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, Sep 28
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,
Sept 28Open Studio
11 am–3 pm
Families with kids of all ages
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Sat,
Oct 5Open Studio
11 am–3 pm
Families with kids of all ages
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Sun,
Oct 13Dancing in the Street: With Ailey Extension
10:30 am
Open to all ages
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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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All Ages Artmaking: Art in Motion
11 am–4 pm
Open to all ages
Family Event Archive
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2016
Stuart Davis: In Full Swing and Danny Lyon: Message to the Future
July 16, 2016
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Whitney Kids Summer Family Day
July 9, 2016
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Open Studio
July 2, 2016
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Open Studio: Weekend Member Early Admission
June 18, 2016
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Family Fun: Color and Composition!
June 11, 2016
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Whitney Wees: Shape and Color in the City!
June 11, 2016
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Sketching Tour: Abstracting America
June 11, 2016
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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