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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.
Inventors workshop at the American History Museum’s Spark!Lab invites ages 6–12 to create, collaborate, test, and experiment using STEM, art, and history.
Hands‑on art‑making projects at Moonshot Studio, The REACH, Kennedy Center, celebrate creativity, for all ages.
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.
Guided tours explore modern and contemporary art in the East Building atrium at the National Gallery of Art.
Guided tours explore Impressionism and 19‑Century France in the West Building’s Rotunda at the National Gallery of Art.
Sketchbook Club: Cecilia Beaux’s Sita and Sarita (National Gallery of Art) — Hands‑on activities exploring the artwork.
Two-hour Cricut and heat press reservation at Southwest Neighborhood Library STEAM Lab for personal projects, for ages 13–19 and 55 and up.
Museum educator leads an interactive tour of Truman Lowe’s Water’s Edge exhibition, followed by a water‑inspired art‑making session in the imagiNATIONS Activity Center, all ages.
Guided tours of the West Building’s main‑floor rotunda showcase the National Gallery’s collection up close.