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Bison Bead Workshop at the National Gallery of Art offers hands‑on bead crafting featuring bison designs.
Dry point printing workshop at Washington Printmakers Gallery teaches monoprint creation using sketchbooks, black‑and‑white images sized 6×8, with no prior experience required.
Pie Perfection class with Chef Padua at Hill Center DC teaches flaky crusts and sweet cranberry‑apple and savory chicken‑leek pies, with complimentary wine and beer.
Docent Sushmita Mazumdar leads a sketching tour at the Asian Art Museum, providing pencils and paper to explore Asian artists’ ideas across centuries; no reservation needed.
Miri Artyukhina unveils a new book‑lover embroidery pattern, teaching basics and full techniques to create a charming artwork at the American Art Museum’s MacMillan Education Center.
Embroidery workshop with artist Miri Artyukhina at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s MacMillan Education Center, teaching stitching techniques and a book-inspired pattern, $20 per person.
Reserve a sewing machine for a two‑hour block at Southwest Neighborhood Library to work on personal projects, ages 13–19 and 55 and up.
Guided tours explore the Back and Forth exhibition featuring works by Rozeal, Titian, and Cezanne in the West Building Rotunda.
Guided tours of the Sculpture Garden at the National Gallery of Art showcase the outdoor collection.
Guided tours explore modern and contemporary art in the East Building atrium at the National Gallery of Art.
Two-hour Cricut and heat press reservation at Southwest Neighborhood Library STEAM Lab for personal projects, for ages 13–19 and 55 and up.
Free drop-in art program at the Portrait Gallery’s Education Center explores rotating mediums and occasional guest‑artist workshops, for all ages.
Guided tours explore Impressionism and 19‑Century France in the West Building’s Rotunda at the National Gallery of Art.