Winter/Spring 2018 Family, Kids, Teen, School, and Educator Programs at the Guggenheim Museum

FOR FAMILIESSecond Sunday Family Tours
Sundays, February 11, March 11, April 8, May 13, 10:30 am–12 pm

Families with children ages 5 and up
On the second Sunday of every month, the Guggenheim offers family-oriented tours that incorporate conversation and creative hands-on gallery activities while exploring the exhibitions on view. These museum educator–led tours are organized around a single theme and highlight artworks on view from the Guggenheim’s permanent collection and special exhibitions.

February 11: Monumental Art
See how artists have taken inspiration from famous monuments and sites, and find your own artistic inspiration in our monumental museum building.

March 11: Everyday Art
Explore the many ways artists find inspiration all around them.

April 8: The More You Know
Investigate the stories behind artworks and discover how this information can shape our understanding.

May 13: My Inspiration
Enjoy Mother’s Day at the Guggenheim with a tour investigating artist inspirations.

$20 per family (includes admission and tour for two adults and up to four children), $15 members, free for Family members. Registration required at guggenheim.org/familyprograms.

For families with children 8 and up
A hands-on exploration of Josef Albers’s color-interaction theory, presented in conjunction with the exhibition Josef Albers in Mexico. Fritz Horstman, Artist Residency and Education Coordinator at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, leads exercises that allow families to experience color in new and unexpected ways by taking part in projects that Albers used in his own teaching and practice.

$30 per family (includes admission and tour for two adults and up to four children), $20 members, free for Family members.

Caregivers with children ages 2–4
This program is designed for little art lovers and their parents and guardians. In each session, children and their parent or guardian explore one or two works on view and then make art in our studio. The hour includes a short story, a trip to the galleries, and art-making activities.

$30 per family (includes admission, materials, and snacks), $15 members, free for Family members. Register for one session or all eight at guggenheim.org/familyprograms.

Caregivers with children up to 24 months
Interactive, stroller-friendly tours of current exhibitions led by museum educators, featuring touchable objects, art-making, and great adult conversation.

$25 per stroller (includes admission), free for Family members. Single strollers and front baby carriers only. Register for one stroller and up to four adults at guggenheim.org/familyprograms. For more information, contact strollertours@guggenheim.org.

Now in its 48th year, Learning Through Art (LTA), the Guggenheim’s pioneering arts education program, presents A Year with Children 2018, an exhibition organized by the Sackler Center for Arts Education at the museum. The annual presentation showcases select artworks by students in grades two through six from twelve public schools who participated in LTA during the 2017–18 school year, representing each of New York City’s five boroughs. More than one hundred creative and imaginative works, including collages, drawings, found objects, installations, paintings, poems, and prints, will be on display during the seven-week exhibition.

Free with museum admission.

Ages 8–11
Kids focus on building and improving their creative skills through gallery and studio explorations in these exciting vacation day camps. With teaching artists, participants explore works on view and in the studio, developing a personal style through a variety of artistic mediums, new approaches, and techniques.

$600 (includes family pass, materials, and snacks), $500 members. Registration required at guggenheim.org/kids. Financial assistance is available upon request. For more information, call 212 360 4254 or e-mail ckeogh@guggenheim.org.

Ages 8–11
In this after-school program, kids explore the museum’s permanent collection, special exhibitions, and spectacular Frank Lloyd Wright–designed architecture. In the studio, they learn about a wide range of art-making techniques, including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, collage, and photography, through in-depth art projects inspired by their tours with museum educators. The program concludes with an exhibition for family and friends.

$400 (includes family pass, materials, snacks, and photographs of the program), $350 members. Registration required at guggenheim.org/kids. Financial assistance is available upon request. For more information, call 212 360 4254 or e-mail ckeogh@guggenheim.org.

Grades 6–8
Middle school students build artistic abilities in a creative and supportive environment. Led by a Guggenheim teaching artist, this studio program includes visits to the galleries, art-making in a wide range of mediums, and the development of a personal portfolio of works.

$500 (includes family pass, materials, and snacks), $400 members. Registration is required at guggenheim.org/kids. Financial assistance is available upon request. For more information, call 212 360 4254 or e-mail ckeogh@guggenheim.org.

Grades 9–12
This program gives high schoolers a deeper understanding of important topics in contemporary art and an exclusive glimpse into the inner workings of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, an institution devoted to the art of the 20th century and beyond. Over the course of five weeks, students will consider the role of contemporary art in a museum today, visit the galleries after hours, and participate in group discussions facilitated by curators, artists, and educators to better understand how contemporary art is displayed in a museum and what issues contemporary art can address.

$200 ($150 members). Financial assistance is available upon request. For more information, please call 212 423 3668 or e-mail jwarren@guggenheim.org.

Energetic, outgoing, and articulate high school students are invited to apply to volunteer on weekends. Volunteers assist staff in facilitating Family Programs by greeting families, distributing materials, and assisting with gallery activities.

To apply, send a statement of interest to familyprograms@guggenheim.org and include “Weekend Volunteer” in the subject line.

Focusing on contemporary artist Danh Vo, educators engage in conversations and activities that demonstrate how his work can be integrated into classroom learning.

$20 (includes materials), limited to 20 participants. For more information, call 212 360 4254 or e-mail ckeogh@guggenheim.org.

A week-long workshop for educators of grades 3–12 (all subject areas) to learn techniques for analyzing and interpreting modern and contemporary art in three of New York City’s premier art museums: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Participants meet at a different museum each day, applying object-based teaching strategies, building confidence in incorporating modern and contemporary art into lesson plans, and engaging artworks as forums for interdisciplinary investigations.

$25 registration; $475 tuition (includes museum admission for each day), application deadline: Friday, May 18. For more information, call 212 360 4254 or e-mail ckeogh@guggenheim.org.

These guided programs are facilitated by museum educators. All programs accommodate students with special needs. For more information or to schedule a program, call 212 423 3637 or visit guggenheim.org/schools.

Grades 2–12
60- or 90-minute interactive gallery tour
$225/$300 per 30-student group. Financial assistance is available upon request. For more information, call 212 423 3637 or e-mail ejones@guggenheim.org.

Grades 2–12
2.5-hour interactive gallery tour and hands-on workshop
$400 per 30-student group

All grade levels
This customized, multiple-session program includes visits to the classroom and the museum for students and their families.
$1 per student while funding is available. For more information or to schedule a program, call 212 423 3637 or visit www.guggenheim.org/schools.

Families with children ages 3 and up
Stop by the Sackler Center Studio Art Lab and create a work of art inspired by themes and materials from the Guggenheim’s current exhibitions. Free with museum admission.

Families with children ages 4 and up
Pick up a Family Activity Guide from the Admissions desk to engage the whole family in fun gallery activities and discussion suggestions. Free with museum admission.

Families with children ages 4 and up. Borrow a Family Activity Pack with materials featuring fun conversation and activity ideas to captivate the entire family.

Prepared materials with drawing prompts encourage visitors to explore Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural shapes and spaces, and to record their perspectives through drawing. Free with museum admission.

Admission: Adults $25, students/seniors (65+) $18, members and children under 12 free. The Guggenheim’s free app, available with admission or by download to personal devices, offers an enhanced visitor experience. The app features rich multimedia content on special exhibitions, the Guggenheim’s landmark building, and artworks in the museum’s permanent collection. Verbal Description guides for select exhibitions are also included for visitors who are blind or have low vision. The Guggenheim app is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Museum Hours: Sun-Wed 10 am–5:45 pm, Fri 10 am–5:45 pm, Sat 10 am–7:45 pm, closed Thurs. On Saturdays, beginning at 5:45 pm, the museum hosts Pay What You Wish. For general information, call 212 423 3500 or visit the museum online at guggenheim.org.

Learning Through Art and A Year with Children 2018 are generously supported by Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Squarespace, The Keith Haring Foundation, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Additional funding is provided by Guggenheim Partners, LLC; The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation; Gail May Engelberg and The Engelberg Foundation; the Sidney E. Frank Foundation; Con Edison; JPMorgan Chase; the Gap Foundation; and an anonymous donor. The Leadership Committee for Learning Through Art and A Year with Children 2018 is gratefully acknowledged for its support.

Major support for Josef Albers in Mexico is provided by LLWW Foundation. Funding is also provided by the Robert Lehman Foundation, the Mex-Am Cultural Foundation, Inc., and The Mexican Cultural Institute of New York. The Leadership Committee for this exhibition is gratefully acknowledged for its generosity, with special thanks to Alice and Thomas Tisch; David Zwirner, New York/London; Lisa and John Miller; and Louisa Stude Sarofim. The catalogue for this exhibition is supported in part by Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund.

Funding for Danh Vo: Take My Breath Away is provided by Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne. Additional support is provided by the Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Obel Family Foundation, the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, Beckett-Fonden, and the Danish Arts Foundation. The Leadership Committee for this exhibition is gratefully acknowledged for its support, with special thanks to Mara and Marcio Fainziliber, Cochairs; Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, London, Paris; kurimanzutto, Mexico City; Robert Soros; Faurschou Foundation; Inigo Philbrick and Francisca Mancini; The Pritzker Traubert Foundation; Murray Alexander Abramson; Peter Bentley Brandt; Galerie Buchholz, Berlin/Cologne/New York; Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris; Xavier Hufkens; The Jamil Collection; and Naomi Milgron and John Kaldor. The catalogue for this exhibition is supported by the New Carlsberg Foundation.

Public programs are presented by The Sackler Center for Arts Education, a gift of the Mortimer D. Sackler Family. Endowment funding is provided by The Engelberg Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, The Elaine Terner Cooper Foundation, and the Esther Simon Charitable Trust.

Educational activities and/or public programs are made possible in part by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation, The Hilla von Rebay Foundation, and The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation.

Funding is also provided by The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; the Windgate Charitable Foundation; the Sidney E. Frank Foundation; Guggenheim Partners, LLC; the Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust; Dorothy and Elihu Modlin; and The Barker Welfare Foundation.

Additional support from Con Edison; the Gap Foundation; Katherine and Peter Kend; the Jane A. Lehman and Alan G. Lehman Foundation; the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc.; Jamie Johnson and William S. Dutterer; The Robert & Toni Bader Charitable Foundation; the Henry E. Niles Foundation, Inc.; and the Metzger-Price Fund, Inc. is gratefully acknowledged.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation thanks the members of the Education Committee for their support.