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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2015
Open Studio
June 20, 2015
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Family Fun: for Families with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
June 20, 2015
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Stroller Tour: America Is Hard to See
June 13, 2015
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Sketching Tour: Draw the City!
June 6, 2015
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Open Studio
June 6, 2015
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Whitney Wees: Artist as Experimenter
June 6, 2015
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Whitney Kids Opening
May 16, 2015
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Open Studio
May 3, 2015
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2014
Jeff Koons: A Retrospective Highlights
Oct 19, 2014
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Early Bird Special: Try This! Gallery Experiments
Oct 19, 2014
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Try This! Gallery Experiments
Oct 11, 2014
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Whitney Wees: Koons’s Characters
Oct 11, 2014
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Sketching Tour: Jeff Koons’s Paintings and Sculptures
Oct 11, 2014
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Jeff Koons Family Day
Sept 27, 2014
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Special Family Program: Casting Workshop
Sept 20, 2014
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Jeff Koons: A Retrospective Highlights
Sept 19, 2014
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Try This! Gallery Experiments
Sept 13, 2014
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Sketching Tour: What inspires Jeff Koons?
Sept 13, 2014
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Whitney Wees: Everyday Objects
Sept 13, 2014
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Family Fun: for Families with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
Sept 13, 2014
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Jeff Koons: A Retrospective Highlights
Aug 8, 2014
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Try This! Gallery Experiments
Aug 2, 2014
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Sketching Tour: Material Qualities
Aug 2, 2014
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Whitney Wees: Colors, Reflections, and Scale!
Aug 2, 2014
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Jeff Koons: A Retrospective Highlights
July 25, 2014
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Jeff Koons Family Opening
July 19, 2014
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Try This! Gallery Experiments
July 12, 2014
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Sketching Tour: Transforming Objects
July 12, 2014
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Whitney Wees: Materials and Illusions!
July 12, 2014
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Jeff Koons: A Retrospective Highlights
July 11, 2014