Courses and Workshops
Expand your perspectives through innovative courses, drop-in discussions, and artmaking workshops.
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Workshops
Learn more about art through materials and processes in workshops that focus on artmaking.
In-depth Courses
Gain a deeper understanding of current exhibitions through multi-part virtual courses, which feature discussions with curators and artists, behind-the-scenes perspectives, and the opportunity to ask questions.
Drop-in Discussions
After seeing an exhibition at the Whitney, explore it further by joining one of the Whitney's Joan Tisch Teaching Fellows for an open discussion about the politics and ethics of representation. The Whitney is committed to fostering dialogue and debate in these monthly sessions.
Crash Courses
In these intensive, single-session, virtual courses, noted experts provide an overview of key topics in modern and contemporary art.
Art History from Home
This series of free, virtual talks by Teaching Fellows highlights works in the Museum's collection to illuminate critical topics in American art from 1900 to the present. Each session is thirty-minutes long and involves a moderated virtual chat.
Past Courses and Workshops
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2024
Ailey’s Musical Constellations
Tuesdays in October, 3–4 pm
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Ailey Dance Class: Dunham Technique
Oct 20, 2024
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Ailey Dance Class: Vogue Basics
Oct 18, 2024
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Ailey Dance Class:
Broadway JazzOct 17, 2024
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Ailey Dance Class: Horton Technique
Oct 16, 2024
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Urban Harvest Drawing Workshops
Oct 6, 2024
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Ailey Revelations Dance Celebration with the Whitney
Sept 8, 2024
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Alt Text as Poetry
Sun, July 14, 2024
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Crash Course on the 2024 Whitney Biennial: Sensation
June 25, 2024
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Dentro de la Bienal del Whitney 2024
Los martes de abril, 3-4 pm
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Inside the 2024 Whitney Biennial
Tuesdays in April, 3–4 pm
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2023
Ethics of Looking: Drop-in Discussion
Dec 23, 2023
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Asawa’s Paper Web
Nov 14, 2023
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Student Member Workshop: Ruth Asawa Artmaking
Oct 15, 2023
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Asawa on Paper
Oct 2, 2023
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Experimental Drawing Workshop
Sun, Sept 17, 2023
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Art History from Home: Realisms and Revolution
July 27, 2023
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Ethics of Looking: Drop-in Discussion
Select Saturdays
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Art History from Home: Wait, This Doesn't Look Asian
May 25, 2023
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Ethics of Looking: Drop-in Discussion
Feb 11, 2023
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Unincorporated Histories: Puerto Rican Art Then and Now
Tuesdays in February
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Historias no-incorporadas: Arte puertorriqueño antes y ahora
Feb 7, 2023
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2022
Figure Drawing Workshop
Dec 9, 2022
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Hopper on Paper
Select Tuesdays in November
6 pm -
Art History from Home:
Art, Work, and LaborJuly 21, 2022
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Art History from Home:
Asian/American: A Ghost StoryMay 19, 2022
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Inside the Whitney Biennial 2022
May 5, 2022
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Art History from Home:
Queer BelongingMar 10, 2022
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Art History from Home:
Me, Myself, and IJan 27, 2022
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Course on Contemporary Art:
Subjecthood in Painting TodaySelect Tuesdays
6 pm
Questions
Please email us at courses@whitney.org.