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Summer Intensive—Art and Film: A Hands-on Digital Filmmaking Workshop (Ages 15–18)
For students entering grade ten and above
Free but students must apply. Enrollment is limited. Applications must be postmarked by Thursday, June 10, 2010.Offered in collaboration with the New York Film Academy, this program invites students to create their own short films. Focusing on aspects of the Museum's collection, students work in teams to write, direct, produce, and edit their films. No filmmaking experience or equipment is necessary, but an application is required. Download a PDF application.
Registration is now closed. Classes are full.
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Carson Family Hall, Uris Center for Education, ground floor
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Summer Intern Highlight Tour
Join one of our talented summer interns for a tour that highlights particular works in the Museum’s encyclopedic collection.
Free with Museum admission
10:15 a.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall
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Storytime in Nolen Library
Come and hear art tales in the library's special corner for kids! Then go and find the art on a treasure hunt in the galleries. For families with children ages 3–7.
Free with Museum admission
10:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m., Children’s Reading Room in Nolen Library, Uris Center for Education
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The History of Canvas Painting
What is a canvas? When did artists start using this support? Explores the origins of canvas painting with examples from the Museum’s collection.
Elena Platania
Free with Museum admission
11:00 a.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall
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Summer Intern Special Topic Tour—What Are You Looking At?
Join one of our talented summer interns for a special topic tour, which focuses on a specific theme relating to the diverse collections of the Metropolitan Museum.
Investigates the power of the gaze in both Western and non-Western art, both inside the picture plane and beyond.
Peggy Ebner
Free with Museum admission
12:00 p.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall
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Summer Intern Highlight Tour
Join one of our talented summer interns for a tour that highlights particular works in the Museum’s encyclopedic collection.
Free with Museum admission
1:30 p.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall
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Highlights Tour of The Cloisters
Free with Museum admission
3:00 p.m., The Cloisters Museum and Gardens
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Art Explore Plus—The American Chair (Ages 11–14)
Spend the first hour of the class in the galleries exploring works of art with a Museum educator and the second hour in a classroom creating a hands-on project. All materials are provided. After the class, enjoy the Museum galleries with your friends and family until 9:00 p.m.!Examine the fashions and changing technology of American seating furniture from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, and then design your own mini chair. To register, call 212–396–5121 or email teenprograms@metmuseum.org. Please provide the student's name, telephone number, school, email address, and the title(s) of the class(es) the student wishes to attend. Students should remember to check their belongings at the 81st Street coat check before their class begins. The classes start promptly! Registration is now closed.
Alice W. Schwarz
4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m., Carson Family Hall, Uris Center for Education, ground floor
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Start with Art at the Met
Sketch, explore, listen to stories, and discover the meaning of art! For families with children ages 3–7.
Free with Museum admission
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m., Carson Family Hall, Uris Center for Education, ground floor
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"Private Purses and Public Space": (Re)making the Metropolitan and Its Masterpieces
Steps back in time to 1905 and re-creates the Gilded Age of American collecting and the holdings it produced. Highlights include works by Van Dyck, Rembrandt, and Sargent, among others.
Helen Hatch
Free with Museum admission
7:00 p.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall
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Summer Intern Highlight Tour
Join one of our talented summer interns for a tour that highlights particular works in the Museum’s encyclopedic collection.
Free with Museum admission
7:15 p.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall
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Please note that all of the events listed above are subject to change. For additional information, consult one of our staff members at an Information Desk upon arrival at the Museum. Events are free with Museum admission unless otherwise noted.
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