Art Guardians | Family Workshop: Painting Rescue

How do conservators save a painting when the paint begins to flake away? Discover the answer in this hands-on workshop for children ages 6–11 and their caregivers. Explore South Asian and Southeast Asian artworks in , then learn how conservators keep paintings intact. Through simple experiments, investigate how liquids can travel through tiny spaces—the same process conservators use to guide adhesive beneath fragile paint flakes. Then create your own artwork using the same scientific principle, known as capillary action, to make colorful designs.

When registering, please register for one ticket per person (kids and adults). Based on limited capacity in the gallery and classroom, this will help give us an accurate count.

There are two sessions, each lasting about 1.5 hours. Please register for the session that would work best with your schedule.