Note: access to the de Young may be impacted on 9/29–10/1 due to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass.
Open today 9:30 am – 5:15 pm
With Halloween upon us, what better time to look closely and think about how a costume can tell a story?
By Raphael Noz, senior teaching artist
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.
By Jill McLennan, senior teaching artist
Create a simple collage landscape representing an ideal place, focusing on the horizon line.
Did you know that you can make a view camera using simple materials you may have at home?
By Raphael Noz, Senior Teaching Artist
Collect and examine materials from a favorite place in nature.
By Jill McLennan, Senior Teaching Artist
We are bringing Summer Art Camp to you. The de Young’s team of teaching artists has created a variety of art projects in long and short videos for this week’s Summer Art Camp: Shaping Stories.
Create a thank you or gratitude painting, inspired by the ex-votos Frida Kahlo collected.
Create your own spirit board to honor a person or an aspect of the natural world.
Explore painting techniques to capture what you notice about the sky.
By Raphael Noz, Teaching Artist
Create a hat that explores ways of making and combining found materials.
By Jen Kindell, Teaching Artist
Experiment with materials and consider how best to display sculptures in this diorama activity.