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First Saturday for Families: Portraits

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Untitled (Afromuse), 1995–2005. Seventy-four parts; watercolor and pencil on paper, 9 5/8 × 6 1/8 in (24.3 × 15.7 cm) each. Courtesy the artist, David Zwirner, New York/London, and Victoria Miro, London. © Chris Ofili

Join us for a family workshop offered in conjunction with the exhibition “Chris Ofili: Night and Day,” the first American survey of work by the acclaimed British artist.

How do you see yourself? What would your portrait look like? Get inspired by Ofili’s many types of portraits on view in the Museum and create your own self-portraits using an array of materials. Then make unique picture frames to showcase these or other artworks.

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.

Sponsors

Lead exhibition support provided by “Friends of Chris Ofili” at the New Museum:

Anonymous
Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg
Susan and Leonard Feinstein
Lietta and Dakis Joannou
Beth Swofford
David Teiger

Special thanks to David Zwirner, New York/London, and Victoria Miro, London.

The accompanying catalogue, published by Rizzoli, is also made possible by the J. McSweeney and G. Mills Publications Fund at the New Museum.

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 and the New York State Council on the Arts.

Additional support 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.

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