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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2014
2014 Whitney Biennial
Family PartyApr 5, 2014
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Artist’s Choice Workshop: Suzanne McClelland
Mar 22, 2014
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Whitney Wees: Touchable Textures!
Mar 15, 2014
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Big, Bold Brushstrokes!
Mar 15, 2014
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2014 Biennial Highlights
Mar 14, 2014
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Open Studio: Dona Nelson
Mar 8, 2014
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Sketching Tour: Painting and Drawing
Mar 8, 2014
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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