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
American Legends
Apr 19, 2013
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Open Studio: Joseph Cornell
Apr 13, 2013
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Artist’s Choice Workshop:
Lorna SimpsonApr 13, 2013
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Whitney Wees: Art and the Body
Apr 6, 2013
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Family Fun Art Workshop:
What is the blues?Apr 6, 2013
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Blues for Smoke
Apr 5, 2013
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Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective
Mar 15, 2013
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Sinister Pop Family Day
Mar 9, 2013
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Open Studio: Blues for Smoke
Mar 2, 2013
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Whitney Wees: Seeing Sounds
Mar 2, 2013
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Family Fun Art Workshop:
Painting PracticesMar 2, 2013
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Blues for Smoke
Feb 15, 2013
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Open Studio: American Legends
Feb 2, 2013
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Whitney Wees: Making Marks
Feb 2, 2013
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Family Fun Art Workshop:
Picturing PeopleFeb 2, 2013
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Sinister Pop
Feb 1, 2013
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American Legends Family Opening
Jan 26, 2013
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American Legends
Jan 25, 2013
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Whitney Wees: Painting People and Places
Jan 12, 2013
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Family Fun Art Workshop:
Figures in MotionJan 12, 2013
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Open Studio: Sinister Pop
Jan 5, 2013
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2012
Open Studio: Sinister Pop
Dec 8, 2012
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Open Studio: Sinister Pop
Dec 7, 2012
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Sinister Pop
Dec 7, 2012
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Whitney Wees: Colorful Canvases
Dec 1, 2012
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Family Fun Art Workshop:
From Wegman to Warhol: Playing with PopDec 1, 2012
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Richard Artschwager!
Nov 16, 2012
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Whitney Wees: Sculptures All Around
Nov 3, 2012
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Family Fun Art Workshop:
Off the Wall: Looking at Paintings and SculpturesNov 3, 2012
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Signs & Symbols
Oct 19, 2012