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Drop‑In Artmaking (East Building Atrium, National Gallery of Art) — Hands‑on art activities in the gallery’s atrium.
Create a 2D contemporary mixed-media mosaic artwork in the S. Dillon Ripley Center studio, learning basics and using varied materials, with all supplies provided.
Artist Rain Young leads a hands‑on workshop where participants design cartoon‑style Washington Spirit player sports cards to take home, at Anacostia Community Museum’s Program Room, all ages.
Hands‑on art‑making projects at Moonshot Studio, The REACH, Kennedy Center, celebrate creativity, for all ages.
Design and color personal mandalas using supplied supplies while exploring color meanings at the Arts Club of Washington, $10 members, $15 non‑members.
Bison Bead Workshop at the National Gallery of Art offers hands‑on bead crafting featuring bison designs.
National Portrait Gallery leads a themed sketching tour of three portraits, then offers a hands‑on artmaking activity in the Education Center, all materials provided, for all ages.
Outdoor docent-led tour of the Smithsonian Castle and Arts & Industries Building begins at the north doors on Jefferson Drive SW, weather permitting.
Research fellows present a lunchtime gallery talk on Martha Rosler’s Semiotics of the Kitchen at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Collage exercises evolve into 3D assemblages, ending with handmade earrings, necklaces, and bracelets at Washington Printmakers Gallery.
A 1890s cyclist championing women’s mobility, fashion reform, infrastructure, and suffrage appears at the American History Museum’s 1st floor.
Docent-led tour of the Asian Art Museum’s 46,000‑piece collection explores cultural, aesthetic and conceptual commonalities and differences.
