MOBIA offers a variety of workshops to youth camps, out-of-school-time programs (OST), community centers and senior programs.  Lectures and art-making workshops can take place at the museum or off-site, with themes focused on the current exhibition.  To find out more about current community programs, call the education department at 212.408.1437.

Please visit the Tours page for more information about Student and Adult Tours.

Summer Camp Workshops at MOBIA
In July and August, MOBIA hosts free art workshops for children participating in New York City day camps. To find out more, contact Laura McManus, Curator of Education, at 212.408.8703 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Words and Pictures: Storytelling Through Art, Summer 2011
This summer MOBIA hosted a series of workshops in which children created collages inspired by the abstract paintings of NYC artist Makoto Fujimura, whose work is part of the exhibition On Eagles’ Wings: The King James Bible Turns 400.  Fujimura created eighty-nine decorative letters, the opening letter of each chapter of each Gospel, using Japanese materials, pigments made of ground precious minerals, gold, and platinum.  In the gallery, the youngsters identified five ways that the artist approached his letter making process - hidden, stenciled, shaped, free-form, and constructed.  After working with a photographer to turn their bodies into the shape of the first initial of their name, the children were challenged to use various materials to make an Illuminated Initial Collage. 

You can view additional artwork crafted by children on the atrium level of the Museum of Biblical Art, which is located at the corner of Broadway and 61st Street, NYC.