Upcoming Events | Spring Break Special

Spice up your “stay”cation with some quality family time at the FIA during Spring Break! Explore a different art medium each day of the week and create your own masterpieces to take home.

Children & Families

Afternoon Studio | Build-A-Bug

Monday, March 25

1:00pm

Location: Art Studios

Ages 5–10 & Family

Use colored pencils and watercolor to design a bug. There will be plastic bugs to look at for inspiration.

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Children & Families

Morning Stories | Art

Tuesday, March 26

11:00am

Location: Art Galleries & Studios

Ages 3–5 & Family

Listen to Art by Patrick McDonnell, look at Abstract Expressionist artworks in the galleries, and experiment with oil pastels and watercolor paint in the studio.

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Children & Families

Afternoon Studio | Dot Painting Garden

Tuesday, March 26

1:00pm

Location: Art Studios

Ages 5–10 & Family

Use Q-tips and other objects to paint a garden scene using dots.

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Children & Families

Afternoon Studio | Kite Making

Tuesday, March 26

1:00pm

Location: Art Studios

Ages 5–10 & Family

Use rice paper, sticks, and tissue paper to design a kite to use in the warm weather.

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Children & Families

Morning Stories | Not a Stick

Wednesday, March 27

11:00am

Location: Art Galleries & Studios

Ages 3–5 & Family

Listen to Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis, look at the sculpture Tarkio by Deborah Butterfield, and create your own sculpture out of natural materials in the studio.

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Children & Families

Afternoon Studio | Calder Mobiles

Thursday, March 28

1:00pm

Location: Art Studios

Ages 5–10 & Family

Look at Alexander Calder’s mobile and then make a mobile using wire, colorful cello sheets, and tag board.

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More for Children & Families

Storytime with Art

Ages 3-5

Explore literature and art through gallery visits and art making experiences.

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Three-part Workshops

Ages 6-18

Develop art and visual communication skills through in-depth visual arts experiences.

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Monthly Programs

Ages 6-18

Experience a multifaceted art program through in-depth learning experiences.

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Baby Tours

Up to 18 months

See the museum galleries through the eyes of your baby! Discover their visual preferences and learn skills to develop their visual and language centers of the brain. 

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Scout Programs

Ages 6-18

Our museum educators will work with troop leaders to design customized programs that fit the interests and needs of your troop and fulfill badge requirements. 

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After-School Programs

Grades K-12

Students enjoy gallery and studio experiences that develop their creative problem solving skills and help them express ideas through visual art. 

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STEM to STEAM

Grades 3-6

Art and science go hand in hand so we are putting the A in STEM to make STEAM to explore how Art is related to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math concepts.

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ARTreach

Grades 7-12

New materials and equipment have been invented since the beginning of human history. Discover how these advances influence artists and open up new possibilities for expression.

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ARTexpress

Grades K-2

Our ARTexpress program links the visual arts with the core curriculum to provide a comprehensive learning experience and opportunities to express ideas and thoughts through art.

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START

Ages 3-5

Strengthen your students’ literacy skills with START (Success Through ART), a program combining looking at and talking about art with listening to children's literature and making art. 

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