Children’s & Family Workshops

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Young Girl in the Creativity Space at the Museum

LEARN & ENGAGE

Creativity Lounge

The Creativity Lounge is a place for visitors of all ages and abilities to use their imagination, learn about and make art, engage with the exhibitions on view, and connect with each other. Visitors can read, explore a variety of building materials, draw, learn about being an artist and curator, and much more. The Creativity Lounge is open Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays, and occasional Saturdays.

Free to visit. Galleries require ticket purchase. 

 

 

Young girl making a paper craft

Kindergarten – Grade 5

After School Art

Mondays or Thursdays,  3:45pm to 4:45pm

After School Art workshops are designed for children to learn about artists, be inspired by works of art, and to create their own artwork. You may choose from Mondays or Thursdays for Session I and II.

Session I 

Mondays: January 22, 29, & February 5, 12 or

Thursdays: January 25, & February 1, 8, 15

Session II 

Mondays: February 26 & March 4, 11, 18  or

Thursdays: February 29 & March 7, 14, 21

Session III

Mondays: April 29 & May 6, 13, 20

 

A plate with 4 pink paint soaked brushes

Summer Family Party 2019. Photo: Eric Striffler

Grades 5-8

Middle School Makers

Wednesdays

3:30pm to 5pm

Experiment with various materials and methods in these after-school workshops for middle schoolers. Projects will include sewing, upcycling, and public art.

Session I

Session II

The Parrish Art Museum’s educational programming is supported, in part, by the Institute of Museum and Library Services; Milford D. and Janice B. Gerton/Arts and Letters Foundation; Bobbie Braun/The Neuwirth Foundation; The Long Island Community Foundation; Dime Community Bank; The John J. McDonnell Margaret T. O’Brien Foundation; The Romenesa Foundation; May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation; donors who wish to remain anonymous; and the property taxpayers from the Southampton School District and Tuckahoe Common School District. Additional support for education initiatives is provided by the Museum’s annual Spring Fling and Midsummer Party benefit events.
The Parrish Art Museum’s programs are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. Public Funding provided by Suffolk County.