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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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, Jul 20
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.
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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Sat,
July 20Open Studio
11 am–3 pm
Families with kids of all ages
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Sat,
July 27Open Studio
11 am–3 pm
Families with kids of all ages
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Open Studio: JJJJJerome Ellis
11 am–2 pm
For families with kids of all ages
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Sat,
Aug 3Open Studio
11 am–3 pm
Families with kids of all ages
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Sun,
Aug 11Story time with NYPL
11 am
Open to all ages
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Recorridos Familiares
11 am
Para familias con infantes de cinco años o más
Family Event Archive
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2016
RESCHEDULED:
Stuart Davis: In Full SwingJune 11, 2016
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Open Studio
June 4, 2016
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Family Fun: for Families with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
June 4, 2016
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Family Fun: Making Portraits!
May 21, 2016
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Sketching Tour:
Distortion and AbstractionMay 14, 2016
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Whitney Wees:
Portraits without people!May 14, 2016
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Open Studio: Drawing People with Jason Polan
May 7, 2016
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Open Studio
May 1, 2016
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Portraits of a Neighborhood
Apr 30, 2016
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Family Fun: Famous Faces!
Apr 16, 2016
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Open Studio:
Andrew CyrilleApr 16, 2016
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Stroller Tour:
Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s CollectionApr 16, 2016
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Open Studio
Apr 9, 2016
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Whitney Wees:
People in ArtApr 9, 2016
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Sketching Tour: Making Faces!
Apr 9, 2016
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Family Fun: for Families with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
Apr 9, 2016
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Open Studio:
Mathew CerlettyApr 2, 2016
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Stroller Tour:
The Whitney’s CollectionMar 19, 2016
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Family Fun: Making in 3D!
Mar 12, 2016
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Open Studio
Mar 12, 2016
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Whitney Wees: Color in Painting
Mar 12, 2016
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Sketching Tour: Drawing Abstraction!
Mar 12, 2016
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Open Studio:
Jamie IsensteinMar 5, 2016
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Family Fun: Painting Today!
Feb 20, 2016
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Stroller Tour:
Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan WagnerFeb 20, 2016
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Whitney Art Camp!
Feb 15, 2016
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Family Fun: for Families with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
Feb 7, 2016
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Open Studio
Feb 6, 2016
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Whitney Wees: What is Abstraction?
Feb 6, 2016
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Sketching Tour:
Painting Then and NowFeb 6, 2016