Storytime Studio: Out of This World

Creativity is in full bloom every Wednesday at Storytime Studio. Celebrate spring with your littlest artist. Every week offers a new adventure.

This week: We’ll explore celestial and other worldly artworks on view in Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection (1860-1960), enjoy a reading of Mooncake by Frank Asch, and create our miniature “world” or “other worlds” in a box inspired by artist Joseph Cornell.

Featured Book:  Mooncake by Frank Asch

Program Schedule: 

Storytime Studio is a one-hour experience, with entry times at 10, 10:20, 10:40, and 11 AM. No registration is required. Visitors receive their entry time upon arrival.

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 as well as their caregivers. Every Wednesday morning, step into our studio where art comes alive 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 required.

Nursing caregivers are welcome. During Storytime Studio, stroller parking is available in the Hirshhorn Lobby and on the Lower Level near Art School.

If there are services or accommodations that can improve your experience (e.g., ASL interpretation, live captioning, etc.), please contact HMSGeducation@si.edu; 1–2 week’s advance notice is recommended but not required.

Storytime Studio: A Trip to the Hirshhorn

Creativity is in full bloom every Wednesday at Storytime Studio. Celebrate spring with your littlest artist. Every week offers a new adventure.

This week: Ignite your child’s imagination with a trip to the Hirshhorn. We will read the story Matthew’s Dream by Leo Lionni, a book about a young mouse who visits a museum and realizes that art can change the way we see the world. We’ll explore artist Giacomo Balla’s Futurist Flowers, and create our own colorful flower sculptures inspired by his work. 

Featured Book: Matthew’s Dream by Leo Lionni

Program Schedule: 

Storytime Studio is a one-hour experience, with entry times at 10, 10:20, 10:40, and 11 AM. No registration is required. Visitors receive their entry time upon arrival.

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 as well as their caregivers. Every Wednesday morning, step into our studio where art comes alive 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 required. 

Nursing caregivers are welcome. During Storytime Studio, stroller parking is available in the Hirshhorn Lobby and on the Lower Level near Art School.

If there are services or accommodations that can improve your experience (e.g., ASL interpretation, live captioning, etc.), please contact HMSGeducation@si.edu; 1–2 week’s advance notice is recommended but not required. 

Storytime Studio: Adventures with Square

Creativity is in full bloom every Wednesday at Storytime Studio. Celebrate spring with your littlest artist. Every week offers a new adventure.

This week: Be a square! Join us on an adventure with Square, who creates sculptures made from squares. We will explore artworks featuring squares and other geometric shapes in Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960, enjoy a read aloud of Square by Mac Barnett, and create our own sculptures using geometric shapes.

Featured Book: Square by Mac Barnett

Program Schedule: 

Storytime Studio is a one-hour experience, with entry times at 10, 10:20, 10:40, and 11 AM. No registration is required. Visitors receive their entry time upon arrival.

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 as well as their caregivers. Every Wednesday morning, step into our studio where art comes alive 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 required. 

Nursing caregivers are welcome. During Storytime Studio, stroller parking is available in the Hirshhorn Lobby and on the Lower Level near Art School.

If there are services or accommodations that can improve your experience (e.g., ASL interpretation, live captioning, etc.), please contact HMSGeducation@si.edu; 1–2 week’s advance notice is recommended but not required. 

Storytime Studio: Color Outside the Lines

Bring your littlest artists to the Hirshhorn for a March filled with joyful opportunities to express your best self! Join us as we explore colorful paintings on view in Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection (1860–1960). This week, we will play with the possibilities of primary colors. Artists will mix and play with colors using light, paint, and other materials. 

Featured Book: Mouse Paint by Ellen Walsh 

Program Schedule: 

Storytime Studio is a flexible drop-in experience.

Meet in the Art School on the Lower Level.

Do this at home! Painting with a budding artist? Keep it wonderfully simple—and get maximum results—by using a limited color palette to explore color mixing. Instructions here.

Three white pieces of paper have been laid out over newspaper. Each contain a color scale consisting of six horizontal lines of color, experimenting with mixing yellow, red and blue paint.

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 services or accommodations that can improve your experience (e.g., ASL interpretation, live captioning, etc.), please contact hmsgeducation@si.edu; 1–2 week’s advance notice is recommended but not required. For a group of ten or more, please contact mcgettigant@si.edu to reserve a program in advance.

Storytime Studio: Let’s Play with Pumpkin

Bring your littlest artists to the Hirshhorn for a March filled with joyful opportunities to express your best self! This week, we’ll play and celebrate Yayoi Kusama’s birthday.  We will get inspired by her work, Pumpkin; participate in a lively read-aloud of Let’s Play!; and design our own colorfully patterned works of art. 

Featured Book: Let’s Play! by Herve Tullet

Program Schedule: 

Storytime Studio is a flexible drop-in experience.

Meet in the Art School on the Lower Level.

Do this at home! Create your own pinch pot inspired by artist Yayoi Kusama. Instructions here.

Orange pumpkin planter with a sprout.

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 services or accommodations that can improve your experience (e.g., ASL interpretation, live captioning, etc.), please contact hmsgeducation@si.edu; 1–2 week’s advance notice is recommended but not required. For a group of ten or more, please contact mcgettigant@si.edu to reserve a program in advance.

Storytime Studio: Move and Groove

Bring your littlest artists to the Hirshhorn for a March filled with joyful opportunities to express your best self! This week, we’ll explore the painting Mis Cuatro Gracias (Brendan, Camilo, Carlos, Jorge), 2018, by artist Aliza Nisenbaum. Adult and child artists will explore how the body moves and create their own group portraits with photos and colorfully painted patterns.

Featured Book: Salsa: Un Poema Cocinar (a Cooking Poem), by Jorge Argueta

Program Schedule: 

Storytime Studio is a flexible drop-in experience.

Meet in the Art School on the Lower Level.

Do this at home! Instructions here. 

Shape your clothes to create a composition as colorful as Rufino Tamayo’s prints. Your wardrobe is your paint palette!

Blue shirt and black scarf are added to create the shape of two figures in profile facing each other, a hand reaches to pinch the fabric of one figure into a nose.

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 at any time 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 services or accommodations that can improve your experience (e.g., ASL interpretation, live captioning, etc.), please contact hmsgeducation@si.edu; 1–2 week’s advance notice is recommended but not required.

Storytime Studio: Move and Groove

Bring your littlest artists to the Hirshhorn for a March filled with joyful opportunities to express your best self! This week, we’ll explore marionettes by artist Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Exster. Adult and child artists will explore how the body moves and create their own puppets.

Featured Book: Giraffes Can’t Dance, by Giles Andrea

Program Schedule: 

Storytime Studio is a flexible drop-in experience.

Meet in the Art School on the Lower Level.

Do this at home! Make your own mobile inspired by Alexander Calder!  Instructions here. 

Three sculptures made of pipe cleaner and folded paper are attached to a square tube base sprinkled with black polka dots.

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 at any time 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 services or accommodations that can improve your experience (e.g., ASL interpretation, live captioning, etc.), please contact hmsgeducation@si.edu; 1–2 week’s advance notice is recommended but not required.

Storytime Studio: Sculpting with your Senses

Bring your littlest loved ones to the Hirshhorn for a February filled with love! This week, we’ll explore the sculptures of artist Barbara Hepworth in a sensory-filled Storytime Studio! Artists young and old will explore materials including string, paper, and clay to create abstract shapes and sculptures.

Featured Book: The Shape of Me and Other Stuff, by Dr. Seuss

Program Schedule: 

Meet in the Art School on the Lower Level.

Do this at home! Make your own abstract sculpture inspired by Barbara Hepworth! Instructions here.

A grey, organic sculpture made of clay and resembling a pelvis sits on a flat brown surface, a white background behind it.

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 at any time 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. 

Storytime Studio: In Love with Ideas

Bring your littlest loved ones to the Hirshhorn for a February filled with love! This week, we’ll explore the lifelong relationship between artists Yayoi Kusama and Joseph Cornell. Taking inspiration from both artists, we’ll make our own colorfully patterned paintings and a collaborative installation of found objects.

Featured Book: What do you do with an idea?, by Kobi Yamada

Program Schedule: 

Meet in the Art School on the Lower Level.

Do this at home! Design your own wearable work of art inspired by Kusama’s Flowers—Overcoat, and disappear into your surroundings! Instructions here. 

A homemade coat made with a translucent material appearing both blue and brown hangs on a white clothing hanger.

 

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 at any time 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: Colorful Couples

Bring your littlest loved ones to the Hirshhorn for a February filled with love! This week, we’ll explore artist relationships in Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection (1860-1960) including artist couple Anni Albers and Joseph Albers. We’ll make our own colorful works including paintings and collaborative weaving.

Featured Book: Matthew’s Dream, by Leo Lionni

Program Schedule: 

Meet in the Art School on the Lower Level.

Do this at home! Create a woven artwork with scrap fabric inspired by Anni Albers. Instructions here. 

Three woven pieces sit on a white surface.

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 at any time 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.