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The Phillips Plays

Moving Stories

Drop-in Family Program

Registration Open / In-Person

Included with general admission; free for members. Reservations encouraged. Children must be accompanied by their adult. This is a drop-in program suitable for children of all ages.

General Admission
Panel 1 from Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series

Bring your family to investigate materials, methods, and ideas in art.

After investigating Jacob Lawrence’s use of color, line, and shape in The Migration Series, explore ways to tell your own moving stories, including printmaking, collaging, and painting. Family-friendly tours at 11 am and noon.

In addition to exploring art materials and methods in the studio, families may enjoy the carpeted, creative-play area with blocks, books, toys, and games. 

 

IMGAE: Jacob Lawrence, The Migration Series, Panel no. 1: During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans., 1940-41, Casein tempera on hardboard, 12 x 18 in., The Phillips Collection, Acquired 1942; © 2022 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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