Art Cart: Ephemeral Traces
Join us for an exploration of “I went away and forgot you. A while ago I remembered. I remembered I’d forgotten you. I was dreaming” by artist Dana Awartani. We’ll think about memories and create our own unique stencils and designs. Then, just like the artist, you may choose to wipe it away!
Find the Art Cart on the Museum’s Plaza and experiment with making (and unmaking!) art.
This project received support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool.
Do this at home! Brighten up the darkness and discover the science of light, shadows, and reflections through artful play. 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 10am and 1pm.
Art Cart: Perform with Soft Sculptures
The Art Cart is rolling out for a special surprise program!
What materials can you think of that stretch and squish like skin? At this week’s Art Cart, young artists will learn about artist Senga Nengudi’s soft sculptures and performance through movement, texture exploration, and art making.
Find the Art Cart on the Third Level, pick up your soft sculpture making materials, and perform!
Do this at home! Stretch, sway, and dance with your own soft sculpture inspired by artist Senga Nengudi. 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 10am–1pm.
Art Cart: Colors of Emotion
Have you ever wondered how colors and shapes help us express our feelings? Artist Rachel Jones uses her paintings to show the thoughts and emotions we all have inside.
Find the Art Cart on the Plaza and pick up your colorful materials. In case of inclement weather, check in the Museum Lobby for our indoor location.
Do this at home! Explore color through your senses! Only a small amount of setup is required for prolonged play. 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 art making 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 10am and 1pm.
Art Cart: Sound Party
Make some noise for a special Art Cart exploring sound art. Build noise-makers, and use your voice to create a collaborative sound sculpture as we prepare for the annual Sound Scene Festival, a 2-day event in partnership with DC Listening Lounge.
Find the Art Cart in the Museum Plaza to pick up your construction materials.
This project received support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool.
Do this at home! Explore the possibilities of sound! Make your own noisemaker, with a secret noise inside, and play a game of guessing with friends. 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 Thursday between 10am–Noon.
Art Cart: Found Sounds
Make some noise for a sound inspired Art Cart. Join us at this week’s Art Cart to investigate and play with sound. Then, make your own sound inspired collage.
Find the Art Cart on the Third Level and pick up noise-making materials.
Do this at home! Play a game inspired by Marcel Duchamp! Make your own noisemaker, with a secret noise inside. 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 10am–1pm.
(CANCELLED) Art Cart: Perform with Soft Sculptures
This event has been cancelled, but we encourage you to find our Kids Guides at our welcome desk on our Lobby Level and have an art adventure of your own!
Do this at home! Stretch, sway, and dance with your own soft sculpture inspired by artist Senga Nengudi. 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 10am–1pm.
Art Cart: Summer Sculpting
What nature inspires you? Get inspired by artist Barbara Hepworth’s sculptures in the exhibit Put It This Way. Young artists will have an opportunity to look closely at Hepworth’s sculptures, learn about how nature inspired her, and sculpt and build with nature inspired materials!
Find the Art Cart on the Hirshhorn Plaza to pick up your sculpting materials! In case of inclement weather, check in the Museum Lobby for our indoor locations.
Do this at home! Make your own abstract sculpture inspired by Barbara Hepworth. 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 10am–1pm.
Art Cart: Cheery Color Theory
Reminder: In-person Hirshhorn Kids programs will be taking a nap throughout August.
Join us Saturday, July 29 between 10am-1pm for Maker Morning: Summer Celebration. Art Cart will resume its Saturday roll-outs on Sept. 2. Storytime will resume every Wednesday, starting Sept. 5.
Get inspired by the colors of the rainbow at this week’s Art Cart. Join us to try your hand at mixing and matching colors with playful color theory. Young artists will look closely at Alma Thomas’s paintings in Put It This Way, and choose their own shades to make their own multicolored artworks.
Find the Art Cart on the Third Level and pick up your colorful materials.
Do this at home! Look outside your window and get inspired by the colors and patterns of nature! 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 10am–1pm.
Art Cart: Natural and Virtual Worlds
Join us for a garden day inspired by Diana Thater’s Oo Fifi, Five Days in Claude Monetʼs Garden, Part I and Part II at the Art Cart this week. Young artists can look closely at her work, read books about nature, and explore the new flowers in the Hirshhorn’s Sculpture Garden.
Find the Art Cart at the plaza, pick up a museum iPad and make your own nature videos from a different perspective.
This project received support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool.
Do this at home! Experiment with light to change how objects look around you! Bonus: you’ll only need a few materials to set the stage for extended artful play. 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 Thursday between 10am–Noon.
Art Cart: Harmony of Nonsense
Get inspired by Isa Genzken’s unruly art and join us at Art Cart this week for an adventure of new rules inspired by her assemblage sculpture, Untitled.
Look closely at her work, read books about young rebels, be colorfully creative, and explore your unique ideas to fuse different objects together!
Find the Art Cart on the Third Level and pick up your assemblage materials.
This project received support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool.
Do this at home! Use your imagination to construct your own three-dimensional box inspired by artist Joseph Cornell. 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 Thursday between 10am–Noon.
