Courses and Workshops
Expand your perspectives through innovative courses, drop-in discussions, and artmaking workshops.
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Workshops
Learn more about art through materials and processes in workshops that focus on artmaking.
In-depth Courses
Gain a deeper understanding of current exhibitions through multi-part virtual courses, which feature discussions with curators and artists, behind-the-scenes perspectives, and the opportunity to ask questions.
Drop-in Discussions
After seeing an exhibition at the Whitney, explore it further by joining one of the Whitney's Joan Tisch Teaching Fellows for an open discussion about the politics and ethics of representation. The Whitney is committed to fostering dialogue and debate in these monthly sessions.
Crash Courses
In these intensive, single-session, virtual courses, noted experts provide an overview of key topics in modern and contemporary art.
Art History from Home
This series of free, virtual talks by Teaching Fellows highlights works in the Museum's collection to illuminate critical topics in American art from 1900 to the present. Each session is thirty-minutes long and involves a moderated virtual chat.
Past Courses and Workshops
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2023
Experimental Drawing Workshop
Sun, Sept 17, 2023
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Art History from Home: Realisms and Revolution
July 27, 2023
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Ethics of Looking: Drop-in Discussion
Select Saturdays
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Art History from Home: Wait, This Doesn't Look Asian
May 25, 2023
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Ethics of Looking: Drop-in Discussion
Feb 11, 2023
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Unincorporated Histories: Puerto Rican Art Then and Now
Tuesdays in February
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Historias no-incorporadas: Arte puertorriqueño antes y ahora
Feb 7, 2023
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2022
Figure Drawing Workshop
Dec 9, 2022
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Hopper on Paper
Select Tuesdays in November6 pm
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Art History from Home:
Art, Work, and LaborJuly 21, 2022
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Art History from Home:
Asian/American: A Ghost StoryMay 19, 2022
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Inside the Whitney Biennial 2022
May 5, 2022
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Art History from Home:
Queer BelongingMar 10, 2022
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Art History from Home:
Me, Myself, and IJan 27, 2022
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Course on Contemporary Art:
Subjecthood in Painting TodaySelect Tuesdays6 pm
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Approaches to Abstraction: Women Artists 1930–1950
Select Wednesdays6 pm
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2021
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop at the WhitneyDec 3, 2021
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Art History Course:
Making Sense of Jasper JohnsTuesdays in November
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Art History from Home:
Technology and FantasySept 23, 2021
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Art History from Home:
Dawoud Bey: An American ProjectAug 19, 2021
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Art History from Home:
Abstract Art in AmericaAug 17, 2021
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En Español: Historia del arte desde casa: Dawoud Bey: Un proyecto estadounidense
Aug 13, 2021
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Art History from Home:
Stories from the CollectionAug 12, 2021
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Art History from Home:
Art and Social ChangeAug 10, 2021
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En Español: Historia del arte desde casa: Julie Mehretu
Aug 6, 2021
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Art History from Home:
Julie MehretuAug 5, 2021
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Art History from Home:
Me, Myself, and IAug 3, 2021
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En Español: Historia del arte desde casa: cuentos de la colección
July 30, 2021
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Art History from Home:
Latinx Artists Framing the CityJuly 29, 2021
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Art History from Home:
Technology and FantasyJuly 27, 2021
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