Families
Whitney family programs offer artmaking workshops, special events and tours, in-gallery activity guides, and at home artmaking challenges that encourage kids and adults to learn about art together.
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Open Studio
On Saturdays, families with kids of all ages are invited to get creative at the Whitney! Join us to make your own art inspired by works on view in the collection and current exhibitions. Each week we offer a different artmaking project.
Next event
Sat, Dec 14
Family Tours
Join us for short, interactive family tours of kid-friendly works on view! Learn about art together through lively discussion and fun gallery activities. Family tours are offered on select Saturdays in both Spanish and English. Check the calendar for tour times.
Art Challenge at Home
Want to inspire the young artists in your family? Take on these art projects designed especially for kids and grown-ups to do together at home.
Activity Guides
Explore the galleries with kid-friendly activity guides in English and Spanish. Print the guide at home or pick one up at the Whitney. Each guide is filled with activities that will prompt you and your child to look, think, and wonder together.
Recorridos Familiares
Invitamos a las familias de habla hispana y a sus infancias de cinco años o más, a que recorran las salas del museo junto al personal docente del Whitney, y participen en divertidas actividades grupales de creación artística. Quédense después de la visita guiada para crear arte en nuestro programa Open Studio para familias con infancias de todas las edades.
Free Second Sundays
Admission to the Whitney is free all day on the second Sunday of every month. Visitors of all ages enjoy artmaking, activities, tours, classes, and other special events that celebrate Whitney exhibitions and community events.
Upcoming Family Events
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Fri,
Dec 13Free Friday Nights Artmaking
5:30–9:30 pm
Open to all ages
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Free Pop-Up Dance Classes With Ailey Extension
6 pm
Open to all ages
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Sat,
Dec 14Open Studio
11 am–3 pm
Families with kids of all ages
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Fri,
Dec 20Free Friday Nights Artmaking
5:30–9:30 pm
Open to all ages
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Sat,
Dec 21Open Studio
11 am–3 pm
Families with kids of all ages
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Revelations Celebration Community Workshop
11 am–12 pm
Open to all ages
Family Event Archive
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2024
Recorridos Familiares
Dec 8, 2024
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Drawing Game
Dec 8, 2024
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Drawing Dance
Dec 8, 2024
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Free Pop-Up Dance Classes With Ailey Extension
Select Fridays
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Free Friday Nights Artmaking
Nov 15, 2024
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Recorridos Familiares
Nov 10, 2024
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Shapes in Space
Nov 10, 2024
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Dream World Collages
Nov 10, 2024
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Free Friday Nights Artmaking
Nov 1, 2024
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Surreal Family Halloween
Oct 26, 2024
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Revelations Interactive Assembly For Families
Oct 19, 2024
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Xavier Riddle meets Alvin Ailey: Screening and Drawing Session with Christopher Eliopoulos
Oct 13, 2024
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Dancing in the Street: With Ailey Extension
Oct 13, 2024
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Drawing Dance: Ailey-Inspired Live Figure Drawing
Oct 13, 2024
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Music to Dance To: Music that Inspired Alvin Ailey with Jazz at Lincoln Center
Oct 13, 2024
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All Ages Artmaking: Art in Motion
Oct 13, 2024
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Drawing in the Grove
Oct 13, 2024
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Ailey Revelations Dance Celebration with the Whitney
Sept 8, 2024
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Slow Down and Sketch: Still Life from Nature
Sept 8, 2024
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Recorridos Familiares
Aug 18, 2024
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Story Time with NYPL in the Gallery
Aug 11, 2024
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Artmaking with Eamon Ore-Giron
Aug 11, 2024
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Artmaking: Magnetic Mosaic
Aug 11, 2024
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Open Studio: JJJJJerome Ellis
July 27, 2024
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents: The Charles Turner Quintet
July 14, 2024
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Artmaking and Storytelling
July 14, 2024
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Artmaking Inspired by Wanda Gág
July 14, 2024
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Disability Pride, Disability Joy Exist Artmaking Workshop
July 13, 2024
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Soft Sculptures for Hard Politics with Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio
June 22, 2024
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Whitney Community Pride Mural
June 9, 2024