Feb 10, 2012
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Whitney Museum of American Art
Ages 19-25: $12
Fri: 1 pm – 9 pm
Whitney Family Programs are designed to encourage children ages 4–12 and their parents or caregivers to observe, discuss, and explore art together while developing a sense of life-long experimentation, critical thinking, and creative expression. Participants have the opportunity to work directly with contemporary artists, Museum educators, and each other.
The Whitney Museum of American Art impresses children with its very physical design. Entering the building is like crossing a bridge and walking into a giant sculpture with all kinds of art inside. In the magnificent galleries of Marcel Breuer's landmark building, children can explore modern masterpieces and discover what's new and compelling about art today.
Fri 6-9 pm pay what you wish
- Directions: Subway: 6 to 77th Street
- ADA Compliant Restrooms
- Archive: Works on and by American artists; open by appointment only, call (212) 570-3628.
- Audio Guides
- Box Office
- Coat Check
- Disability Access: Accessible restrooms on 2nd floor.
- Disability Assistance: Access Services Desk is in lobby. You may also contact (212) 570-7789 or accessfeedback@whitney.org for information.
Hearing: See Access Services Desk for assistive listening devices (ALD) for programs and tours. Free American Sign Language interpreted tours first Saturday of each month (tour is voice-interpreted and preceded by a welcome reception at 3 pm). Film & Video Gallery has infrared assistive listening system. Works with ALD system are identified with an ALD label.
Mobility: Wheelchairs are free of charge at coat check area.
Vision: Large-print labels and brochures are at the Access Services Desk; call (212) 570-7789 to request publications in Braille. Free verbal description tours offered monthly or by request. - Gift Shops: Store Next Door at 943 Madison Avenue: furniture, jewelry and household objects by leading American artists, architects, craftsmen and designers; also art books, exhibition catalogs and posters; open 10 am-6 pm daily, Thurs until 8 pm.
- On-Site Food: The cafe Sandwiched is open while the permanent dining space on the lower level of the museum is being renovated (set to open in fall of 2010).
- On-Site Parking: On streets or in commercial lots nearby
- Reference Center: Works on and by American artists; open by appointment only, call (212) 570-3628
- Space Rental
- Special Education
- Tours
See more at NYC-Arts
Whitney Museum of American Art Listings
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Designing the Whitney of the Future
Ongoing In May 2011, the Whitney Museum broke ground on a new building designed by Renzo Piano, located between the High Line and the Hudson River Park in the Meatpacking District. In this exhibition, renderings and a model are paired with artist Lawrence Weiner’s language piece HERE THERE & EVERYWHERE.
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Artists Making Photographs: Smith, Raushenberg, Samaras, Ruscha, Warhol
Ongoing The ascension of photography to a high art form is the subject of this exhibition featuring works created between 1930 and 1970 by numerous artists.
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Ongoing Works from the permanent collection explore the fragmentation of abstraction in early modernism, realism as it focuses on people and society, and the convergence of the mind and the body.
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