Mondays | 9:45a-11a 

Sep 16-May 11; No class Dec 16 - Jan 6, Apr 13 

$5 per class per person

Foster a love of literature and art in your child at the museum! During Storytime we will look at the Artwork of the Week, listen to a related storybook in the galleries, and create a work of art of our own in the studio. Recommended for children ages 3-5, but all are welcome. Parents who wish to attend and work alongside their child need to register as well.

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Upcoming Family Programs

Children & Families

Afternoon Studio | Collagraph Prints

Wednesday, April 1

1:00pm

Location: Art Studios

Ages 5–10 & Family

Use cardboard, foam sheets, and textured materials to create a design to print on greeting cards.

Spring Break SpecialSpice up your staycation 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...

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Morning Stories | Not A Stick

Thursday, April 2

11:00am

Location: Art Galleries & Studios

Ages 3–5 & Family

Listen to Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh, hunt for shapes in the galleries, and turn shapes into whatever you can imagine in the studio.

Spring Break SpecialSpice up your staycation with some quality family time at the FIA during Spring Break! Explore a different art...

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Afternoon Studio | Watercolor Techniques

Thursday, April 2

1:00pm

Location: Art Studios

Ages 5–10 & Family

Discover the effects of a variety of experimental watercolor techniques using common household items such as table salt, plastic wrap, rubbing alcohol, drinking straws, and toothbrushes.

Spring Break SpecialSpice up your staycation with some quality family time at the FIA during Spring Break! Explore a different art...

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Afternoon Studio | Straw Weaving

Friday, April 3

1:00pm

Location: Art Studios

Ages 5–10 & Family

Create a loom from drinking straws and use it to weave a bracelet of your own design.

Spring Break SpecialSpice up your staycation with some quality family time at the FIA during Spring Break! Explore a different art medium each day of the week and create your...

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Preschool Playdates | Constructing Sculptures

Friday, April 17

11:00am

Location: Art Galleries & Studio

We will read Look! Look! Look! At Sculpture by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace, search for sculptures in the galleries, and make a sculpture of our own in the studio. 

Preschool PlaydatesIntroduce your little one to the world of art! Playdates at the FIA include looking at artwork in the galleries, listening to...

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Special Events

9th Annual LEGO® Competition

Saturday, April 18

1:00pm

Location: Studio 1, Lecture Room & Isabel Hall

Free and open to the public.

The FlA Art School hosts the ninth Annual LEGO Competition on Saturday, April 18, 2020. Free and open to the public, the Art School LEGO Competition celebrates and encourages creative play and allows everyone to observe, enjoy, and participate! Free, family-friendly activities include guided LEGO building...

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Children & Families

Exploring Texture | Exploring Cutting and Tearing

Friday, May 1

11:00am

Location: Art Galleries & Studio

Cut and tear shapes in the studio, find shapes in the galleries and listen to the story Snippets: A Story About Paper Shapes. 

Art ExplorersBring your toddler to explore the FIA! Explore the galleries to find the artwork of the day, examine the words and illustrations of a story, and...

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Family Yoga in the Galleries

Sunday, May 3

3:00pm

Location: Art Galleries & Isabel Hall

Families are invited to tour the galleries and practice yoga poses inspired by the artworks with art educator and yoga teacher Michelle Dummer.

Family programs enable parents and children to explore the visual arts at the FIA. They are designed for children ages 4+ (unless otherwise noted) and accompanying adults...

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Preschool Playdates | Transforming Paper

Friday, May 15

11:00am

Location: Art Galleries & Studio

We will read The Book With a Hole by Herve Tullet, look at artworks with holes in the galleries and use creativity and imagination to transform a hole in a piece of paper into something new in the studio.

Preschool PlaydatesIntroduce your little one to the world of art! Playdates...

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More Homeschool Programs

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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More for Children & Families

Spring Break Special

Ages 3 and up

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.

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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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