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.
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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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2010
Tours at Two: What’s New in Art
Mar 7, 2010
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Art School: Painting and Drawing
Mar 7, 2010
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WhitneyKids Biennial Opening Party
Mar 5, 2010
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Collecting Biennials
Feb 5, 2010
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Process and Practice
Jan 9, 2010
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Places and Spaces
Jan 9, 2010
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Framed: Cropping and Composition
Jan 9, 2010
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Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction
Jan 8, 2010
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2009
Messy Materials
Dec 12, 2009
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Mix it up!: Color Exploration
Dec 12, 2009
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Mix it up!: Color Exploration
Dec 12, 2009
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It’s Only Natural: Art from Life
Dec 12, 2009
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Ellen Harvey: Drawing
Dec 5, 2009
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It’s Only Natural: Art from Life
Dec 5, 2009
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Mix it up!: Color Exploration
Dec 5, 2009
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Roni Horn aka Roni Horn
Dec 4, 2009
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The World Around Us: Natural Landscapes
Nov 21, 2009
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Lines, Color, Action!: Drawing
Nov 21, 2009
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Looking at Lines
Nov 21, 2009
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Lines, Color, Action!: Drawing
Nov 21, 2009
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Roni Horn aka Roni Horn
Nov 13, 2009
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Zoe Strauss: Photography
Nov 7, 2009
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Looking at Lines
Nov 7, 2009
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Lines, Color, Action!: Drawing
Nov 7, 2009
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Laying It On Thick: Painting
Oct 24, 2009
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Colorful Canvases
Oct 24, 2009
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Laying It On Thick: Painting
Oct 24, 2009
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Behind the Scenes: Georgia O’Keeffe
Oct 22, 2009
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Up Close: Abstraction
Oct 10, 2009
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Laying It On Thick: Painting
Oct 10, 2009