Intergenerational Workshops
The lack of inhibitions of a child, the experience of a design student, the life skills of the retired businessperson, the feedback of the architect parent sitting side-by-side with their child, or the complete novice touching clay for the first time… there is much to be gained from gathering groups of mixed ages in the creation and discussion of works of art. click here...
Summer Open Studios (S.O.S.)
July/August
Summer Open Studios: S.O.S. is a unique Museum program to introduce groups of children ages 6 to 16 to the concepts and processes of making art and learning with their hands. Artist Educators from the Museum's Education Department conduct workshops demonstrating various studio techniques and helping children transform abstract ideas into art objects. click here...
Summer Open Studies (S.O.S.) Off-Site 2008
Building on a partnership with the Department of Parks & Recreation that started several years ago, the Museum of Arts and Design will collaborate with Parks on a summer project that brings the Museum to recreation centers around the city and serves hundreds of NYC kids and youth per week throughout July and August.
Since the Museum will be closed as we prepare to open at our new location at Columbus Circle this September, our displaced corps of Artist Educators will lead interdisciplinary hands-on arts and design classes in Parks’ summer camps. The Education Department will provide all materials. Themes to be explored with students revolve around sustainability, arts and design of parks and public spaces (NY in particular), urban planning and industrial design. A final culminating exhibition and celebration will take place at one if not several recreation centers at the end of the summer.
For more information regarding this and other outreach opportunities, please call Aliza Boyer at 212.956-3535 x159 or e-mail aliza.boyer@madmuseum.org.
The Museum’s educational programs are supported by Citigroup Foundation, ConEdison, Helena Rubinstein Foundation, MetLife Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation, and Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust. Additional support has been provided by Christopher C. Byrne, Sarah and Seth Glickenhaus, Ted Hathaway, Holly Hotchner and Franklin Silverstone, Laureen S. and Ragnar M. Knutsen, Jane and Leonard Korman, Reed and Delphine Krakoff, Laura and Lewis Kruger, Rita and Dan Paul, Robert Taubman, Madeline Weinrib, Judith Zee Steinberg and Paul J. Hoenmans.
Ongoing support is provided by the William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Education and Outreach.
The Museum’s Thursday evening Pay-What-You-Wish program is underwritten by Newman’s Own Foundation.