Education
Material Tensions: Craft and Critique
Wednesdays and Thursdays
Drawing on the current exhibition Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019, this course explores how artists work with materials and techniques borrowed from craft traditions.
Spotlight On...
Fridays, 11 am
Spotlight tours offer an opportunity to slow down and look closely at select highlights from the Whitney Museum's collection. Guided by a Museum docent, participants are encouraged to study and discuss works together. Each forty-five-minute session explores a single artwork or a connection between two artworks.
Free with Museum admission.
Family Open Studio
Saturdays and Sundays, 10:30 am–3 pm
Get creative in the Whitney’s Hearst Artspace! Join us to make your own art inspired by works on view in current exhibitions. Each week we offer a different art making project. Families with kids of all ages are welcome.
Free with Museum admission—save time and buy your admission ticket online in advance.
The Laurie M. Tisch Education Center
For the first time in its history, the Whitney Museum has a dedicated space for education with the opening of the Laurie M. Tisch Education Center. Centrally located on the Museum’s Third Floor and adjacent to the Susan and John Hess Family Theater, the Education Center provides opportunities for museum educators to work in innovative ways, offering audiences drop-in programming, hands-on learning, and in-depth and interdisciplinary programming. The Laurie M. Tisch Education Center is a hub where visitors can engage with artists and enliven and enrich their museum experience.
Upcoming Programs
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Sat,
Jan 25
Stroller Tour: Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019
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Sat,
Jan 25
Open Studio: Draw Your Veggies!
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Sat,
Jan 25
Family Tours
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Sat,
Jan 25
Family Tours
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Sat,
Jan 25
Family Tours
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Sun,
Jan 26
Open Studio
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Wed,
Jan 29
Material Tensions: Craft and Critique
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Sat,
Feb 1
Open Studio
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Sun,
Feb 2
Open Studio
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Wed,
Feb 5
Material Tensions: Craft and Critique
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Fri,
Feb 7
Open Studio for Teens
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Fri,
Feb 7
Greenwich House Pottery at the Whitney
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Sat,
Feb 8
Family Fun: For Families with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
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Sat,
Feb 8
Open Studio: Greenwich House Pottery
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Sun,
Feb 9
Open Studio
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Fri,
Feb 14
Open Studio for Teens
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Sat,
Feb 15
Open Studio
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Sun,
Feb 16
Open Studio
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Sat,
Feb 22
Open Studio
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Sun,
Feb 23
Open Studio
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Fri,
Feb 28
Open Studio for Teens
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Sat,
Feb 29
Stroller Tour: Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945
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Sat,
Feb 29
Open Studio
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Sun,
Mar 1
Open Studio
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Fri,
Mar 6
Vida Americana Teen Night
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Sat,
Mar 7
Open Studio
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Sun,
Mar 8
Open Studio
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Fri,
Mar 13
Open Studio for Teens
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Sat,
Mar 14
Open Studio
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Sun,
Mar 15
Open Studio
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