discovertogetherfamily activity guide

Floor 1Wind your way through Richard Serra’s Sequence.

Richard Serra, Sequence, 2006; the Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; © Richard Serra / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; photo: James Gouldthorpe

DID YOU KNOW It took 12 flatbed trucks to transport Sequence’s 213 tons of weatherproof steel to SFMOMA.

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TAKE A CLOSER LOOK

Sketch Sequence from the outside, the inside, or a bird’s eye view. What do you notice about the sculpture after drawing it from that perspective?

Walk through the work (be careful not to touch it as you do). Think about your movement through the sculpture and then draw a line that illustrates your path.

TAKE A CLOSER LOOK

Inspect the living wall. Draw your favorite plants.

Alexander Calder is best known as the inventor of the mobile, or moving sculpture. Observe Calder’s Big Crinkly (1969) and shade in the pieces you see moving. What do you think causes this motion?

Floor 3Explore the living wall and Alexander Calder.

?DID YOU KNOW Ours is the largest living wall in the United States, with over 19,000 individual plants and 21 native species. Depending on what time of year you visit, there may even be flowers in bloom!

Living wall, 2012; photo: Willa Koerner

Floor 5Enjoy the view from the Oculus Bridge.

DID YOU KNOW

The Oculus Bridge hovers five stories above Floor 1.

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This page : Oculus, 2007; photo: Winni WintermeyerOpposite : Matthew Barney, DRAWING RESTRAINT 14, 2006; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, performed on June 9, 2006, at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Director of photography: Peter Strietmann; Cinematography: Christopher Seguine and Hannah Guggenheim; Editing: Christopher Seguine; Rigging: Wayne Campbell, Lawrence LaBianca, Joanna Haigoo; © Matthew Barney; photo: Ben Blackwell

TAKE A CLOSER LOOK

Stand on the bridge and take a look around. Can you find a hidden artwork on the wall? This special “scribble” is Matthew Barney’s DRAWING RESTRAINT 14 (2006), created while the artist hung from cables. Draw your own Barney-inspired piece below.

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More fun for families

Floor 1Check out the amazing selection of kid-friendly items in our Museum Store on your way out.

Want more art activities? Pick up Art Play with SFMOMA—10% off when you present this guide.

Floor 3Reimagine what a self-portrait can be in the Photography Interpretive Gallery.

Floor 2Visit the Public Knowledge Library—a branch of the San Francisco Public Library inside SFMOMA!

Floor 5Grab lunch at Cafe 5 and soak up the sun in our outdoor sculpture garden.

For another fun way to interact with the art, text “Send me” plus a word or emoji to 572-51.