NexGenLA Celebration: Family Fun with Kahlo, Lichtenstein, Pissarro, and More!

Get ready for a free, fun-filled day for NexGenLA members and their families! Celebrate iconic artworks from LACMA's permanent collection on view in the Modern Art Galleries. Enjoy a variety of inspired activities and experiences across the museum campus such as hands-on art workshops, dynamic dance sessions, storytime read-alouds, face painting, and family-friendly tours. Come celebrate art, movement, and family fun at LACMA! Check out our full schedule below to plan your day better.

Reserve Your Tickets
While this event celebrates our NexGenLA community, this event is open to all visitors. All outdoor activities on the Smidt Welcome Plaza are free. Gallery activities require General Admission tickets.

About NexGenLA
NexGenLA is LACMA’s free youth membership for kids and teens 17 and under who live in L.A. County. Members receive free admission anytime and can bring one guest for free. 
To access the gallery activities, you may either sign up for a free NexGenLA membership, reserve NexGenLA tickets, or purchase General Admission tickets.

Schedule

On the Smidt Welcome Plaza:

10 am–2 pm

• Andell Family Sundays Art Workshops 
  Greetings From Wonderland: explore colorful landscapes by David Hockney and Camille Pissarro and design your own vibrant postcard inspired by your favorite place—real or imagined.
  Dot Dot Dot and Other Marks: create your own playful artwork with dots, lines, and shapes, inspired by the colorful patterns of Yayoi Kusama, Roy Lichtenstein, and Wassily Kandinsky.
  Still Life, Still Fun: inspired by still life paintings by Frida Kahlo, Jacob Lawrence, and Max Beckmann, make an artwork that tells your story.
• Meet and Greet 
  Learn about LA Metro’s GoPass and Metro D Line Subway.
• Art Object Show & Tell: Form and Figure 
  Join LACMA’s Mobile Programs team to explore ancient artworks and their connection to modern sculpture.
• Art-Inspired Face Paint by Styles by Jean, Papel Picado Catrina, and Arte Jimenez Studio 

11 am & 1 pm

• Sabor Session with CONTRA-TIEMPO Activist Dance Theater
  CONTRA-TIEMPO’s Sabor (Spanish for “flavor”) Session will get you moving with Afro-Latin social dances rooted in joy and community connection.

11:30 am & 1:30 pm

• Docent-Led Family Tours*
  Join a LACMA docent for a 30-minute family tour of highlights from our Modern Art Galleries and outdoor sculptures. Tours meet at the NexGenLA table.

In BCAM, Level 1:

10:30 am & 12:30 pm

• Story Time: Artful Tales* 
  Join us for a read-aloud story time with books inspired by LACMA’s Modern Art Galleries! Recommended for children up to 7 years old, but babies are always welcome.

*Free with museum admission. All outdoor activities are free to attend without museum admission.