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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2020
Summer Studio: Drawing Week inspired by Edward Hopper for kids ages 5–10
July 21, 2020
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Summer Studio: Murals inspired by Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-1945 for families
July 18, 2020
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Summer Studio: Murals inspired by Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-1945 for kids ages 11–13
July 15, 2020
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Summer Studio: Murals inspired by Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-1945 for kids ages 5–10
July 14, 2020
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Summer Studio: Signs of Protest inspired by Cauleen Smith for families
July 11, 2020
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Summer Studio: Signs of Protest inspired by Cauleen Smith for kids ages 11–13
July 8, 2020
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Summer Studio: Signs of Protest inspired by Cauleen Smith for kids ages 5–10
July 7, 2020
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Family Fun Online: For Families with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
May 30, 2020
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Tours for Immigrant Families
Mar 7, 2020
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Stroller Tour: Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945
Feb 29, 2020
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Open Studio: Greenwich House Pottery
Feb 8, 2020
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Family Fun: For Families with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
Feb 8, 2020
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Tours for Immigrant Families
Feb 1, 2020
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Open Studio: Draw Your Veggies!
Jan 25, 2020
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Stroller Tour: Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019
Jan 25, 2020
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2019
Open Studio: Eve Mosher
Dec 7, 2019
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Stroller Tour: Rachel Harrison Life Hack
Nov 23, 2019
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Open Studio: Art This Way
Nov 9, 2019
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Jazz at Lincoln Center's Jazz for Young People Family Concert
Nov 2, 11:30 am and 1 pm
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Open Studio: Halloween
Oct 26, 10:30 am–3 pm
Oct 27, 10:30 am–3 pm -
Family Tours
Select Saturdays
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Cancelled: Stroller Tour: The Whitney's Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965
Sept 7, 2019
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Open Studio: Ilana Harris-Babou
Aug 24, 2019
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Open Studio: Marcus Fischer
Aug 10, 2019
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Family Tours
Select Saturdays
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Open Studio: Robert Bittenbender
July 27, 2019
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Stroller Tour: Whitney Biennial 2019
July 20, 2019
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Biennial Family Opening
June 22, 2019
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Cancelled: Family Fun: Explore Color!
Apr 20, 2019
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Open Studio: For Freedoms
Mar 16, 2019