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Hands-On Activities

Family Festival: Curves, Blobs and Thingamabobs

Sunday, May 4,
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST

​Loosen up and experiment with organic shapes. As part of AAPI Heritage Month, we’re highlighting work by Asian American artists.

10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. | Art Kids Studio | South Vaulted Walkway 
Get inspired by Isamu Noguchi sculptures as you build with interlocking shapes.

11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. | Shape Charms with Ginger Arts | Great Stair Hall
Make art with teens from Ginger Arts, a community youth arts center, run by the youth, for the youth, in Philadelphia's Chinatown.

11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. | Splotch Symmetry | Great Stair Hall Balcony
Blot and fold! Cultural Heritage Month artist Cynthia Zhou’s And the Other is a Beast inspires this activity of inkblots and imagination.

2:00p.m. and 3:00p.m. | Chi Dance Workshop | Williams Forum
Move with the Kun-Yang Lin Dancers as they guide us through energy shapes.

This event is part of the Art Kids and Art Kids Classes program series.

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Pay What You Wish admission on 1st Sunday of the month

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Educational Classrooms, Main Building
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Sold Out
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Educational Classrooms, Main Building
Saturday art classes for kids aged 5-6 years old, February through April 2025.
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Adult handing a child art materials.
Art Kids Studio
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South Vaulted Walkway, Main Building
​Drop in on Saturdays and make art as a family. Artists of all ages welcome.
Free with museum admission
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Little Art Kids
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Education Classrooms 1&2, Main Building
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Adult handing a child art materials.
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South Vaulted Walkway, Main Building
​Drop in on Saturdays and make art as a family. Artists of all ages welcome.
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Family Festival: Curves, Blobs and Thingamabobs
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Main Building
Loosen up and experiment with organic shapes. As part of AAPI Heritage Month, we’re highlighting work by Asian American artists.
Adult handing a child art materials.
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South Vaulted Walkway, Main Building
​Drop in on Saturdays and make art as a family. Artists of all ages welcome.
Free with museum admission
Adult handing a child art materials.
Art Kids Studio
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South Vaulted Walkway, Main Building
​Drop in on Saturdays and make art as a family. Artists of all ages welcome.
Free with museum admission
Young child painting.
Little Art Kids
May 11, 10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. EST,
Education Classrooms 1&2, Main Building
Toddlers and their grown-ups get to know the museum through art-making and creative play.
Adult handing a child art materials.
Art Kids Studio
May 17, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST,
South Vaulted Walkway, Main Building
​Drop in on Saturdays and make art as a family. Artists of all ages welcome.
Free with museum admission
Adult handing a child art materials.
Art Kids Studio
May 18, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST,
South Vaulted Walkway, Main Building
​Drop in on Saturdays and make art as a family. Artists of all ages welcome.
Free with museum admission
Adult handing a child art materials.
Art Kids Studio
May 24, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST,
South Vaulted Walkway, Main Building
​Drop in on Saturdays and make art as a family. Artists of all ages welcome.
Free with museum admission
Adult handing a child art materials.
Art Kids Studio
May 25, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST,
South Vaulted Walkway, Main Building
​Drop in on Saturdays and make art as a family. Artists of all ages welcome.
Free with museum admission
Young child painting.
Little Art Kids
May 25, 10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. EST,
Education Classrooms 1&2, Main Building
Toddlers and their grown-ups get to know the museum through art-making and creative play.
Adult handing a child art materials.
Art Kids Studio
May 31, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST,
South Vaulted Walkway, Main Building
​Drop in on Saturdays and make art as a family. Artists of all ages welcome.
Free with museum admission
Overhead view of an elder person preparing fresh green beans.
Workshop Series: Seeding Joy
May 31, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST,
Learning & Engagement Center, Main Building
Join our series of interactive workshops for all ages.
RSVP now
Overhead view of an elder person preparing fresh green beans.
Workshop Series: Seeding Joy
June 28, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST,
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Join our series of interactive workshops for all ages.
RSVP now

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