Youth and Family Programs JANUARY / FEBRUARY / MARCH 2016
Learn, Engage, Enjoy! Begin your art adventure in the Ryan Learning Center. Learn more about the art and artists in our collection through a wide range of programs for all ages. Engage with the Art Institute s collection through guided family gallery experiences. Enjoy art-making activities along with your family. Admission to the Ryan Learning Center is always free, so come back as often as you like. MUSEUM HOURS Open daily 10:30 5:00 Thursdays until 8:00 FAMILY ROOM HOURS Open daily 10:30-5:00 2016 FREE HOURS Admission to the Art Institute of Chicago is free to Illinois residents every Thursday from 5:00-8:00 p.m. MUSEUM ADMISSION Members and children under 14 are always free. Visit www.artic.edu/visit for admission costs for adults, seniors, and students, and the discounts available to Chicago and Illinois residents. Purchase admission tickets in advance on our website. Families can visit the Art Institute for free with the Kids Passport from the Chicago Public Library. E-NEWSLETTER To get the most up-to-date news on family-friendly activities or teen programs and receive our brochure online, sign up for our free e-news at www.artic.edu/e-news. LOCATION The museum is located at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Adams Street (111 South Michigan) on the eastern edge of Chicago s famous downtown Loop. Please use the Modern Wing entrance at 159 E. Monroe Street. For more travel information, visit our website. FAMILY AUDIO TOURS The Lions Trail tour, designed for children ages 5 to 10, offers an informative, dramatic, and fun tour of the collection and is available in English or Spanish. With 26 stops, it s a great way to inspire kids to explore the museum. Stop by the Audio Guide desk in Griffin Court or at the Michigan Avenue lobby. MEMBERSHIP Consider membership today it s a great deal. Free admission is just one of the benefits. Call (312) 499-4111 or visit www.artic.edu/join-and-give for more information. www.artic.edu/kids www.artic.edu/learn/teens FOLLOW OUR TEENS Art Institute Teens ArtInstituteTeens @AICTeens AICTeens Share the highlights of your visit at #artinstitutechicago. 2 3
4 Sign Up! Sign-up programs meet in the Ryan Learning Center and travel to the galleries. Please bring your Art Institute member card or museum admission tickets for Mini Masters and Family Workshops. Look for registration information following our program descriptions. AGES 3 5 Mini Masters: Patterns Here, There, and Everywhere! SATURDAY, JANUARY 23 11:00 12:00 OR 2:00 3:00 The world is full of patterns, and so is the Art Institute! We ll listen to a story, go on a pattern hunt in the galleries, and then create our own colorful patterns. Mini Masters: Making Space SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27 11:00 12:00 OR 2:00 3:00 Explore our interactive gallery Materials Inside and Out and think about the ways materials, colors, and textures change the way we think about spaces. Listen to a story and design a space of your own in a mixed-media art project. AGES 6 12 Family Workshop: A Voyage to South America SATURDAY, JANUARY 30 11:00 12:30 OR 2:00 3:30 Visit the exhibition A Voyage to South America: Andean Art in the Spanish Empire and use the show s vibrant artworks as inspiration to create a unique family portrait through painting and collage. Family Workshop: Sketches to Sculptures SATURDAY, MARCH 26 11:00 12:30 OR 2:00 3:30 What does it mean to plan for and create a work of art? Explore the exhibition Martin Puryear: Multiple Dimensions and consider ways that sketches transform into sculptures. Then, back in the studio, make your own two- and three-dimensional artworks. AGES 9 12 Tween Workshop: Making Prints SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 11:00 2:00 $10 MEMBERS; $12 NONMEMBERS * Work with a teaching artist as you explore the exhibition Martin Puryear: Multiple Dimensions with other tweens, create sketches of your own designs, and experiment with printmaking. To register for Mini Masters, Family Workshops, or Tween Workshops, visit www. artic.edu/calendar. For assistance or more information, call (312) 857-7161 or e-mail familyprograms@artic.edu. AGES 13 19 Teen Workshop: Warhol, Print, Repeat SATURDAY, JANUARY 9 11:00 4:00 $10 MEMBERS, $12 NONMEMBERS Get inspired by exploring the classic work of Andy Warhol in the galleries Re:Imagine24 Applications for teens to participate in Re:Imagine24, the museum s 24-hour overnight teen design competition, are due January 10. Missed the deadline? Be sure to follow Art Institute Teens on Instagram on March 5 6 to see what it looks like when 100 teens stay up all night designing things at the museum! Apply and get more info at bit.ly/reimagine2016. with a teaching artist, then master the art of screen printing. Teen Workshop: Sculpt and Sketch SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13 11:00 4:00 $10 MEMBERS, $12 NONMEMBERS Explore the exhibition Martin Puryear: Multiple Dimensions and experiment with drawing, printmaking, and sculpture to create your very own unique work. To register for Teen Studio Workshops, visit www.artic.edu/teen-workshops. For assistance or more information, e-mail teens@artic.edu. There will be no Teen Workshop in March, but please be sure to come back for April! In the meantime, check out our fantastic teen program Re:Imagine. * Tween Workshops are designed for tweens on their own without an adult companion. 5
Drop in! Drop in to the Ryan Learning Center for these free programs for children and their caregivers. For more information on programs, call (312) 857-7161 or e-mail familyprograms@artic.edu. Unfortunately, we cannot accept groups for the following programs. ALL AGES The Family Room DA I LY DROP IN 10:30 5:00 Tinker, explore, and play. Discover blocks, puzzles, the Curious Corner online interactive, and more! The Artist s Studio DAI LY DROP IN 10:30 5:00 Join us for art-making activities related to ongoing exhibitions. Make something to take home or something to leave with us. Themes change monthly. Exhibitions Family Festival Materials Inside and Out SATU RDAY, JAN UARY 16 DROP IN 10:30 3:00 Join us for a special day highlighting the transformative reinstallation of our contemporary galleries. Enjoy interactive gallery stations and activities throughout the Ryan Learning Center, including the Little Studio for our youngest visitors (under age 5). Explore a special activity with educators from the Poetry Foundation. King Day MO N DAY, JAN UARY 18 DROP IN 10:30 3:00 Celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Join us for a drop-in art-making activity and design your own symbols of friendship and peace. Chinese New Year FEBRUARY 8-22 DROP IN 10:30-5:00PM Come celebrate the year of the Monkey with a special art activity! 6 All exhibitions are in the Ryan Learning Center. CONTINUING Inspired by the working process of international architect David Adjaye, this installation in our interactive gallery invites visitors of all ages to discover how architects use materials like wood, fabric, ceramic, tiles, laminates, paint, stone, and plastics to create form and atmosphere. Arrange material samples and sketches to create a mood board (just like professional architects do) and consider how color, texture, and cultural context create a specific feel. Discover how materials affect the way we experience architecture inside and out from personal spaces to museum galleries to buildings in Chicago. The Elizabeth Morse Touch Gallery CONTINUING Go ahead! Touch them you re allowed, even encouraged. Discover how the sense of touch can enrich your appreciation of art through four specially treated artworks specifically designed for visually impaired visitors but available to all. This exhibition has been funded by the Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust. Making Meaning: A Studio Approach to Teaching and Learning JANUARY 16 APRIL 24, 2016 Explore artworks created by teachers during an immersive 3-day summer program that examined the artistic process and its implications for creativity and cognition. Led by two artists, the workshop emphasized experimentation, risk-taking, improvisation, and the development of individual voice. This multidisciplinary approach, embraced by participants, highlighted the various ways in which artists use materials and processes to make sense of the world. 7
Volunteer with Us! Are you interested in working with young people through the arts? Do you have a few hours to give on a weekly or biweekly basis? Youth and Family Programs volunteers welcome museum visitors and inform them about the resources available at the Art Institute, help families plan their visit, assist staff in facilitating activities, and more. Immediate volunteer openings are available on either weekday or weekend shifts. Qualified candidates must be age 18 or older and have the ability to commit to a weekly or biweekly schedule for at least six months. Required ongoing training will be provided. For more information, call (312) 857-7161 or e-mail familyprograms@artic.edu. Share your artwork and the highlights of your visit at #artinstitutechicago. General operating support is provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; the Brinson Foundation; Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; the Chicago Community Trust; the Edith B. and Lee V. Jacobs Fund; the Aileen S. Andrew Foundation; the Knowles Foundation; the Manaaki Foundation; the A. G. Cox Charity Trust; the Braeside Foundation; the Patrick and Anna M. Cudahy Fund; the Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation; and the STS Foundation. Major funding for educational programming is provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Dancing Skies Foundation, and the Chicago Community Trust. Additional educational programming support is provided by the Astor Foundation, the Barker Welfare Foundation, the Maurice R. and the Meta G. Gross Foundation, the Siragusa Foundation, the Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation, and the Maurice Walk Fine Arts Foundation. Target Student Tours at the Art Institute of Chicago are sponsored by 8