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 13Story 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
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Music to Dance To: Music that Inspired Alvin Ailey with Jazz at Lincoln Center
11:30 am
Open to all ages
Family Event Archive
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2012
Artist’s Choice Workshop: Tom Thayer
May 5, 2012
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Whitney Biennial 2012
May 5, 2012
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Whitney Wees:
Whitney Biennial 2012May 5, 2012
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Artist’s Choice Workshop: Dawn Kasper
Apr 21, 2012
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Open Studio: Sculpture and Installation
Apr 15, 2012
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Art School: Performance
Apr 14, 2012
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Whitney Biennial 2012
Apr 14, 2012
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Whitney Wees:
Whitney Biennial 2012Apr 14, 2012
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Whitney Biennial 2012:
3rd FloorMar 30, 2012
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Artist’s Choice Workshop: Elaine Reichek
Mar 17, 2012
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Whitney Biennial 2012:
2nd FloorMar 16, 2012
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Art School: New Media
Mar 10, 2012
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Whitney Biennial 2012
Mar 10, 2012
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Whitney Wees:
Whitney Biennial 2012Mar 10, 2012
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Discover Calder’s Circus
Feb 11, 2012
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Art School: Sculpture
Jan 7, 2012
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Whitney Wees: Faces and Feelings
Jan 7, 2012
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Family Fun Art Workshop: The Art of Experimentation
Jan 7, 2012
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2011
Whitney Wees: Talking About Texture
Dec 3, 2011
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Asking About Abstraction
Dec 3, 2011
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Real/Surreal
Dec 2, 2011
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Singular Visions
Nov 18, 2011
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Whitney Wees: Circles, Cubes, and Cones
Nov 5, 2011
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Family Fun Art Workshop: 2-D/3-D
Nov 5, 2011
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David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy
Oct 21, 2011
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Desert Island Comic Zine Party
Oct 15, 2011
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Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of the World
Oct 14, 2011
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Whitney Wees:
Where Am I? PlacesOct 1, 2011
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Crazy About Comics
Oct 1, 2011
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Art School: Illustration and Comics
Sept 24, 2011