teacher workshops

Time Capsules: Warhol’s Artistic Practice of Collecting                         

From the early ’70s until his death in 1987, Warhol created 612 finished Time Capsules. The Time Capsules are Warhol’s largest collecting project, in which he saved source material for his work and an enormous record of his own daily life. Participants will test out previous lesson plans on collecting developed by the education department and watch as one of Warhol’s actual Time Capsules is opened during a special theater presentation. 

 Apps 'N@ 

Create your own digital silkscreen print on an iPod Touch using our new D.I.Y. POP silkscreening App.  Participants will also help field test and critique our latest mobile museum guide. This workshop will explore how social media and new interactive technologies can enhance the learning environment both in and out of the classroom.  

Collaborative Mural Making 

This workshop is based on Andy Warhol’s process of collaboration. We will explore Warhol’s interactions with artists, scientists, filmmakers and socialites, all of whom he relied on as a means to generate ideas for new works of art. Participants will create a collaborative mural using elements of Pop Art and Graffiti Art.

Andy Warhol’s Methods and Techniques: 10 projects from the past 10 years 

Join us when we raid our ‘vault’ and resurrect 10 of our most popular studio, gallery and silkscreen activities from the past 10 years! Spend a few hours in the studio making Andy and Marilyn Paper Dolls, Gold Leaf Pop Sculptures, Blotted Line Tasty Treats, Hand-made Flipbooks and Zines, and much, much more!

The Colors of Warhol: Silver and Gold 

From gold Marilyns and Jackies to Elvis on the silver screen, explore Warhol’s use of silver and gold throughout his career. Warhol loved silver, which became his signature color in the 1960s - from silk screen printing on silver canvases to painting every surface in his studio metallic silver including the commode. Warhol used gold leaf to embellish his much loved holiday cards and illustrations from the 1950s. Using Warhol’s colors, you too will silkscreen your own prints, holiday cards and wrapping paper in the studio.