Name: Family Art Making: Portraits of Identity
Start: 2026-04-10T13:30
End: 2026-04-10T16:30
Location: Education Center

No upcoming events

4 past events

For families with kids ages five and up

Frida Kahlo. Fulang-Chang and I. 1937 (assembled after 1939). In two parts, oil on board (1937) with painted mirror frame (added after 1939); and mirror with painted mirror frame (after 1939). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mary Sklar Bequest. © 2026 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Image description: A diptych featuring two rectangular, brass-colored frames with red and white decorative glass inserts. The frame on the left holds a self-portrait of Frida Kahlo with a small dark monkey resting on her chest, while the frame on the right holds a mirror.

How do artists tell their stories? Take inspiration from the symbols, costumes, and settings in portraits on view in Frida and Diego: The Last Dream, Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination, and Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep I Dream. Then use collage and drawing techniques to make a portrait of your own in this drop-in art-making session.

Recommended for families with kids ages five and up. This program is free with advance registration and includes admission to the Museum.

Contact [email protected] or (212) 708-9805 with questions.

Accessibility

Wheelchair Accessible
The Cullman Education Building entrance has a power-assist door. Seating options include gallery stools, chairs with backs, and some gallery benches. Wheelchairs and rollators are available by request at all Museum entrances, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Accessible and all-gender restrooms are located in the Cullman Education Building.

Service dogs welcome
Guide dogs and other trained service animals are always welcome.

The Adobe Foundation is proud to support equity, learning, and creativity at MoMA.

Family Programs are made possible by the Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Family Endowment Fund.
Major support is provided by the William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund, the Emily Fisher Landau Educator Fund, the Charles A. Cuomo Education Endowment Fund, and by the Annual Education Fund.

This event accompanies Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination, Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream, and Frida and Diego: The Last Dream.

Past events

Fri, Apr 10, 1:30–4:30 p.m.

Education Center, Floor 1

The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building
Thu, Apr 9, 1:30–4:30 p.m.

Education Center, Floor 1

The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building
Wed, Apr 8, 1:30–4:30 p.m.

Education Center, Floor 1

The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building
Tue, Apr 7, 1:30–4:30 p.m.

Education Center, Floor 1

The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building

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