Family Programs

The Center for Architecture + Design presents programs specifically designed for families! Budding designers and curious kids, ages four and older, are invited to explore the built environment with their families. Please check individual listings for appropriate age range before registering and please note that parents must accompany children at all events.

Family programming has been made possible in part by the LEF Foundation.

Offering a variety of interdisciplinary arts programs, Friday Nights at the de Young including live music, poetry, films, dance, tours, and lectures. In celebration of Architecture and the City, Lisa Bostwick will conduct sketching tours of the de Young's special architectural features located in the free zones of the museum beginning in the lobby of Wilsey Court. All supplies are provided free of charge. Lisa Bostwick is a long time educator and painter. Her work is in private collections throughout the states and she currently teaches at Drew School, in San Francisco. This project is offered free of charge and interested participants can meet Lisa at the Architecture and the City Art making table located in Wilsey Court's lobby at 6:30 p.m. In addition, there are art-making activities available for everyone and the cafe is open with a special Friday Nights dinner menus.

Kids and parents know what it takes to create a great classroom! Come share your ideas and design the classroom of the future! Architecture for Humanity will be hosting family day at their office to give kids and their parents a chance to engage in design work. Be part of the process to create facility changes in our schools, and learn more about the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Portable Classrooms Design Competition.

Heath Ceramics Tour + Kid's Clay Workshop - SOLD OUT!
September 21, 12:00-2:00 pm
Tour 12:00 – 1:00 pm Limited to 15 people.
Clay Workshop 1:00-2:00 pm Maximum: 8 kids; 8 adults.
Tour recommended for children ages 12 and up. Clay Workshop recommended for children ages 6-12.
Heath Ceramics, 400 Gate Five Road, Sausalito
 

Heath Ceramics has been producing original handcrafted tableware and architectural tile since 1948. On this special family day, families will join Robin Petravic, owner and managing director of Heath Ceramics, for a behind-the-scenes peek of the historic Sausalito factory, where craftsmen have been producing award-winning tableware and tile for over half a century. The tour will then be followed by a Clay Workshop (recommended for ages 6-12), where children, who must be accompanied by an adult, are invited to learn how a plate is made at the Historic Heath factory. The kids will also have the opportunity to create their own work of art on a Heath tile with original glazes. The tiles will be fired following the workshop and will be available for pick up the following weekend.

EHDD Architecture, a leading firm in sustainability, introduces the basics of sustainable design to children and their parents through workshop activities. These will include learning the ‘green’ vocabulary, looking at how to reduce energy and water consumption, and learning about sustainable design features, among other activities. The purpose is to make children in our community aware of the importance of sustainability and have them be the new generation of young advocates of a healthier environment and a better future.

The day also includes a healthy lunch and a tour of the school.

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