Open today 9:30 am – 5:15 pm
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.
By Raphael Noz, Senior Teaching Artist
Create your own spirit board to honor a person or an aspect of the natural world.
By Jill McLennan, Senior Teaching Artist
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.
By Hannah Freeman, Senior Teaching Artist
Reflect on the landscapes around you and create your own with watercolor paints or gouache.
By Jill McLennan, Teaching Artist
Make a self-portrait inspired by Frida Kahlo’s symbolism and create an “album” of portraits of you and Frida Kahlo or of you and people you admire.
Meet APEXER, a street artist and San Francisco native whose murals have colored the city.
How Danny Lyon put his images to work for social causes, including the civil rights movement, in the early 1960s.
Our paper conservation team set up a screen-printing station to investigate prints Ed Ruscha made with foods, including Heinz Baked Beans and caviar.
Let’s look for still lifes as they exist in our homes.
By Raphael Noz, senior teaching artist
