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NexGenLA hosts all-day arts event for kids 17 and under at LACMA

March 13, 2026California
A performer dances with children at a NexGenLA arts event at LACMA.

On Sunday, December 7, 2025, LACMA hosted a free, all-day program for NexGenLA members and their families. Come play, make, learn, and move with hands-on outdoor art workshops, kid-friendly art education, story time, and dance, all centered on favorite works from our Modern Art Galleries.

NexGenLA is a free membership for kids and teens 17 and under who live in L.A. County.

Kids and families engaged with three different imaginative projects, exploring colorful landscapes by David Hockney and Camille Pissarro. They designed their own vibrant postcards and created their own playful artwork with dots, lines, and shapes inspired by the patterns of Yayoi Kusama, Roy Lichtenstein, and Wassily Kandinsky. Other students made artwork that tells their own story, drawing inspiration from still-life paintings by Frida Kahlo, Jacob Lawrence, and Max Beckmann.

The event also featured a program called “Art Object Show & Tell: Form and Figure,” which explored ancient artworks and their connection to modern sculpture.

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