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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Story Time with NYPL in the Gallery
1 pm
Open to all ages
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Story Time with NYPL in the Gallery
3 pm
Open to all ages
Family Event Archive
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2015
Sketching Tour: Shape, Scale, and Color!
Dec 12, 2015
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Open Studio
Dec 5, 2015
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Whitney Family Performance: Jazz for Young People® Let Freedom Swing
Dec 5, 2015
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Stroller Tour:
Frank Stella:
A RetrospectiveNov 21, 2015
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Family Fun: Jump off the canvas!
Nov 14, 2015
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Whitney Wees: Color, color, color!
Nov 14, 2015
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Sketching Tour: Frank Stella’s Inspirations
Nov 14, 2015
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Family Fun: for Families with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
Nov 14, 2015
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Open Studio
Nov 8, 2015
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Frank Stella Family Day
Nov 7, 2015
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Open Studio: Spook Sport
Oct 24, 2015
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Stroller Tour: Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist
Oct 24, 2015
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Family Fun: Light it up!
Oct 17, 2015
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Open Studio
Oct 17, 2015
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Open Studio:
Cooper-MooreOct 3, 2015
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Whitney Wees: Sights and Sounds
Oct 3, 2015
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Sketching Tour: Painting Portraits
Oct 3, 2015
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Family Fun: Painting Practices
Sept 19, 2015
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Stroller Tour: America Is Hard to See
Sept 19, 2015
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Open Studio
Sept 12, 2015
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Whitney Wees: The City Inside Out!
Sept 12, 2015
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Sketching Tour: Drawing America
Sept 12, 2015
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Family Fun: for Families with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
Sept 12, 2015
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Stroller Tour: America Is Hard to See
Aug 15, 2015
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Drop-In Family Tours:
America Is Hard to SeeAug 8, 2015
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Open Studio
Aug 7, 2015
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Open Studio: Tom Berry
July 24, 2015
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Drop-In Family Tours:
America Is Hard to SeeJuly 11, 2015
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Stroller Tour: America Is Hard to See
July 11, 2015
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Open Studio
July 10, 2015