Please note: the de Young’s Hamon Observation Tower is currently closed.
Open today 9:30 am – 5:15 pm
Explore the materials in your surroundings through the sounds they make.
By Raphael Noz, senior teaching artist
Today, we will take a deep look at ourselves and create an abstract self-portrait made up of many pieces.
By Jill McLennan, senior teaching artist
Explore forms the way artists do, by twisting a flat piece of paper into unexpected shapes.
Learn the basics of paint making, following and creating recipes with different pigments and binders.
By Hannah Freeman, senior teaching artist
Let’s build a diorama inside or outside of the box that the art supplies arrived in.
Make an illustrated book to capture moments of your life.
By Jennie Smith, senior teaching artist
Create a portrait inspired by Andrea McCoy Harvey’s Afro Goddess, included in The de Young Open exhibition.
By Andrea McCoy Harvey, artist and art teacher
Create a mixed-media collage that shows a habitat and the animal that lives there.
With Halloween upon us, what better time to look closely and think about how a costume can tell a story?
Discover and make printing tools, and consider the intersection of color and mark making.
By Hannah Freeman, Senior Teaching Artist
In this project you will use found materials to put on a yard show with a social message for your community.
Create a simple collage landscape representing an ideal place, focusing on the horizon line.
