Family Programs

Inspired by artist Lucy M. Lewis’ Acoma Pueblo pottery

Lucy Lewis was born around 1900 and spent all her life atop the high mesa of Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico, making traditional pottery since the age of 7. Feel what it is like to use your bare hand to create a vessel form and make an owl of your own. This lesson can be adapted to make lots of different animal and vessel forms. Follow your imagination!

Discover non-traditional ways of painting inspired by artist Sam Francis

Sam Francis was born just up the road from Stanford University in San Mateo, California in 1923. He is known as an abstract impressionist painter. He conveyed emotions using line shape and color. Learn how you can use unusual art materials to share your feelings and have fun experimenting!

Create your own "everyday surprise" art prints
A fun family art making activity inspired by the art of Jasper Johns. Join us and create your own everyday surprise prints.
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Create your own skyscape: exploring, shape, color, and perspective
Our activity explores Eamon Ore Giron's process by arranging shapes and colors in an abstract composition assisted by the rules of perspective.
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See me: identity in art-making
Explore the nature of Identity and create a unique personal portrait inspired by the Ebony G. Patterson’s artwork.
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Luminous landscape sculpture
Create your own landscape sculpture inspired by Bay Area Artist Sam Richardson’s love of nature and the o​utdoors.
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An animal family portrait
Create your own personal family portrait inspired by Joan Brown’s painting, A Family Portrait. Much of Brown's artwork was inspired by memories from her childhood visits to the art museum.
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Fabulous food faces
In this edition of Second Sunday we explore the work of artist Martine Gutierrez, as she creates socially conscious photographic self-portraits using food.
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Inspired by nature (Updated airing of 2020 program)
A hands-on activity that is all about the natural world. Our inspiration is Andy Goldsworthy’s Stone River, which is across the street from the museums and is open to visitors.
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Weave your own story
Create a personal artwork and learn the basics of weaving.
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Build your own viewfinder
Our activity is inspired by Jennifer Bartlett's artwork At the Lake, Morning, from the Anderson Collection.
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Build your own migration station
Inspired by Do Ho Suh's artwork, featured in the Cantor exhibition When Home Won't Let You Stay, we will learn to build a birdhouse from everyday objects and express feelings about home and our connections to a place.
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What forms you? Make clay and create your own sculpture
Be inspired by the work of Simone Leigh, whose work was included in Formed and Fired: Contemporary American Ceramics at the Anderson Collection. Learn how to make clay and create your own sculpture inspired by your roots!
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Make art with words: I Have A Dream...
Titled "Dream Day," January Second Sunday at Home celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his famous words "I have a dream." During the session, we discovered several powerful artworks in the museum that artists have made using words, and they encouraged us to think about social justice and about how sometimes difficult feelings and emotions can be expressed visually.
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EPACENTER students received Art Care Kits prior to the workshop, created by the Cantor education staff. Click here to learn more about the EPACENTER.

Celebrating with color and pattern
In the December edition of Second Sunday we explored the art of Yinka Shonibare, featured artist in the 2020 Cantor exhibition When Home Won't Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art.
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What makes a sculpture? Exploring 3-D mixed media art-making
Gather your odds and ends and join the fun as we explore mixed media sculpture from the upcoming exhibitions When Home Won't Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art at the Cantor, as well as Hostile Terrain 94 at the Anderson Collection.
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Inspired by Aliza Nisenbaum's paintings
This process focused activity will explore how artists use pattern, shape, and color to express ideas and emotions. The Second Sunday crew will also introduce some of the themes from the exhibition such as cultural diversity and what defines home.
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Inspired by artist Martin Puryear's work in the Anderson Collection
In September’s edition, we are inspired by the work of artist Martin Puryear. He emphasizes craft and abstraction in his larger-than-life sculptures, using organic forms and natural materials to rework symbols of freedom and shelter that encourage us to discover Black history’s hidden stories.
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Exploring identity through art: inspired by Titus Kaphar’s Page 4 of Jefferson's "Farm Book,"...
In this virtual session, museum educators from our Second Sunday Crew guide you in creating a photomontage (similar to a collage) inspired by artist Titus Kaphar.
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Additional activity guide: Notan Square

Exploring art through sound and motion: inspired by Nick Cave's soundsuits
Learn how to make and activate wearable sculptures inspired by artist Nick Cave.
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Art in nature: inspired by artist Andy Goldsworthy
Explore ideas by an artist who uses only art materials found in nature. Create a nature-based artwork that changes with its environment.
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Draw like an artist: inspired by the Diebenkorn sketchbooks
May 2020 Second Sunday fell on Mother's day! Celebrate and create a line drawing portrait. It can be of your own mom or any mom you would like to honor.
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Create a collection
All collages begin with collecting. Sometimes a collage becomes a finished artwork that hangs in a museum and sometimes it is a quick and easy way to record visual ideas.
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