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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2017
Family Fun: Exploring Identity in Portraits
Nov 11, 2017
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Gallery Explorations!
Select Saturdays
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Open Studio
Nov 11, 2017
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Open Studio:
Figure DrawingNov 4, 2017
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Family Fun: Home and Community
Oct 21, 2017
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Gallery Explorations
Oct 14, 2017
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Stroller Tour:
An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney's Collection 1940–2017Oct 14, 2017
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Open Studio
Oct 7, 2017
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Gallery Explorations!
Sept 23, 2017
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Stroller Tour:
Hélio Oiticica: To Organize DeliriumSept 16, 2017
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Open Studio: Arto Lindsay
Sep 9–Sep 10, 2017, 10:30 am–3 pm
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Open Studio
Saturdays and Sundays
10:30 am–3 pm -
Open Studio
Saturdays and Sundays
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Family Fun: For Families with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
Aug 5, 2017
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Stroller Tour:
Where We AreJuly 22, 2017
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Whitney Kids Summer Family Day
July 15, 2017
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Stroller Tour:
2017 Whitney BiennialJune 24, 2017
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Family Workshop and Teatime with Susan Cianciolo
June 17, 2017
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Open Studio: Rafa Esparza
June 10, 2017
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Open Studio
Saturdays and Sundays
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Whitney Kids Tours
June 3, 2017
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Family Fun: For Families with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
May 20, 2017
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Whitney Kids Tours
May 13, 2017
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Stroller Tour:
2017 Whitney BiennialMay 13, 2017
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Open Studio
May 7, 2017
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2017 Biennial Family Day
May 6, 2017
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Stroller Tour:
Whitney Biennial 2017Apr 8, 2017
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Open Studio
Apr 2, 2017
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Whitney Kids Tours
Apr 1, 2017
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2017 Biennial Family Opening
Mar 25, 2017