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Spring is a great time to be a kid. Mom or Dad dusts off the swingset and refills the sandbox, and then there are the hours spent looking for four-leaf clovers in the backyard and watching the robins pull plump worms from the fresh earth! Now that I think of it, perhaps my childhood was a bit different than the one being had by children today--what with the cell phones, video games, and nimbly texting fingers--but one thing remains the same: kids love a good field trip. Even if I'm a bit old fashioned, my kid-savvy colleagues are hard at work planning art-tastic activities that will woo your youngsters. So take a look at the featured items below and plan some kid-friendly fun!
Mandy
Public Affairs Associate
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Family Days
Spend a Saturday with your kids. Or spend a Saturday being a kid yourself. American Art's family days are free and open to all who are young at heART. Stop by the museum's Kogod Courtyard on the dates below between 11:30am and 3pm and play with us!
April 28 | JAM-min' Family Day
Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) with us! Baltimore Jazz Alliance's Jazz for Kids band presents an introduction to jazz music, with a family-friendly mini-concert including audience participation. Children can also create their own jazz name badges and visit a "petting zoo" of musical instruments to try their hand at drums, flute, saxophone, clarinet, recorder, bass, violin, guitar, trumpet, or trombone.
May 19 | Strike a Pose Family Day
Explore the art of photography with activities inspired by the museum's exhibition, Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage. Explore your world through a new lens on a photo-scavenger hunt and document your travels in an album to take home. Participants may bring their own cameras or borrow one from the museum (available on a first-come, first-serve basis). |
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Art à la Cart
Saturdays & Sundays through May 13 │ 2 - 5 p.m.
Learn the stories behind artwork with interactive carts in the galleries that engage kids ages 7 - 12 with brushes and palettes, bison horns and hides, bottle caps, and quilt squares. Pick up your Art à la Cart map and passport at the information desks in the F Street and G Street lobbies.
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Luce Foundation Center
  
On the third floor of the museum you'll find a special spot to share with your family. The Luce Foundation Center is the museum's visible storage and study center, and is home to nearly 3,300 works of art from the museum's collection. The center offers themed scavenger hunts and an audio tour during museum hours, and complimentary hot cocoa (coffee or tea for you parents) is available Wednesdays through Sundays from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. The center also holds a sketching workshop every Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. (children should be accompanied by an adult). For more information e-mail AmericanArtLuce@si.edu or call (202) 633-5435.
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Alll programs free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
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Photography, jazz, craft, media arts...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
8th & F Streets NW
Washington, D.C. 20004
Renwick Gallery
Pennsylvania Ave at 17th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20006 |
