The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine

 

Children's Workshops

The Public Education and Visitor Services Department offers the following programs for families. For more information and reservations please call (212) 932-7347. All Public Education Family programs meet for registration at the Visitor Center inside the Cathedral entrance, at 112 Street & Amsterdam Avenue.

 

Medieval Arts Children’s Workshop
Saturday, January 28, 10 am – 12 pm
In this signature workshop, children carve a block of limestone, create medieval illuminated letters, design gargoyles, weave, and more! Recommended for ages 4 and up. $6 per child, with accompanying adult. Meet at Visitor Center.

Drip Drop: A Water Workshop
Saturday, February 18, 10 am – 12 pm
In support of the exhibition "The Value of Water," children are invited to join a special program exploring the interaction between people, water, and the larger environment. Through stories and close looking at how water is depicted in the art exhibit, children will learn about the water cycle and the importance of water in their lives. Children will translate their inspiration into their own art including block printing scenes of water, designing accordion books with water stories, painting watercolor Rose Windows, and creating "word waterfalls". Recommended for ages 4 and up. $8 per child, with accompanying adult. Meet at Visitor Center.


Medieval Arts Children’s Workshop
Saturday, February 25, 10 am – 12 pm
In this signature workshop, children carve a block of limestone, create medieval illuminated letters, design gargoyles, weave, and more! Recommended for ages 4 and up. $6 per child, with accompanying adult. Meet at Visitor Center.

Easter Eggs: A Family Eggstravaganza
Saturday, March 31, 10 a.m. – 12 Noon
Our popular annual egg workshop is back! Children can create colorful patterns on their eggs with tissue paper, glitter, glue, and paint, and build a nest for decorated eggs with twigs, feathers, and clay. Please bring two hard-boiled eggs per child. Recommended for ages 4 and up. $8 per child, with accompanying adult. Reservations are highly recommended and can be made by calling 212-932-7314.

Medieval Arts Children’s Workshop
Saturday, April 21, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
In this signature workshop, children carve a block of limestone, create medieval illuminated letters, design gargoyles, weave, and more! Recommended for ages 4 and up. $6 per child, with accompanying adult. Meet at Visitor Center. Reservations can be made by calling 212-932-7314.


Weaving Stories: A Textile Workshop
Saturday, April 28, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Exploring the Cathedral’s tapestries and the stories they tell, children will learn about the Medieval craft of weaving. Families will then weave on looms made of wood, cardboard, and paper before taking home their own textile creations. Recommended for ages 4 and up. $8 per child, with accompanying adult. Meet at Visitor Center. Reservations can be made by calling 212-932-7314.

 

 

 

Glowing Glass: A Children’s Stained Glass Workshop
Saturday, May 5, 10 a.m. – 12 Noon
Children and their families explore the shapes, colors, patterns, and stories in the Cathedral’s beautiful stained glass. The program begins with a tour of the Cathedral’s colorful windows, searching for diamonds and flowers, athletes and knights. Children will then make their own stained glass windows by designing patterns in shapes and color, creating picture stories, and discovering the complexity of primary and secondary colors in painting their own Rose Windows. Recommended for ages 4 and up. $8 per child, with accompanying adult. Reservations can be made by calling 212-932-7314.


 

Medieval Birthday Parties

Saturdays & Sundays, by availability

Celebrate your child's birthday with a two-hour party in the Medieval Arts Workshop, where children sculpt gargoyles, weave, make brass rubbings, carve a block of limestone, and much more! For children ages 5 & up. Call the Public Education & Visitor Services Department at (212) 932-7347 for more information and reservations.

 

The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, New York 10025
General: 212 316-7490
Tours: 212 932-7347
info@stjohndivine.org
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