Families and Folk Art is held the first Saturday of every month. This program introduces children ages 4 to 12 and their accompanying adults to folk art through interactive discussion-based tours in the galleries followed by hands-on artmaking activities inspired by objects in the museum. Museum admission is always free. Space is limited; registration required.
Register: See link below or call 212. 265. 1040, ext. 381.
More Info: 212. 265. 1040, ext. 381, or familyprograms@folkartmuseum.org
Educational programs are sponsored in part by the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts: Art Works, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and City Council Member Helen Rosenthal.
1:00 pm-2:00 pm
Free
In the galleries, families will think about women’s contributions to American fraternal culture through learning about various textiles in the exhibition Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art from the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection—from quilts to carpets to hooked rugs. Back in the studio, families will construct a four-square quilt top of their own symbolic design.
Image: Masonic Appliqué Quilt, artist unidentified (grandmother of Wayne Robb), United States, 1885, cotton, 86 x 88 1/2″, American Folk Art Museum, promised gift of Kendra and Allan Daniel, P.2015.2. Photo by José Andrés Ramírez.
RegisterUntitled (Figures and Construction with Blue Border)
Bill Traylor (1854–1949)
Oval Tea Canister
Artist unidentified
Peacocks on Branch With Flowers
Artist unidentified