All Family Studio activities in the Koret Education Center are free; no museum admission required.
If you want to purchase tickets to see the museum during your visit, remember that children 18 and younger are always free!
Join the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) and our friends at SCRAP as we explore art the slow way with an experimental painting project, inspired by Summer Stride artist, author, and illustrator Nidhi Chanani. Drop in anytime between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., but don’t miss a read-aloud at 11 a.m. of Nidhi’s awesome book about finding your voice, Quiet Karima.
What advice does Nidhi Chanani have for aspiring illustrators?
“Keep drawing! Even if you believe you’re not making progress, every minute spent drawing is an opportunity to train and build your skills. Improvement is slow and incremental. Art can’t be rushed, and each small win is a cause for celebration.”
Read aloud with SFPL at 11 a.m.
Summer Stride is the SFPL’s annual summer learning, reading, and exploration program for all ages and abilities. From June through August, SFPL promotes:
Challenge yourself and others to read, learn, and listen with the Library this summer! Learn more here.
Nidhi Chanani is an award-winning author and illustrator. Her graphic novels include Pashmina, Jukebox, the Shark Princess series and the Super Boba Café series. She also creates picture books. Some of her titles are I Will Be Fierce, Strong, Binny’s Diwali, What Will My Story Be? and Quiet Karima. When she’s not drawing, Nidhi loves to travel and has visited twenty countries. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Check out our For Families webpage for information about visiting the museum with kids, additional family events, links to at-home art projects, and more!
Lead support for Family Studio is provided by the Koret Foundation.
Presenting support is provided by Penny S. and James G. Coulter.
Major support is provided by the Hearst Foundations.
Meaningful support is provided by the John & Marcia Goldman Family Free Sundays Endowment Fund and Geoffrey and Priscilla Weber.
Additional support is provided by Kevin Perkins and Maggie Rothschild.