Early Childhood

Mon, Dec 13, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 3–14 months | Experience eye-catching and illuminated art projects while discussing infants' budding senses.

$18 per baby/adult pair (VMFA members $15)

Tue, Nov 30, Dec 7, or 14, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 15–30 months | Investigate all that shimmers and shines. Discover dazzling jewels, and stars that light up the night. 

$18 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $15)

Thu, Dec 2, 9, or 16, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 15–30 months | Investigate all that shimmers and shines. Discover dazzling jewels, and stars that light up the night. 

$18 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $15)

Wed, Dec 1, 8, or 15, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center 

Ages 2 ½–5 | Let your light shine as you investigate things shining in the sky and around the museum.

$18 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $15)

Fri, Dec 3, 10, or 17, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center 

Ages 2 ½–5 | Let your light shine as you investigate things shining in the sky and around the museum. 

$18 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $15)

Sat, Dec 11, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 3–14 months | Discover light-filled gallery spaces and illuminated works of art. Then create light inspired projects in the studio.

$18 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $15)

Sat, Dec 11, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 15–30 months | Discover light-filled gallery spaces and illuminated works of art. Then create light inspired projects in the studio.

$18 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $15)

Sat, Dec 18, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 2 ½–5 years | Discover light-filled gallery spaces and illuminated works of art. Then create light inspired projects in the studio.

$18 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $15)

Mon, Jan 24, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 3–14 months | Discuss your baby's developing senses while participating in a sensory-focused tour, story time, and art project.

$20 per baby/adult pair, per class (VMFA members $17)

Mon, Jan 31, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 3–14 months | Focus on gross-motor skills and movement through action-filled paintings, simple parent-and-baby yoga poses, and appealing art materials.

$20 per baby/adult pair, per class (VMFA members $17)

Mon, Feb 14, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 3–14 months | Delight in portraits and facial expressions through songs and games, and watch your baby's enthusiastic responses.

$20 per baby/adult pair (VMFA members $17)

Mon, Feb 28, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 3–14 months | Catch your baby's eye with light-filled works of art, shimmering art materials, and interesting gallery spaces.

$20 per baby/adult pair, per class (VMFA members $17)

Mon, Mar 14, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 3–14 months | View vibrant paintings and paint with bright colors while gaining and understanding of how baby's vision develops.

$20 per baby/adult pair (VMFA members $17)

Mon, Mar 28, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 3–14 months | Notice the interaction between parents and children in the VMFA collection. Along the way, sing, play, and create with your baby.

$20 per baby/adult pair, per class (VMFA members $17)

Mon, Apr 11, 10:30--11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 3--14 months | Babies will enjoy bouncing to the beat while discovering musically themed works of art.

$20 per baby/adult pair (VMFA members $17)

Mon, Apr 25, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 3–14 months | Enjoy singing animal songs as you search the galleries for creatures and create animal-inspired art in the studio.

$20 per baby/adult pair, per class (VMFA members $17)

Mon, May 16, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 3–14 months | After visiting Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France, spend time in the Sculpture Garden, create your own nature-inspired work of art.

$20 per baby/adult pair, per class (VMFA members $17)

Tue, Jan 18 or 25, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 15–30 months | Bundle up to experience the seasons with VMFA! Explore outside, and in, and use materials that reflect winter's environment.

$20 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $17)

Thu, Jan 20 or 27, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 15–30 months | Bundle up to experience the seasons with VMFA! Explore outside, and in, and use materials that reflect winter's environment.

$20 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $17)

Tue, Feb 1, 8, 15, or 22, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 15–30 months | Identify your favorite places and make connections to your home and neighborhoods, all while exploring our museum.

$20 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $17)

Thu, Feb 3, 10, 17, or 24, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 15–30 months | Identify your favorite places and make connections to your home and neighborhoods, all while exploring our museum.

$20 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $17)

Tue, Mar 1, 8, 15, or 22, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 15–30 months | Discover classmates' favorite animals while exploring pets of all kinds in this animal-themed adventure.

$20 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $17)

Thu, Mar 3, 10, 17, or 24, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 15–30 months | Discover classmate's favorite animals while exploring pets of all kinds in this animal-themed adventure.

$20 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $17)

Tue, Mar 29, Apr 12, 19, or 26, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 15–30 months | Play with spatial concepts, view the galleries from different perspectives and experiment with dimensional art materials.

$20 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $17)

Thu, Mar 31, Apr 14, 21, or 28, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 15–30 months | Play with spatial concepts, view the galleries from different perspectives and experiment with dimensional art materials.

$20 per toddler/adult pair (VMFA members $17)

Tue May 3 or 10, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 15–30 months | Enjoy the outdoors this month and explore how artists in Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France used nature as inspiration for the paintings they created. 

$20 per toddler/adult pair, per class (VMFA members $17)

Thu, May 5 or 12, 10:30–11:30 am | Art Education Center

Ages 15–30 months | Enjoy the outdoors this month and explore how artists in Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France used nature as inspiration for the paintings they created.

$20 per toddler/adult pair, per class (VMFA members $17)

Wed, Jan 19 or 26, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center 

Ages 2 ½–5 | Explore the elements of art: color, line, shape, and texture. Put the "parts" together to assemble your own unique work of art. 

$20 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $17)

Fri, Jan 21 or 28, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center 

Ages 2 ½–5 | Discover the elements of art: color, line, shape, and texture. Put the "parts" together to assemble your own unique work of art. 

$20 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $17)

Wed, Feb 2, 9, 16, or 23, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 2 ½–5 | From papyrus to papier-mâché, discover the history of paper and have fun creating pulp-based art projects.

$20 per child/adult pair, per class (VMFA members $17)

Fri, Feb 4, 11, 18, or 25, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 2 ½–5 | From papyrus to papier-mâché, discover the history of paper and have fun creating pulp-based art projects.

$20 per child/adult pair, per class (VMFA members $17)

Wed, Mar 2, 9, 16, or 23, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 2 ½–5 | Move your feet and dance to the beat as you enjoy music and movement activities and making active art.

$20 per child/adult pair, per class (VMFA members $17)

Fri, Mar 4, 11, 18, or 25, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center

Ages 2 ½–5 | Move your feet and dance to the beat as you enjoy music and movement activities and making active art.

$20 per child/adult pair, per class (VMFA members $17)

Wed, Mar 30, Apr 13, 20, or 27, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center 

Ages 2 ½–5 | Experiment with a variety of art materials, tools, and techniques to construct your own imaginative creation.

$20 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $17)

Fri, Apr 1, 15, 22, or 29, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center 

Ages 2 ½–5 | Experiment with a variety of art materials, tools, and techniques to construct your own imaginative creation.

$20 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $17)

Wed, May 4 or 11, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center 

Ages 2 ½–5 | This month we're taking our class en plein air, French for "out of doors." Let the sights and sounds of nature inspire you in our Sculpture Garden studio.

$20 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $17)

Fri, May 6 or 13, 10:30–11:30 am | Classroom, Art Education Center 

Ages 2 ½–5 | This month we're taking our class en plein air, French for "out of doors." Let the sights and sounds of nature inspire you in our Sculpture Garden studio.

$20 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $17)

Sat, Jan 15, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center

Ages 3–14 months | Find fun in foliage with the colors of changing seasons, snow and frost, and create experimental forests yourself.

$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)

Sat, Jan 15, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center

Ages 15--30 months | find fun in foliage with the colors of changing seasons, snow and frost, and create experimental forests yourself.

$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)

Sat, Jan 22, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center

Ages 2 1/2--5 years | Find fun in foliage with the colors of changing seasons, snow and frost, and create experimental forests yourself.

$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)

Sat, Feb 12, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center

Ages 3–14 months | Join this class filled with music and movement activities, action-filled paintings, and gestural art experiences!

$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)

Sat, Feb 12, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center

Ages 15–30 months | Join this class filled with music and movement activities, action-filled paintings, and gestural art experiences!

$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)

Sat, Feb 19, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center

Ages 2 1/2–5 years | Join this class filled with music and movement activities, action-filled paintings, and gestural art experiences.

$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)

Sat, Mar 5, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center

Ages 3–14 months | Enjoy the richness of sensations of sounds, sights, smells, and tactile elements, to enrich children's imaginations.

$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)

Sat, Mar 5, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center

Ages 15--30 months | Enjoy the richness of sensations of sounds, sights, smells, and tactile elements, to enrich children's imaginations.

$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)

Sat, Mar 19, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center

Ages 2 1/2--5 years | Enjoy the richness of sensations of sounds, sights, smells, and tactile elements, to enrich children's imaginations.

$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)

Sat, Apr 2, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center

Ages 3–14 months | Experience the tactile and sensory elements of clay, or dough, and observe this 3D art form in the galleries. 

$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)

Sat, Apr 2, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center

Ages 15–30 months | Experience the tactile and sensory elements of clay, or dough, and observe this 3D art form in the galleries.

$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)

Sat, Apr 23, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center

Ages 2 1/2–5 years | Experience the tactile and sensory elements of clay, or dough, and observe this 3D art form in the galleries.

$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)

Sat, May 7, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center

Ages 3–14 months | Visit Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France and be inspired to paint outdoors yourself.

$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)

Sat, May 7, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center

Ages 15–30 months | Visit Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France and be inspired to paint outdoors yourself.

$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)

Sat, May 14, 10:30–11:45 am | Art Education Center

Ages 2 1/2–5 years | Visit Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France and be inspired to paint outdoors yourself.

$24 per child/adult pair (VMFA members $20)