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, Nov 23
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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Sat,
Nov 23
Open Studio
11 am–3 pm
Families with kids of all ages
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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
Family Event Archive
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2012
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
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Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection
Sept 16, 2011
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Pro Tools with Cory Arcangel
Sept 10, 2011
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Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection
July 29, 2011
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Singular Visions
June 17, 2011
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Cory Arcangel: Pro Tools
June 10, 2011
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Artist Project: Aki Sasamoto
May 21, 2011
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Chalk It Up!
May 21, 2011
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Now and Then: Whitney Family Programs on the High Line
May 21, 2011
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Whitney Wees: Talking Text
Apr 9, 2011
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Framing the Photograph
Apr 9, 2011
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Glenn Ligon: AMERICA
Mar 18, 2011
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Art School: Photography
Mar 5, 2011
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Whitney Wees: Looking at Lines
Mar 5, 2011
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Family Fun Art Workshop: Working with Words
Mar 5, 2011
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Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection
Feb 25, 2011
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Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time
Feb 18, 2011
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Art School: Figuring Out the Figure
Feb 5, 2011