Program Summary: For Families
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Get the most out of your families Museum experience with Family Programs at the CJM. Explore the Museum with regular drop-in programs, scheduled programming, special events, and more.
Current regular programs include, Drop-In Art-Making (every Sunday), which offers families the opportunity to create art together, experimenting with new materials and techniques.
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Sunday, September 12; 10-11:30 AM. Doors open at 9:45 AM. |
Preschool Gallery Hour: Hand to HandAdmission: Free with Museum admission (18 and under always free). If it’s the second Sunday of the month, it’s Preschool Gallery Hour, and the CJM is open early just for preschoolers and their families. |
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Sunday, September 12; 1-3 PM |
Drop-In Art-Making: Rosh Hashanah/New Year’s CardsAdmission: Free with Museum admission (18 and under always free). Be inspired by the everyday objects that artist Maira Kalman loves so much as you enter the art studio, pick out an object of your desire, and use pencil and gouache to design note cards that celebrate new beginnings. |
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Sunday, September 19; 1-3 PM |
Drop-In Art-Making: Buttons & Bits & Bobs, Oh Maira!Admission: Free with Museum admission (18 and under always free). Just as artist Maira Kalman uses the things around her for both inspiration and art-making (buttons in particular), you'll create your own work of art using buttons, bits, bobs, and who knows what else. |
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Sunday, September 26; 1-3 PM |
Drop-In Art-Making: Reinventing ShelterAdmission: Free with Museum admission (18 and under always free). Inspired by artist Allan Wexler’s "Sukkah" (temporary shelter) on view in Reinventing Ritual, you'll create your own temporary dwelling art-piece, using materials both traditional and surprising. |
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Sundays, October 3 and 10; 1-3 PM |
Drop-In Art-Making: Create-a-CreatureAdmission: Free with Museum admission (18 and under always free). As Maira Kalman has a gift for drawing eclectic creatures, design your own characters (with mismatched head, torso, legs and feet) and write a poem to describe your creation. |
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Sunday, October 10; 10-11:30 AM. Doors at 9:45 AM. |
Preschool Gallery Hour: Pajama PartyAdmission: Free with Museum admission (18 and under always free). If it’s the second Sunday of the month, it’s Preschool Gallery Hour, and the CJM is open early just for preschoolers and their families. |
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Monday, October 11; 1-3 PM |
School's Out Drop-In Art-Making: Discover the World of MairaAdmission: Free with Museum admission (18 and under always free). For this special Columbus Day Drop-In, explore past art projects inspired by the Maira Kalman exhibition. |
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Sundays, October 17 and 24; 1-3 PM |
Drop-In Art-Making: Draw a Dog Self-PortraitAdmission: Free with Museum admission (18 and under always free). Create self-portraits inspired by an animal friend of your choosing, just like Maira Kalman did. |
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Sunday, October 31; 1-3 PM |
Drop-In Art-Making: All Dressed UpAdmission: Free with Museum admission (18 and under always free). Using felt, fabric, buttons, beads, and thread, create colorful costumes and accessories to disguise yourself. |
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Sunday, November 7; 1-3 PM |
Drop-In Art-Making: Shadow Box LandscapesAdmission: Free with Museum admission (18 and under always free). After exploring the landscapes in Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker, fill your own shadow box with papers and objects to create a 3-D world. |
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Sunday, November 14; 10-11:30 AM. Doors at 9:45 AM. |
Preschool Gallery Hour: By George, You’ve Arrived!
Celebrate opening day of Curious George Saves the Day: The Art of Margaret and H.A. Rey. |
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Sundays, November 14 and 21; 1-3 PM |
Drop-In Art-Making: Fly a Kite!Admission: Free with Museum admission (18 and under always free). Design your own colorful kite and let it fly. |
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Sunday, November 28; 1-3 PM |
Drop-In Art-Making: The Art of ListeningAdmission: Free with Museum admission (18 and under always free). In honor of Thanksgiving and StoryCorps’ National Day of Listening, create a Talking Stick–a beautiful tool for thoughtful conversations. |
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Saturday, December 4; 5:30-8:30 PM |
Get Curious! Second Annual Family GalaAdmission: Adults: $100 for Members/$150 for the general public. Children ages 2-18: $50 for Members/$75 for the general public. A festive and fun-filled celebration for Bay Area families, featuring performances and activities for all. |
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Sunday, December 5; 1-3 PM |
Drop-In Art-Making: Starry Starry LightAdmission: Free with Museum admission (18 and under always free). To welcome winter and Hanukkah, make your own lantern. |
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Sunday, December 12; 1-3 PM |
Drop-In Art-Making: Shadows and LightAdmission: Free with Museum admission (18 and under always free). To celebrate San Francisco Public Library Day at the CJM, make your own shadow puppets and see them illuminated behind the screen. |
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Sundays, December 19 and 26; 1-3 PM |
Drop-In Art-Making: Season’s Greetings, Rey StyleAdmission: Free with Museum admission (18 and under always free). Make your own linoleum-cut printing stamps to create one-of-a-kind holiday cards. |
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December 27, 28, 30, 31; 1-3 PM |
School's Out Drop-In Art-Making: Wire SculpturesAdmission: Free with Museum admission (18 and under always free). As Curious George is constantly on the go, create wire sculptures that take you places. |
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This program has been canceled. |
CANCELED: 4x4 Family Studio Workshop: InSCRIBED in the Tree of LifeSculptures Inspired by Words from the Torah, and Beyond…Admission: $10, Members/$15, General per family. Includes up to two children, and Museum admission for all. Family workshop in which you'll sculpt and scribe a clay “Tree of Life” in conjunction with current Museum exhibit As it is Written: Project 304,805. |
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