Featured Event
DEMO2024
06/05/2024
11AM
Families
First Saturdays for Families: Signs of the Times
Cover Image:
“Nari Ward: We the People,” 2019. Exhibition view: New Museum, New York. Photo: Timothy Schenck
For the past twenty-five years, Ward’s sculptures have highlighted the material textures of Harlem. In his more recent work, he has turned to language and architecture as ways to reflect on memory and belonging. In celebration of Lower East Side History Month, families are invited to draw inspiration from Ward’s playfulness, reinterpreting signs of the Lower East Side and those in their own communities. Join us as we transform and find new meaning in the language we see daily in our neighborhoods.
Conceived of and launched by LES-based cultural and community groups Downtown Art and FABnyc, Lower East Side History Month aims to connect our present to our past, exploring how the rich history of our local communities can inform and inspire our future. Since 2014, this annual event has involved more than eighty community groups, cultural organizations, and businesses to bring you a celebration of the rich and diverse history of the Lower East Side.
New Museum First Saturdays for Families are free of charge. This program is designed and recommended for families with children aged between four and twelve years, and includes free New Museum admission for up to two adults per family. Children under eighteen are always admitted free. No preregistration is required. Space is limited, and tickets are given out on a first-come, first-served basis. Your entire party must be present; tickets will not be given to partial parties.
The New Museum is wheelchair accessible; learn more about access services and amenities here. To request accommodations please email at least three weeks in advance access@newmuseum.org or call 212-219-1222 ext. 235.
Sponsors
Support for “Nari Ward: We the People” can be viewed here.
Generous support for New Museum First Saturdays for Families is provided by the Keith Haring Foundation School, Teen, and Family Programs Fund.
This program is also made possible, in part, by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Additional support is provided by the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation.
Endowment support is provided by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund; the Skadden, Arps Education Programs Fund; and the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs at the New Museum.