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- 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Check the organizer’s latest schedule ↗Homeschool Days at Joslyn: Family Stories in Print and Pattern
A word for someone in your family can be both a piece of a story and the beginning of a pattern. At Joslyn Art Museum’s Homeschool Days, families explore that idea through a gallery visit and hands-on art stations on Thursday, October 29, 2026.
Looking for stories in everyday things
The October program centers on Sadie Barnette’s exhibition, where families can consider how the artist uses words, images and ordinary objects to tell stories. At the Words & Wonder Art Cart, hands-on materials invite visitors to think about words that call up relationships and memories of their own.
The museum describes Barnette’s work across media as an exploration of personal narratives alongside shared histories. Her Joslyn exhibition, in the Scott Pavilion’s Riley CAP Gallery S8, considers the significance that everyday moments can hold and remains on view through January 3, 2027.
Further reading: Homeschool Days | Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha ↗ · The Joslyn Exhibitions | Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha ↗
One word, many impressions
In Word Play, Teaching Artist Therese Straseski guides a printmaking activity using foam sheets. Participants press words into the foam, ink the resulting plates and make prints, trying out repetition, rotation and layering. The process lets a chosen word work as both language and an element in a visual composition.
At Rainbow Dots: Celebration Buttons, Gallery Teachers help families make a button with colored pencils, layered dots and meaningful words. Both activities draw on the exhibition’s attention to the people and moments that shape a story, but offer different ways to respond: one through printed pattern, the other in a small wearable design.
Further reading: Homeschool Days | Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha ↗
October stations
Families can rotate among the gallery experience and two making activities during the program.
Thursday, October 29, 2026 · Museum galleries / Art Cart
- Explore: Words & Wonder — visit the Sadie Barnette exhibition and use hands-on materials to consider how meaningful words can express relationships, spark memories and inspire art.
Thursday, October 29, 2026 · Museum
- Create: Word Play — printmaking workshop led by Teaching Artist Therese Straseski; participants press words into foam printing sheets, ink plates, and experiment with repetition, spinning and layering.
- Create: Rainbow Dots: Celebration Buttons — make a patterned button with colored pencils and meaningful words, with Gallery Teachers.
Planning for the morning
Contact the museum before attending
Online registration is closed. The museum asks interested families to contact it; walk-in registration is accepted only as space allows. Call (402) 342-3300.
A family drop-in program
Homeschool and microschool families rotate among gallery and art-making stations. The stations are open from 10 a.m. to noon.
Inside the museum
The main and garden entrances and interior spaces are wheelchair accessible, and elevators serve all areas. A limited number of wheelchairs can be borrowed at the Hawks Pavilion Welcome Desk on a first-come, first-served basis.
Getting to Joslyn
Museum arrival
Joslyn Art Museum is at 2200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68102. Drivers can reach the main entrance drive from James Fous Avenue on the north or Dodge Street on the south. On-site parking is free and first come, first served; a covered drop-off is directly in front of the main entrance.
Metro Transit’s 24th & Dodge ORBT Station NW is just west of the museum. Bike racks are also available; bring a lock.
Homeschool Days | Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha ↗ · The Joslyn Visit Detail | Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha ↗
Before you make a plan
Can my family still register?
Online registration is closed. Contact the museum if you would like to attend; walk-in registration is accepted only as space allows.
Do families need to follow a fixed station order?
The museum says families rotate through the stations, which are open throughout the two-hour program. It does not specify a required order.
Can we see the Sadie Barnette exhibition after Homeschool Days?
Yes. The exhibition is listed through January 3, 2027, in the Scott Pavilion’s Riley CAP Gallery S8.
Can the museum provide ASL interpretation?
ASL interpretation can be requested for programs with three weeks’ advance notice. Contact the museum to discuss a request.
Location & Google Maps
Joslyn Art Museum
2200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68102
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