Create & Play

Create & Play is back at the Denver Art Museum on Thursday, November 19, from 10 AM to 12 PM. It's the museum's early-childhood program for families with children ages 0 to 5, and the session is built around a performance, artmaking, and in-gallery activities inspired by artworks in the collection. Xinyue Zhang and Lindsay Genshaft created it, and Brian Kusic and Karen Slack star in the performance.

If you're just getting into the loop, it's a recurring thing: the museum runs it every third Thursday of the month from October through May. The November 19 session is part of a full 2026-27 school year calendar that includes October 15, December 17, January 21, February 18, March 18, April 15, and May 20. It's a good way to keep a regular morning date with the museum throughout the year.

Create & Play is one piece of a larger family program at the DAM. The museum pulls from several spaces for its family offerings: The Studio in the Hamilton Building, the Wonderscape and Creative Hub in the Martin Building, the Design Studio, and the Thread Studio. There's also the outdoor Sensory Garden, which is open May through October. The Demo Artist program brings local Denver artists into the Studio to show how they work. Early Childhood Education at the DAM is supported by the Taylor Kirkpatrick, Sidney E. Frank Foundation - Colorado Fund, and the PNC Foundation.

The November 19 session runs from 10 AM to 12 PM in the Hamilton Building on Level 1. It's included in general admission, though you'll need to register in advance. And through the Free for Kids program, general admission is free for youth 18 and under.