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Young @ Art
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Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays; see below for specific dates. 10 am
Location
Meet in the Art Education Center
Open To
Enrollment Limit: 12
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Ages
2 - 5
Cost
Through May 31: $8 per class (VMFA
members
$5), adults free
After June 1: Classes meet only Wednesdays and Thursdays, $10 per class (VMFA members $8), adults free
Registration
Register online, by phone at 804.340.1405, or by mail-in
registration form
.
Description
Children enjoy a story, hands-on art activities, and visits to the new and expanded Virginia Museum of Fine Arts galleries. Themes change each month with new lessons and works of art introduced weekly.
Maharaja (
register online
)
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays in May (No programs week of May 28)
Celebrate this new exhibition and create an opulent work of your own!
*Youth education programs for
Maharaja: The Splendors of India’s Great Kings
are generously sponsored by MeadWestvaco Foundation.
Pictures and Poems (
register online
)
Wednesdays and Thursdays in June (No programs the week of June 25th)
Explore the special exhibition,
Bold, Cautious, True: Walt Whitman and American Art of the Civil War Era
,
and create artworks inspired by these works and stories.
Fun with Fiction (
register online
)
Wednesdays and Thursdays in July (No programs the week of July 2)
Working from drawings and sculptures of contemporary art, such as the special exhibition
Diana Al-Hadid: Trace of a Fictional Third
, make original creation using nontraditional materials
Art-tastic Elements (
register online
)
Wednesdays and Thursdays in August
Discover lines, shapes, colors, and textures, in the American Galleries. Grow artistically by using these elements as the foundations for your own art.
Check out all
Preschool Programs
!
Cancellations
Fees are nonrefundable except when VMFA cancels a class. If enrollment does not meet minimum capacity to fund class, you will be notified at least one week in advance.
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
200 N. Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220-4007
804.340.1400