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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Family making art in Open Studio, December 2018. Photograph by Filip Wolak.
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.
Families sketching in the galleries, September 2016. Photograph by Filip Wolak.
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 6
Free Pop-Up Dance Classes With Ailey Extension
6 pm
Open to all ages
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Free Friday Nights Artmaking
6:30–9:30 pm
Open to all ages
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Sun,
Dec 8
Story Time with NYPL in the Gallery
11 am
Open to all ages
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Drawing in the Grove
11 am–2 pm
For all ages
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Drawing Game
11 am–4 pm
Open for all ages
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Drawing Dance
11 am–3 pm
Open for all ages
Family Event Archive
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2017
Whitney Kids Tours
Mar 18, 2017
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Stroller Tour:
Whitney Biennial 2017Mar 18, 2017
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Open Studio
Mar 4, 2017
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Stroller Tour:
Fast Forward: Painting from the 1980sFeb 25, 2017
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Family Fun: Re-Imagining Painting
Feb 11, 2017
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Family Film: Fantasia
Feb 4, 2017
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Open Studio
Feb 4, 2017
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Whitney Wees: Make Your Mark!
Feb 4, 2017
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Sketching Tour: The Artist’s Hand
Feb 4, 2017
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Family Fun: for Families with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
Feb 4, 2017
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Open Studio: Jenny Perlin
Jan 28, 2017
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Family Fun: Political Portraits
Jan 21, 2017
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Whitney Wees: Expressing Emotions
Jan 21, 2017
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Sketching Tour: Women in Art
Jan 21, 2017
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Open Studio
Jan 7, 2017
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2016
Family Fun: Space, Light, and Movement
Dec 17, 2016
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Dreamlands Family Day
Dec 10, 2016
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Open Studio
Dec 3, 2016
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Whitney Wees: Painting and Cinema!
Dec 3, 2016
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Sketching Tour: Creating Characters
Dec 3, 2016
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Stroller Tour:
Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s CollectionDec 3, 2016
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Family Fun: Creating a Moving Image
Nov 19, 2016
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Family Fun: for Families with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
Nov 19, 2016
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Stroller Tour:
Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s CollectionNov 19, 2016
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Open Studio
Nov 6, 2016
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Open Studio: Oskar Schlemmer
Nov 5, 2016
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Whitney Wees: Lights, Camera, Action!
Nov 5, 2016
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Sketching Tour: What is Cinema?
Nov 5, 2016
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Open Studio: Myths
Oct 29, 2016
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Open Studio: Weekend Member Early Admission
Oct 29, 2016