Faces: Real and Ideal

August 4 - 27, 2010, Wednesdays-Fridays 3 - 5 pm

Examine how artists have represented themselves realistically and in idealized ways through portraiture and create your own large-scale realistic and vividly imagined self portraits inspired by works at the Museum, off-site field trips, drawing from models, and talks with artists and curators.

$150 (fee includes museum admission and all materials)
Limited scholarships available.

Apply online now. Call Pauline Noyes at 212-620-5000 x337 for more information.

Tradition Transformed

Tradition Transformed: Teen Artists Respond

July 7 - 30, 2010, Wednesdays-Fridays 3 - 5 pm

Explore how contemporary artists respond to personal, political and cultural issues by integrating centuries-old traditional imagery, techniques and materials with modern influences and media.  Inspired by works in the Museum's contemporary art exhibition, trips to galleries and NYC museums, and talks with curators and contemporary artists, teens will create their own large-scale finished drawings and multi-media works.

$150 (fee includes museum admission and all materials)

Limited scholarships available.

Apply online now. Call Pauline Noyes at 212-620-5000 x337 for more information.