HOP INTO ART

Saturdays & Sundays from 1-3 PM at the Edward Hopper House offer ongoing family art workshops related to the artwork on display in the main gallery. Filling a gap in arts education in public schools, this workshop program gives families immediate access to high quality art while offering insights into the exhibitions and local history presented at Edward Hopper House.  Hop Into Art is FREE* with the accompanying guardians' admission to the House. (This is not a drop-off event.) ​*Attending FAMILY members ALSO receive free admission to the House if their child is enrolled in one of partnering districts:
  • ​Nyack
  • Clarkstown South
  • ​​​​Sleepy Hollow
  • Orangetown South
  • ​​Nanuet 
  • North Rockland
  • ​​Blue Rock
  • ​Rockland Country Day

Family Open House - FREE FOR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS

Offered along with Hop into Art drop in workshop; Fee: $10 per family, free for Household Members (includes admission). 
​Oct 13th, 12-1pm: In this family workshop Suzette Marie Martin shares some easy artist tricks for creating the illusion of space and depth using simple lines and shapes, warm and cool colors.
​Nov 10th, 12-1pm: Pastel artist Joyce Byrnes will lead a pastel workshop, exploring technique and style with participating families. 
Dec 8th, 12-1pm: Families work with art educator and artist Kaitlyn Rindler in a mandala workshop to explore the color palette of the Hudson River.

PREVIOUS FAMILY OPEN HOUSE Projects

 Sep 15th, 12-1pm:  Workshop with Cliff Tisdell: Try your hand at making a "Hopper Hat" painting. Edward Hopper House will provide acrylics, brushes and mixed media paper.

August 11, 12-1p
Join arts educator Kelly Quartironi for a demo workshop in the Art Lab to learn how she creates her unique sculptures.

Sunday, July 14, 12-1p - Origami on the Hudson
Travel through our gallery installation of floating, paper boats to join collector and magician Benjamin Levy for an enchanting Origami
workshop.

Sunday, June 9, 12-1p - Hopper’s Circle
Families join museum educator Sarah Cohen to learn about the family and friends who supported Edward Hopper’s artistic pursuits.

Sunday, May 12, 12-1p
Reframing and Renaming “illness” through Art, Music and Writing - with Sara Wildavsky. Create “Illustrated Scores” working with live music.  No experience necessary. Please bring small mementos, treasured letters, sheet music, and photos if you have them (originals or copies). 

​Sunday, March 10, 12-1p - Interior Journeys
Like Holly Zausner walks through “Unsettled Matter,” make a journey through twists and turns with artist Charis Carmichael Braun - that you create in your own maze.

Sunday, April 14, 12-1p - Hopper Resonating
Join art educator Kaitlyn Rindler in Hopper’s childhood bedroom and the EHH Art Lab to explore techniques of creative mindfulness.

Sunday February 10, 12-1p - "Silence Searching for Words"
​Explore connections between poetic and painted expression in the gallery with Spoken Word poet Marcus John.

​​Sunday January 13, 12-1p
Explore Hopper's iconic 1929 painting, "Chop Suey" with Nyack watercolor artist Janice Baragwanath.  Janice is an Artist Member of the Edward Hopper House and a frequent exhibitor in the area.  Her work has won numerous awards throughout New England. For over 30 years she has taught drawing and painting, specializing in portraiture.

​Sunday October 7, 12-1pm
​​Explore landscape with Nyack Artist Jayne Stuecklen in a mixed media landscape workshop. 

Sunday, November 11, 12-1pm
Draw "urbanscapes" in the gallery with Bill Batson

Sunday, December 9, 12-1p
You’re invited to play “dress up” as Josephine, or other Hopper figures, and experiment with marbleizing paper to create your own miniature installation with artist Angela Fraleigh.

CURRENT
​HOP INTO ART WORKSHOP:

​Weekends in JUNE 2019:
Creative wheels turning 

Families create a Nyack scene using Hopper’s 1937 painting: “French Six-day Bicycle Rider.”
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UPCOMING
​HOP INTO ART WORKSHOPS:

​Weekends in JULY 2019:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOPPER!

Celebrate Hopper’s 137th Birthday with our annual workshop exploring the shadows and light in Wayne Thiebaud’s birthday cakes.
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​Weekends in august 2019:
Hopper's Neighborhood

Learn about Hopper’s neighborhood before heading out on an Edward Hopper House walking tour.
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​PREVIOUS 
HOP INTO ART PROGRAMS: 

​Weekends in May 2019:
Life on the Hudson 

Families examine items from the collection to create their own sketches from life within the house, just like young Edward Hopper.
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​Weekends in April 2019:
Hopper IN FILM

Families create their own movie posters using some of Hopper’s most iconic paintings- which have continued to influence film directors for nearly a decade.
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Saturdays & Sundays (1-3pM) in March 2019:
Hopper "Quietude"

Viewing the work of exhibiting artist Holly Zausner, families will compare select Hopper paintings and recreate their own photographs of “quietude” in the Edward Hopper House.
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​Weekends in February 2019:
Creative Communities

Families compare artist studio depictions by Kerry James Marshall and Edward Hopper.
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​Weekends in January 2019:
Artist couples

Current exhibit “Shadows Searching for Light,” explores the relationship between artist Jo and Edward Hopper. In this workshop, discover the work of famous artist couples through collage.
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Weekends in DECEMBER 2018:
HOPPER IN THE HOLIDAYS

Explore Hopper’s iconic style, from painting to cut outs: families view the personal holiday cards created by Hopper for friends and family, and create their own.
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Weekends in NOVEMBER 2018:
HOPPER MARCHING

Join in this drawing workshop to create your own parade scenes for Veteran's Day, based off of Hopper's sketches of soldiers.
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Weekends in OCTOBER 2018:
TRACING SHADOWS

Recreate Hopper's early illustrations through color palette.
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​Weekends in SEPTEMBER 2018: 
"TEN THINGS I HAVE LEARNED" 

Milton Glaser’s creative wisdom in “Ten Things I Have Learned” guides families in creating their own designs through bold graphic stenciling.
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Weekends in August 2018:
THE SPIRIT OF NYACK

Artist John Morton, of the Edward Hopper House garden sound installation “Fever Songs,” finds inspiration from the chants and song of religious expression around the world- explore Hopper’s take on the many historical churches throughout Nyack in this drawing workshop.​
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Weekends in July 2018: 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOPPER!

This month we celebrate Hopper's 136th Birthday! Explore the use of light and shadow in Wayne Thiebaud's birthday cake paintings.
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Weekends in June 2018:
STAGES OF LIFE

In the spirit of exhibiting artist Claudia Alvarez, families in this workshop will use clay to create self portraits of themselves in childhood or adulthood.
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Weekends in May 2018:
WALLS OF WATERCOLOR

Families explore the medium which inspired both Edward Hopper and Sean Scully on their trips to see the architecture of Mexico: watercolors.
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Weekends in April 2018: 
REUSE & RENEW

​To celebrate Earth Day, this "No Words" workshop explores recycled material, creating abstracted paintings inspired by the work of Sean Scully. 
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Weekends in March 2018:
SAIL WITH ME

​We're building clay model boats - just like young Hopper!
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Weekends in February 2018: 
SAY IT IN WORDS

In this workshop, families are encouraged to explore the connection between written and visual communication. Create poems inspired by Hopper's early works, or paint and draw Hopper-styled scenes inspired by excerpts from Carson McCullers "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter."

​"If you could say it in words, there'd be no reason to paint."​- Edward Hopper
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Weekends in January 2018: 
EDWARD HOPPER IN NYACK TODAY

In spirit of current exhibiting artist Carrie Mae Weems, museum visitors juxtapose cut-outs of figures from Hopper's most iconic paintings onto current-day images of Nyack and The Edward Hopper House today in this photo-collage workshop.


​This workshop is inspired by Carrie Mae Weems "Beacon" exhibition, on view November 10, 2017 - February 25, 2018. ​
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Weekends in December 2017: 
CELEBRATED SURROUNDINGS

Cut out holiday cards, just like Edward Hopper’s handmade holiday cards to friends and family. Join our Teen Leaders, the Nighthawks, to participate in a holiday themed family workshop this December.

​This workshop is inspired by the hand-made holiday cards Edward Hopper shared with friends and family, on view in the Arthayer and Ruth Sanborn Gallery, December 2017 - January 2018.
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