will discuss the life and legacy of Octavia Butler in an off-site panel, 2-3 p.m. at UC San Diego Park & Market, a 15-minute walk from NCM.. Opens March 9. Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Monday. New Children's Museum, 200 W Island Ave., downtown. $0-$24.
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