Storytime Studio: Color in Motion
June 25, 2025 | 10:00 am–12:00 pm
Add color to your summer this June at the Hirshhorn! Each Wednesday at Storytime, you’ll find new opportunities for your littlest artist to brighten our world. Explore art, tell vibrant stories, and make your own colorful creations.
This Week: Splatter and splash! Join us to learn about artist Jackson Pollock, who used his entire body to create large abstract paintings. We’ll gain inspiration from Pollock and replace our paintbrushes with unconventional materials such as sticks, marbles, and yarn.
Featured Book: Jackson Pollock Splashed Paint and Wasn’t Sorry by Fausto Gilberti
Program Schedule
Storytime Studio is a one-hour experience, with entry times at 10 AM and 11 AM. No registration is required. Visitors receive their entry time upon arrival. Depending on availability, you may be asked to enjoy the galleries prior to your start time.
- 10 AM–noon: Open play (felt, blocks, sketching)
- 10:20 AM: Read-aloud #1 in Art School
- 10:30 AM: Art-making begins
- 10:50 AM: Gallery tour #1
- 11:20 AM: Read-aloud #2 in Art School
- 11:30 AM: Art-making begins
- 11:50 AM: Gallery tour #2
Meet in the Hirshhorn Art School on the Lower Level.
ABOUT STORYTIME STUDIO
Join us at the Hirshhorn Art School for Storytime Studio—a captivating blend of play, educator-led read-alouds, and art exploration designed for kids from birth to age 8 and their caregivers. Every Wednesday morning, step into our studio and enjoy a special Storytime adventure.
Know before You Go
Storytime Studio has limited capacity. Participation for each adult and child is limited to one hour. Depending on availability, you may be asked to enjoy the galleries prior to your start time. No reservations or tickets are required.
Nursing caregivers are welcome. Stroller parking is available in the Hirshhorn Lobby and on the Lower Level.
If there are services or accommodations that can improve your experience (e.g., ASL interpretation, live captioning, etc.), please contact HMSGeducation@si.edu; one to two weeks’ advance notice is recommended but not required.
