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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2013
Whitney Wees: Looking at Landscapes
Dec 7, 2013
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American Legends: From Calder to O’Keeffe—with new works on view!
Nov 15, 2013
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Open Studio: Georgia O’Keeffe
Nov 2, 2013
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Whitney Wees: Words and Numbers
Nov 2, 2013
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Poet or Painter?
Nov 2, 2013
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Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE
Oct 18, 2013
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Open Studio: Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE
Oct 5, 2013
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Making Sculptures
Oct 5, 2013
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Whitney Wees: Seeing Sculptures
Oct 5, 2013
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Hopper Drawing Family Day
Sept 28, 2013
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Hopper Drawing
Sept 27, 2013
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Sketching Tour: Hopper Drawing: From Drawing to Painting
Sept 21, 2013
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Whitney Wees: Drawing with Lines
Sept 21, 2013
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Whitney Wees: Drawing Shadows and Light
Aug 3, 2013
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Sketching Tour: Hopper Drawing: Light, Shadow, and Mood
Aug 3, 2013
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Hopper Drawing
Aug 2, 2013
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Canceled: I, YOU, WE Stroller Tour
July 26, 2013
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Whitney Wees: Drawing Places
July 13, 2013
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Sketching Tour: Hopper Drawing: Indoor and Outdoor Places
July 13, 2013
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Canceled: Hopper Drawing Stroller Tour
July 12, 2013
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Whitney Wees: Drawing People
June 15, 2013
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Sketching Tour: Hopper Drawing: What is a Sketch?
June 15, 2013
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Hopper Drawing
June 14, 2013
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Hopper Drawing Family Day
June 2, 2013
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I, YOU, WE
May 17, 2013
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Open Studio: Alexander Calder
May 4, 2013
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Family Fun Art Workshop: O’Keeffe and DeFeo
May 4, 2013
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Whitney Wees: Shape, Line, and Color
May 4, 2013
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American Legends
May 3, 2013
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Artist’s Choice Workshop: Cooper-Moore
Apr 20, 2013