Drop-In Workshops for Families
Drop-In Workshops for Families
Create your own spooky shadow puppet diorama inspired by The Adventures of Prince Achmed.
The Youth Programs team invites families to join museum educators every month to be inspired by the museum’s exhibitions and screenings to create, learn, and have fun!
Our October Drop-In Workshop will focus on creating spooky shadow puppet dioramas inspired by The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) which is featured in the Inventing Worlds and Characters: Animation gallery in our Stories of Cinema exhibition, on Level 3.
We will also learn how to set up a Pepper’s Ghost illusion! Pepper's Ghost is a special effects technique for creating transparent ghostly images. This technique has been a staple of theaters and haunted houses since John Pepper popularized it in the 1800s.
Join us anytime from 12:30pm to 2:30pm in the Shirley Temple Education Studio on the museum’s Lower Level.
Check back soon for upcoming workshop themes!
If you have any questions or need assistance planning your visit, please email museumeducation@oscars.org.
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Education Program
May 11 & May 18
Drop-In Workshops for Families: Pre-cinema Optical Illusions
Join us in the Shirley Temple Education Studio to learn about the different optical illusion devices created in the early days of cinema and create their own!
Education Program
Film as a Teaching Tool Part 1
A two-part workshop created to equip families with tools to discuss uncomfortable or challenging imagery found in movies.
Education Program
Film as a Teaching Tool Part 2
A two-part workshop created to equip families with tools to discuss uncomfortable or challenging imagery found in movies.
Education Program
Drop-In Workshops for Families
Create your own stop-motion animated short featuring anthropomorphic characters!
Education Program
Drop-In Workshops for Families
Our May drop-in workshops will focus on character design, inspired by the Jim Henson and Frank Oz fantasy film The Dark Crystal (USA, 1982). Design your own fantasy character with foam modeling clay!
Education Program
Jul 2, 9, 16, 2022
Drop-In Workshops for Families
Create you own costume design illustration!
Education Program
Aug 6, 13, 20, 2022
Drop-In Workshops for Families
Create buttons featuring stars and themes from Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971.
Education Program
Sep 3, 10, 2022
Drop-In Workshops for Families
Create your own production design mood board inspired by the characters from Inside Out!
Education Program
Sun Oct 30, 2022
ParaNorman Family Workshop
Join museum educators and LAIKA Studios for a ParaNorman inspired demo and workshop!
Education Program
Saturday Nov 5, 2022
Día de Muertos with Lil’ Libros Book Signing and Family Workshop
Join Lil’ Libros founders Patty Rodriguez and Ariana Stein, the authors of La Catrina: Emotions/Emociones, and Mariana Galvez, author of Where is? / ¿Dónde está? Mi Ofrenda,for a reading and book signing followed by a family workshop.
Education Program
November 12, 19, 2022
Drop-In Workshops for Families
Join us for a printmaking workshop inspired by Día de Muertos/Day of the Dead and artist José Guadalupe Posada.
Education Program
Saturdays: December 3, 10, and 17
Drop-In Workshops for Families: 3D
Join us to make your own 3D glasses and illustrations of iconic movie characters.
Education Program
Saturdays: January 7, 14, and 21
Drop-In Workshops for Families: Special Effects Makeup
Join us for special effects makeup workshops inspired by our Family Matinees series featuring weird and wonderful family hits of 1988!
Education Program
February 11, 18. 2023
Drop-In Workshops for Families: Animation
Join us for an animation workshop celebrating Black animators in the film industry.
Education Program
Saturday March 18, 2023
Drop-In Workshops for Families: Costume Design Illustration
Join us for a costume design illustration workshop.
Education Program
Saturday April 1, 8, and 15
Drop-In Workshops for Families: Earth Day
Join us for an Earth Day–inspired workshop
Education Program
Saturday April 22, 2023
Earth Day Family Workshop
Join us for an Earth Day family workshop!
Education Program
Saturday, May 20, 2023
Drop-In Workshop for Families: Movie Poster Design
Join us for a family movie poster design workshop.
Education Program
Saturday June 3, 10, 17, 2023
Drop-In Workshops for Families: Puppets and Pride!
Join us for family workshops inspired by Pinocchio (1940) and marionette shows from the Bob Baker Marionette Theater!
Education Program
Saturdays: July 1, 8, and 15
Drop-In Workshop for Families: Music and Movies
Join us for a workshop focused on the importance of music in movies.
Education Program
Saturdays August 5, 12, and 19
Drop-In Workshop for Families: Mini Food Prop Making
Join us for a mini food prop making workshop.
Education Program
Saturdays September 2, 9, and 16.
Drop-In Workshop for Families: On the Road Location and Set Design Maps
Join us for an On the Road Location and Set Design Workshop.
Education Program
October 22
Drop-In Tactile Filmmaking Workshops
Join Academy Film Archivists, Taylor Morales, Edda Manriquez and Sean Savage, for a special interactive introduction to the art of small-gauge film editing and projection. Celebrate 100 years of 16mm film! All ages welcome.
Education Program
Saturdays October 7 and 21.
Drop-In Workshop for Families: Ghostly Prop Making Inspired by William Castle
Join us for a ghostly prop-making family workshop inspired by William Castle.
Education Program
Saturday, November 4, 2023
Día de Muertos & Alebrijes Book Signing and Family Workshop
Celebrate Día de Muertos and learn to draw alebrijes with illustrator Hazel Quintanilla.
Education Program
Sun, Nov 5 2023
Home Movie Day at the Academy Museum
Bring along your own amateur and personal home movies to the Academy Museum for a free event in the Shirley Temple Education Studio. Home Movie Day 2023 is a fun and informative event that will bring your films back to life while adding to the greater understanding of Los Angeles history.
Education Program
Saturdays November 4, 11, and 18.
Drop-In Workshop for Families: Día de Muertos and Coco-inspired Alebrijes
Join us for a Día de Muertos and Coco-inspired alebrijes workshop.
Education Program
Sunday , November 12, 2023
Shifting Perspectives: Create Your Own Vertical Cinema!
Create your own Vertical Cinema clips!
Education Program
Saturday December 2, 9, and 16
Drop-In Workshops for Families: 3D
Join us to make your own 3D glasses and illustrations of iconic movie characters, and create a Pepper’s Ghost 3D illusion.
Education Program
Saturday January 6, 13, and 20
Drop-In Workshops for Families: Stop-Motion
Join us in the Shirley Temple Education Studio to make your own stop-motion animation!
Education Program
Mar 16
Drop-In Workshops for Families: Animation
Join us in the Shirley Temple Education Studio to create characters from your favorite films using upcycled and discarded materials.
Education Program
December 10, 2023
Drop-in Tactile Filmmaking Workshops
Celebrate 100 Years of 16mm film and join us at the Academy Museum for a drop-in Tactile Filmmaking Workshop in the Shirley Temple Education Studio. All ages welcome!
Education Program
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Drop-In Workshops for Families: Earth Month
In celebration of Earth Day join us in the Shirley Temple Education Studio to build your favorite movie character out of upcycled and discarded materials!