Love of Learning: National Gallery of Art Family Programs

Family Programs, National Gallery of Art, Washington

FILM PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN

Surreal Shorts

January 5 at 10:30 a.m.
January 6 at 11:30 a.m.

(ages 7 and up)

Stretch your imagination and let the ordinary become extraordinary with this series of animated shorts. Oscar award-winning The Lost Thing (Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan, Australia, United Kingdom, 2010) follows a boy on a journey to find a home for a strange, misplaced object. When his search is met with indifference from everyone in a busy industrial world, his determination to find acceptance and belonging becomes earnest. Other films include Codswallop (Greg and Myles McLeod, United Kingdom, 2008), Luminaris (Juan Pablo Zaramella, Argentina, 2011), and The Goat That Ate Time (Lucinda Schreiber, Australia, 2007).
Approximately 55 minutes.

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ARTFUL CONVERSATIONS

Artful Conversations Winter Series

January 12, 13 at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
February 9, 10 at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
March 9, 10 at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.

East Building

(ages 8 to 11)

Designed for children and adults to participate in together, this series of programs uses observation and discussion to explore works of art in the collection. Led by museum educators, each program looks at one work of art in the galleries, accompanied by activities such as sketching, writing poetry, or making connections between works of art. Approximately seventy minutes.

Sign-in for Artful Conversations will take place in the East Building Atrium, beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, and will continue until all spaces are filled.

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STORIES IN ART

Investigate Modern and Contemporary Art

January 19, 20, 26, 27
February 16, 17, 23, 24
March 16, 17, 23, 24
Saturdays at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m.
Sundays at 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.

East Building

(ages 4 to 7)

How do you investigate a work of art? Learn to make careful observations, analyze artists' choices, ask questions, and use your imagination while exploring works of art in the East Building. This winter, three imaginative stories are paired with three selections from the collection. After examining each artist's technique, you will experiment with diverse media to create your own works of art. You will receive a notebook to accompany the Winter Story Series and a stamp for each program attended. Collect all three stamps to receive a prize!

Sign-in for the Winter Stories Series will take place in the East Building Atrium, beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Saturdays and at 11:00 a.m. on Sundays, and will continue until all spaces are filled.

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FAMILY WORKSHOPS

Color, Line, Light: Watercolor Techniques

January 27 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
February 3, 10, 17, 24 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

East Building, Education Studio

(ages 12 to 14)

The winter Family Workshops are designed exclusively for "tweens," participants ages 12 to 14. Taught by artists and museum educators, each two-and-a-half-hour workshop includes an interactive tour in the galleries followed by a hands-on studio session.

Explore the special exhibition Color, Line, Light: French Drawings and Watercolors from Delacroix to Signac and be inspired to create your own series of watercolor sketches. Participants will learn how French artists used watercolor to depict a variety of subjects, while experimenting with watercolor materials and techniques in the Studio.

Workshops are free, but preregistration is required. Registration for all winter workshops begins at noon on Wednesday, January 9.

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Film still from The Lost Thing (Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan, Australia, United Kingdom, 2010). Image details from Andre Derain, Charing Cross Bridge, London, 1906, National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Hay Whitney Collection; Romare Bearden, Tomorrow I May Be Far Away, 1967, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Paul Mellon Fund © Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY; Paul Huet, An Abbey by a Wooded Lake at Twilight, c. 1831, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Helen Porter and James T. Dyke Fund

For more information call (202) 789-3030 or e-mail family@nga.gov