After School Art Club: / Alexander Calder Wed, June 16, 2021, 4–5 pm

After School Art Club:
Alexander Calder

Wed, June 16, 2021
4–5 pm

A figure dressed in clown-like clothing stands in front of a white backdrop.
A figure dressed in clown-like clothing stands in front of a white backdrop.

Alexander Calder, Clown from Calder's Circus, 1926–1931. Galvanized steel wire, painted wood, cloth, yarn, leather, metal, and button, 10 1/2 × 7 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (26.7 × 19.7 × 14.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from a public fundraising campaign in May 1982. One half the funds were contributed by the Robert Wood Johnson Jr. Charitable Trust. Additional major donations were given by The Lauder Foundation; the Robert Lehman Foundation, Inc.; the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc.; an anonymous donor; The T. M. Evans Foundation, Inc.; MacAndrews & Forbes Group, Incorporated; the DeWitt Wallace Fund, Inc.; Martin and Agneta Gruss; Anne Phillips; Mr. and Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller; the Simon Foundation, Inc.; Marylou Whitney; Bankers Trust Company; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth N. Dayton; Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz; Irvin and Kenneth Feld; Flora Whitney Miller. More than 500 individuals from 26 states and abroad also contributed to the campaign 83.36.3a-h. ©️ 2021 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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For kids ages 5–10

Welcome to After School Art Club, a free weekly online program with Whitney educators! Kids ages 5 to 10 are invited to experiment and make art with at-home art materials. Tell a friend and join the club!

This week’s activity is inspired by Alexander Calder. We will learn how the artist built a miniature circus and performer figurines using everyday materials. Then we will gather unique materials from around our homes and build our own miniature circus performers!

Materials:

  • Scraps of paper and cardboard 
  • Materials from your recycling bin, like bottle caps and plastic containers
  • Wire
  • Scissors
  • Glue sticks
  • Tape
  • Rubber bands

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