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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2014
Family Fun Art Workshop: Communicating Character
Feb 1, 2014
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Whitney Wees: Strike a Pose!
Feb 1, 2014
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Open Studio:
Theodora SkipitaresJan 11, 2014
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Family Fun Art Workshop: What is Performance Art?
Jan 11, 2014
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Whitney Wees: Colors, Shapes, and Lines!
Jan 11, 2014
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CANCELED: American Legends: From Calder to O’Keeffe—with new works on view!
Jan 10, 2014
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2013
Family Fun Art Workshop: Inspired by the City
Dec 14, 2013
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Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE
Dec 13, 2013
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Open Studio: Robert Indiana: The Mother of Us All
Dec 7, 2013
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Artist’s Choice Workshop: Ken Jacobs
Dec 7, 2013
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Whitney Wees: Looking at Landscapes
Dec 7, 2013
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American Legends: From Calder to O’Keeffe—with new works on view!
Nov 15, 2013
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Open Studio: Georgia O’Keeffe
Nov 2, 2013
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Whitney Wees: Words and Numbers
Nov 2, 2013
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Poet or Painter?
Nov 2, 2013
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Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE
Oct 18, 2013
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Open Studio: Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE
Oct 5, 2013
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Making Sculptures
Oct 5, 2013
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Whitney Wees: Seeing Sculptures
Oct 5, 2013
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Hopper Drawing Family Day
Sept 28, 2013
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Hopper Drawing
Sept 27, 2013
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Sketching Tour: Hopper Drawing: From Drawing to Painting
Sept 21, 2013
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Whitney Wees: Drawing with Lines
Sept 21, 2013
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Whitney Wees: Drawing Shadows and Light
Aug 3, 2013
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Sketching Tour: Hopper Drawing: Light, Shadow, and Mood
Aug 3, 2013
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Hopper Drawing
Aug 2, 2013
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Canceled: I, YOU, WE Stroller Tour
July 26, 2013
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Whitney Wees: Drawing Places
July 13, 2013
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Sketching Tour: Hopper Drawing: Indoor and Outdoor Places
July 13, 2013
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Canceled: Hopper Drawing Stroller Tour
July 12, 2013