Storytime Studio: Community of Care
Get your New Year’s fresh start with art! Join us all month long to explore and express yourself inspired by a different artwork each week. This week, we’ll look closely at Belief + Doubt by artist Barbara Kruger and use our own big words (and images and symbols!) to explore fairness, love, and our own power in making the world a better place.
Featured Book: Martin’s Big Words, by Doreen Rappaport
Program Schedule:
- 10 AM–Noon: Open Play and Artmaking
- 10:15 & 11:15 AM: Read-alouds in Art School
- 10:30 & 11:30 AM: Gallery Tours
Meet in the Art School on the Lower Level.
Do this at home! What matters to you? Assemble a collage inspired by Loïs Mailou Jones’s Challenge—America. Choose a cause that you care about, and then arrange and rearrange images to create a collage that inspires change in your community! Instructions here.
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 as well as their caregivers. Every Wednesday morning, step into our studio where art comes alive, and enjoy a special Storytime adventure that is a free, flexible, drop-in experience. Stop in anytime to experiment with play and artmaking, immerse yourself in interactive read-alouds, or join a gallery tour to explore art on view!
No reservations or tickets required. Nursing caregivers are welcome. Stroller parking is available in the Hirshhorn Lobby and on the Lower Level.
If there are access services or accommodations that can make your experience more inclusive (e.g., ASL interpretation, live captioning, etc.), please contact hmsgeducation@si.edu; 1–2 week’s advance notice is recommended but not required.
CANCELED: Storytime Studio: Shape your Year
This program has been canceled.
Get your New Year’s fresh start with art! Join us all month long to explore and express yourself inspired by a different artwork each week. Take a close look at Belief + Doubt by Barbara Kruger, listen to a read-aloud, then stay to create an artwork that amplifies your own voice!
Featured Book: Mi Voz by José Fragoso
Program Schedule:
- 10 AM–12 PM: Open Play and Artmaking
- 10:30 & 11:30 AM: Read-alouds in Art School
- 11 AM & Noon: Gallery Tours
Meet in the Art School on the Lower Level.
Do this at home! Turn one piece of paper into a BIG call for justice, like the Guerrilla Girls. Instructions here.
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 as well as their caregivers. Every Wednesday morning, step into our studio where art comes alive, and enjoy a special Storytime adventure that is a free, flexible, drop-in experience. Stop in anytime to experiment with play and artmaking, immerse yourself in interactive read-alouds, or join a gallery tour to explore art on view!
No reservations or tickets required. Nursing caregivers are welcome. Stroller parking is available in the Hirshhorn Lobby and on the Lower Level.
If there are access services or accommodations that can make your experience more inclusive (e.g., ASL interpretation, live captioning, etc.), please contact hmsgeducation@si.edu; 1–2 week’s advance notice is recommended but not required.
Art Cart: Construct with Kruger
Have you ever seen a work of art that covers an entire room (even the floors!)? Get inspired by artist Barbara Kruger and create your own mini-installation in a box. Artists will take a close look at Kruger’s work, Belief+Doubt, and then design their own work using paper, string, and more!
Find the Art Cart on the Lower Level and pick up your installation making materials.
Do this at home! Transform a box into a unique space inspired by Siah Armajani. Instructions here.
ABOUT THE ART CART
Want to make art inspired by your favorite Hirshhorn works on view? The Art Cart offers young artists a hands-on maker experience during their visit to the Hirshhorn. Each week’s Art Cart offers a fresh and fun theme featuring an artwork on view, an artmaking activity to do at the Museum, and kids projects to extend the fun at home!
The Art Cart is free; no registration required. Drop in any Saturday between 10 am and 1 pm.
Nursing caregivers are welcome. Stroller parking is available in the Hirshhorn Lobby. If there are access services or accommodations that can make your experience more inclusive (e.g., ASL interpretation, live captioning, etc.), please contact hmsgeducation@si.edu. 1-2 week’s advance notice is recommended but not required.
