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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2011
Whitney Wees: Picturing People
Feb 5, 2011
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Cityscapes and Landscapes
Feb 5, 2011
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Cityscapes and Landscapes
Feb 5, 2011
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Art School: Sculpture
Jan 8, 2011
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Whitney Wees: Everyday Objects
Jan 8, 2011
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Sculpture and Installation
Jan 8, 2011
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2010
Artist’s Choice Workshop: E.V. Day
Dec 11, 2010
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Charles LeDray: workworkworkworkwork
Dec 10, 2010
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Whitney Wees: Hats Off! Clothing as Costume
Dec 4, 2010
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Thinking about Transformation
Dec 4, 2010
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Paul Thek: Diver, A Retrospective
Dec 3, 2010
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Family Opening
Nov 19, 2010
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Art School: Painting
Nov 6, 2010
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Whitney Wees: Hopper’s New York City
Nov 6, 2010
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Painting In Perspective
Nov 6, 2010
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Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time
Nov 5, 2010
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Whitney Wees: Sights, Sounds, and Smells
Oct 2, 2010
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Working With Watercolor
Oct 2, 2010
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Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield
Oct 1, 2010
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Mixing It Up With Marclay
Sept 25, 2010
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Drawing from Nature: Sketching with the Whitney Museum on the High Line
Sept 11, 2010
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Christian Marclay: Festival and Off the Wall: Part 1—Thirty Performative Actions
Sept 10, 2010
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Christian Marclay: Festival and Off the Wall: Part 1—Thirty Performative Actions
Aug 20, 2010
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Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield
July 9, 2010
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Collecting Biennials
June 11, 2010
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2010 Whitney Biennial
May 14, 2010
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2010 Whitney Biennial
May 7, 2010
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Art School: New Media
May 2, 2010
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Artist’s Choice Workshop: Tam Tran
May 1, 2010
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Whitney Wees: Inside and Outside
May 1, 2010