Resources and Programs for Families

Family Art Time with SAMA: Jazz Cityscape 
 
An easy step-by-step art making demo on how to draw a jazzy cityscape with oil pastels and paper. This art project is inspired by a painting on loan from Art Bridges. 

Family Art Time with SAMA: Musical Abstract Painting 
 
A fun mini painting demo to smooth jazz music. You will need the following materials to get started: acrylic paint, paintbrush, napkins, water, and a canvas. This art project is inspired by a painting on loan from Art Bridges. 

Family Art Time with SAMA: Musical Instrument 
 
An easy step-by-step demo on how to turn a simple cardboard box into a musical instrument. You can make a harp, guitar, or drum! You will need the following materials to get started: empty box, circle template, sharpie, markers, four large rubber bands, ribbon, brads, and scissors. This art project is inspired by a painting on loan from Art Bridges.

San Antonio Museum of Art Educator, Michelle Treviño, reads “Sugar Hill” by Carole Boston Weatherford. The selection for this book is inspired by "Bronzeville at Night," by Archibald John Motley Jr. This painting, currently on loan from Art Bridges, shows us Motley’s jazz-infused vision of Bronzeville, a black neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.

Motley lived and worked in Chicago during the Great Migration, and paintings like this one celebrated and documented the city’s expanding black communities and cultures. 

 While listening to jazz music, create an abstract painting inspired by the rhythms, sounds, and feelings. 

Make a bowl with Model Magic and pressed leaves inspired by our special exhibition, America's Impressionism. 

Join the San Antonio Museum of Art for a bilingual storytime as we walk through town with Monet inspired by our special exhibition, America's Impressionism.

Draw a simple garden with soft chalk pastels as you learn about ELBOW in impressionism.

Painting a bubbly design with oil pastels and bubbles inspired by impressionism.