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Press

JUNE

Taking the Kids: New York, New York Times, June 14, 2013

Best Museum Exhibits for NYC Kids Summer 2013: 10 Awesome New Installations, Mommy Poppins, June 4, 2013

May

Governors Island with Kids, Mommy Poppins, May 20, 2013
Things to See: “Inside Out/Outside In” May 8, 2013

Foster Child Photos at Children’s Museum Help Match Kids with Families May 7, 2013

April 

Giant Drinking-Straw Sculpture on View at Children’s Museum, DNA Info April 20, 2013

The Bridge Projects: Patrick Martinez, Time Out Kids, April 17, 2013

February

Corporate Ladder: Children’s Museum of the Arts’ Barbara Hunt McLanahan, Crain’s New York Business, 24, 2013

Lunar New Year Festival at Children’s Museum of the Arts, New York Family, 2/2/13

January

CMA’s 2013 multicultural festival series fetes a big birthday, 1/31/13

Chinese Lunar New Year Events In NYC, New York Metro Parents, 1/24/13

February Go List: Best Things to Do with NYC Kids This Month, Mommy Poppins, 1/29/13

Best New Museum Exhibits for NYC Kids Winter 2013: 12 Awesome Installations for Families, Mommy Poppins, 1/28/13

Chinese New Year for NYC Kids: Celebrate Lunar New Year with Free Parades and Festivals Mommy Poppins, 1/27/13

Lunar New Year celebrations for New York City families, Time Out Kids, 1/22/13

Spare Times for Children for Jan. 18-24, New York Times, 1/17/2013

15 Ways to Celebrate Marting Luther King, Jr. Day, TimeOutKids, 1/14/12

October

TAJI’S MAHAL – RAMMELLZEE GALAXSEUM, Vice Magazine, 10/25/12

Rare Andy Warhol Polaroid of Diana Ross to Hit Auction Block, DNA Info 10/23/12

SoHo Museum Hopes Late Graffiti Artist’s Creations Can Inspire Kids NY1 News 10/20/12

Things to Do Time Out Kids 10/16/12

Best New York Halloween parades for kids and families Time Out Kids 10/12/12

Best kid-friendly Halloween events in NYC: October 22 to 28 (page 5) Time Out Kids 10/12/12

KNOW // Galactic Hip-Hop Warrior // Rammellzee, Artlog, 10/4/12

Step Into the Wild Fantasy World of The RAMMELLZEE Galaxseum at the Children’s Museum of the Arts, Mommy Poppins, 10/14/12

The RAMMELLZEE Galaxseum at the Children’s Museum of the Arts, Kid Robot 10/12/12

Preview The “RAMMELLZEE Galexseum” Exhibition At The Children’s Museum of the Arts In NYC, 12ozProphet, 10/4/12

Preview The “RAMMELLZEE Galexseum” Exhibition At The Children’s Museum of the Arts In NYC, Complex Magazine, 10/4/12

Massive RAMMELLZEE Exhibition At Children’s Museum of the Arts, Animal New York, 10/4/12

Futuristic Hip-Hop Art Exhibit Opening at Children’s Museum of the Arts, DNA Info, 10/4/12

Brooklyn bound: DUMBO arts festival, Donuts, Dresses, and Dirt, 10/4/12

September

It Takes Three Days to Do Dumbo, The Villager, 9/27/12

Best kid-friendly Halloween events in NYC: October 22 to 28, Time Out Kids, 9/27/12

The best things to do for families at the 2012 Dumbo Arts Festival, Time Out Kids 9/26/12

Dumbo Arts Festival September 29, Brooklyn Mamas, 9/25/12

DUMBO Arts Festival Is Bigger and Better for 2012, New York Observer, Scooter 9/25/12

Free Dumbo Arts Festival: Children’s Museum of the Arts Debuts Cool Hands-on Activities for NYC Kids, Mommy Poppins, 9/25/12

Get ready for Brooklyn’s biggest and best street festivals, Brooklyn Eagle, 9/20/12

Slowdance Spell Video, Stereogum, 9/18/12

Best New Museum Exhibits for NYC Kids Fall 2012: 13 Awesome Installations for Families, Mommy Poppins, 9/16/12

Big Movies for Little Kids on Governors Island, New York Times, 9/13/12

50 things to do in New York City with kids: Fall 2012, Time Out Kids 9/7/12

Teaching (and Learning from) Kids Who Love Video Games, Frog Design, 9/4/12

August

Fall Preview: New Museum Exhibits for NYC Families 8/30/12

Things to Do:  The RAMMELLZEE Galaxseum, Time Out Kids 8/30/12

7 Cool New NYC After-school Classes and Programs for Kids,  Mommy Poppins, 8/28/12

Children’s Museum Of The Arts To Spice UP 2012 DUMBO Arts Festival, Scooter NY, 8/16/12

The Russell Berrie Foundation Pledges $100,000 to Children’s Museum of the Arts, Names Classroom, Yahoo News, 8/10/12

On Saturdays And Sundays, The Children’s Museum Of The Arts Takes It Outdoors To Governors Island, CBS Radio, 8/8/12

Fine Arts Classes for Kids in the City, Time Out Kids, 8/7/12

NYC Museum Design Studios: Six Hands-on Spots Where Kids Can Get Creative, Mommy Poppins, 8/5/12

July

Walls, floors and roofs become not just shelter but double as spaces for play, The Architecture of Early Childhood, 7/27/12

Children’s Museum of the Arts, Serendipity Summer, 7/26/12

Children’s Museum of the Arts to partner with the 2012 Dumbo Arts Festival and AT&T, Time Out Kids, 7/19/12

CMA Celebrates the Dumbo Arts Festival with partners AT&T, Mommy Poppins, 7/19/12

Wordless Wednesday: Heat Wave Wednesday, It’s Always An Adventure, 7/18/12

33 Free or Pay What You Wish Museums for NYC Families, Mom In The City, 7/16/12

Critics Pick: Art Forms, Culture Radar, 7/13/12

WCBS 880′s Hudson Square Series: The Architecture and The Children’s Museum Of The Arts At 345 Hudson Street, 7/10/12

Downtown Children’s Museum Celebrates 75 Years of Art Education, New York Press, 7/6/12

Spare Times: For Children, for July 6-12, The New York Times, 7/5/12

Free things to do in NYC this weekend, Newsday, 7/3/12

Best Museum Exhibits for NYC Kids: 10 Summer Installations for Families, Mommy Poppins, 7/2/12

June

CMA Presents Pop-Up Art For Kids At Pier 25, SoHo Journal,

Children’s Museum Of The Arts New Interactive Exhibit Teaches And Engages Kids, Scooterny.com, 6/25/12

Things to Do: Art Forms- 75 Years of Arts Education, TimeOutKids, 6/21/12

Q&A: Marco Pasanella, Tribeca Citizen, 6/18/12

This Week’s Undo List, The UNDO List, 6/8/12

Side by Side, River to River Festival, 6/8/12

High Line Kids: Second Saturdays with the Children’s Museum of the Arts, High Line, 6/8/12

Children’s Museum of the Arts’ 3rd Annual “Your Night at the Museum”, Modern Luxury, 6/8/12

Spare Times for Children for June 8-14, The New York Times, 6/7/12

Weekend Events: City Stomp Live, Frolic! Rock Fest, Science Festival, and Much More!, A Child Grows in Brooklyn, 6/1/12

Wednesday and Thursdays Just Got a Whole Lot Better, A Child Grows in Brooklyn, 6/6/12

Eight Year Old DJ Kai Song Shuts Down LES, The New York Observer: Scooter, 6/5/12

The best things to do on public-school kids’ day off from school on Thursday, June 7, Time Out New York: Kids, 6/7/12

 

May

Spare Times — For Children for June 1 — 7, The New York Times, 5/31/12

Head out to Governors Island, Downtown Express, 5/30/12

Summer of gov! Your guide to a cheap and free Governors Island, Brokelyn, 5/29/12

Summer fun: Museums, NJ.com, 5/28/12

Spare Times – For Children for May 25-31, The New York Times, 5/24/12

Children’s Museum of Arts in Lower Manhattan for Budding Artists in Training, NYC Single Mom, 5/24/12

Wrapping Up Spring Fest!, Madison Square Park Conservancy, 5/22/12

Love From Mt. Pom Pom at the CMA, Paddle 8, 5/18/12

Memorial Day Weekend Workshops At Children’s Museum of the Arts, Mommy Poppins, 5/18/12

Spring Kids Fest 2012 is Saturday, May 19th in Madison Square Park, Madparknews.com, 5/16/12

Summer Screenings: Tribeca Film Joins River to River, TribecaFilm.com, 5/14/12

Misaki Kawai “Love From Mt. Pom Pom” Art Exhibition, Lilsnob, 5/10/12

Storm King Art Center Announces Second Season of Mark di Suvero at Governors Island Exhibition, TalkArtWorld.com,  5/10/12

 

Your Night at the Museum – CMA Young Professionals 3rd Annual Summer Benefit, Young Nonprofit Professionals Network, 5/9/12

To Do Sunday: Mom and Pop Art, Velvet Roper, 5/4/12

Museum family days in May 2012, Time Out Kids, 5/1/12


April

High Line Kids: Museum Morning With The Children’s Museum Of The Arts, Mommy Poppins, 4/30/12

Taking Her Cues From the ’70s, New York Times Fashion & Style, 4/19/12

Interview with Dave Kaplan of The Children’s Museum of the Arts, Base, 4/9/12


March:

Weekend Events: Spring Fling at the Brooklyn Bridge Park, Easter Egg Hunts, and Lots More!, A Child Grows in Brooklyn, 3/30/2012

Misaki Kawai – Love From Mt. Pom Pom, Macaroni Kid, NYC Downtown, 3/29/2012

Spare Times: For Children, for March 30-April 5, The New York Times, 3/29/2012

American Museums Evolve to Meet the Times, Canadian University Press, 3/23/2012

Children’s Museum of the Arts–New York City, Brooklyn Mamas Network, 3/22/2012

Children’s Museum of the Arts, eclecticmom, 3/20/2012

Misaki Kawai Exhibit at Children’s Museum of the Arts, NearSay, 3/19/2012

Things to Do, Time Out New York Kids, 3/18/2012

CMA fetes “Misaki Kawai: Love from Mt. Pom Pom” on Saturday, March 17, Time Out Kids, 3/16/12

Children’s Museum reports surging attendance, Crain’s, 3/16/12

Art For Tots: Misaki Kawai Dreams Up a Sculptural Wonderground For the Children’s Museum of the Arts in SoHo, ArtInfo.com, 3/16/12

Wizard of Whimsy, The New York Times, 3/16/12

Pom Pom Love at The Children’s Museum of the Arts with Kawai A Child Grows In Brooklyn, 3/15/12

Giant Pink Fuzzy Dog Lets Kids Cuddle Up to Art, DNAInfo, 3/15/12

Obesity and Other Targets of Children’s Museums, The New York Times, 3/15/12

Today’s Pick: Misaki Kawai “Love from Mt. Pom Pom”, NY Art Beat, 3/14/12

Traveling to Mt. Pom Pom, Artlog, 3/13/12

Six museum exhibits debuting in spring 2012, Time Out Kids, 3/12/12

Free & Cheap in New York: Art For The Smart Set, New York Daily News, 3/9/12

Drumming Up Excitement at Children’s Museum of the Arts, The Villager, 3/8/12

Catalog Preview: Love From Mt. Pom Pom, NY Arts Magazine, 3/5/12

Children’s Museum of the Arts, West Village News (front page and pg.14), 3/2/12

Kids’ Cal, New York Post, 3/2/12

February: 

Caribbean Day at Children’s Museum, Caribbean Life News, 2/21/12

Big Apple Play Dates, Family GetAways, 2/20/12

10 Best Things to Do this President’s Day Weekend, TimeOut Kids, 2/17/12

HIGH LINE KIDS: MUSEUM MORNING WITH THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF THE ARTS, High Line, 2/5/12

Children’s Museum of the Arts Hosts Mid-Winter Kids Camp, NearSay, 2/6/12

NYC Museums: Best Exhibits for Kids, Time Out New York Kids, 2/2/12

January: 

Museums & Sights, Time Out New York Kids, 1/23/12

NYC’S 5 Best Chinese New Year Events, CBS NY, 1/23/12

Special Needs Museum Programs for NYC Kids, MommyPoppins, 1/16/12

Best Museum Exhibits for NYC Kids: 6 Must-see Shows for Winter 2012, Mommy Poppins, 1/12/12

CMA Multicultural Festival Series, NY City Mama, 1/8/12

Top Things to Do with Kids in Manhattan This January, New York Parents, 1/6/12

Spare Times for Kids January 6-12, New York Times, 1/5/12

Best of New York City for Kids 2011: Our Favorite New NYC Spots, Mommy Poppins, 1/1/12

December:

A Place For My Young Artist , Glamamom, 12/28/11

“Paint Chip Portrait” Artist Displays Original Sketches That Become Part of the Urban Landscape, prnewswire.com, 12/8/11

All That Glitters Is Gold in the Pop Art World, The Morton Report, 12/5/11

NYC DOT Putting Wry Haiku On Traffic Signs, NYULocal 12/1/11

November:
Places to Visit With the Kids in NYC
, Hartshorn Portraiture, 11/21/11

Art Auction, Jessie James Blog, 11/18/11

Bouncing Into The Weekend , NYC Mummy, 11/10/11

Paul Rudd, Bill Hader Draw Laughs in Children’s Art Museum Video ,DNA Info, 11/9/11

CMA Art Auction, Style Muse, 11/8/11

Halloween Parade, Time Out Magazine, 11/ 3/ 11

October:
Lower Manhattan Arts League learns art of surviving the recession, Crains, 10/30/11

Sunday Routine with David Kaplan, New York Times, 10/28/11

Best Things to Do On (Or Before) Halloween, Time Out Kids, 10/25/11

Marathon crosses 14 bridges, SF Gate, 10/23/11

Where Art Is Child’s Play, New York Times, 10/21/11

A Night at the Museum Stroller in the City, 10/11/11

The Children’s Museum of the Arts finds a new home The Villager, 10/7/11

Children’s Museum of the Arts Gives Kids More Space to Create City Realty, 10/7/11

Child Star of Hudson Square Downtown Express, 10/5/11

Children’s Museum of the Arts Bellisima Kids, 10/4/11

Kids Learn about Making Art in Public at CMA NearSay.com, 10/4/11

Space of the Week: The Museum of Refrigerator Art (and Slide), New York Magazine 10/5/11 (Wendy Goodman’s Design Hunting)

Fall Listings for Kids NYPost, 10/1/11

New Businesses Will Transform Hudson Square, BID President Says DNAInfo.com, 10/1/11

Kid Stuff: What to do this weekend, NY Post 10/1/11

September:
Children’s Museum of the Arts Moves to Hudson Square Village Confidential, 9/30/11

The 411: CMANY’s Grand Reopening (SOHO) Mama411, 9/30/11

Have a Ball at Soho’s New Children’s Museum of the Arts NearSay, 9/29/11

Celebrate the grand opening of the new Children’s Museum of the Arts on Saturday, October 1 TimeOutKids Blog, 9/29/11

New Children’s Museum to Have ‘Ball Pond,’ Quiet Room DNAInfo.com, 9/29/11

Children’s Art Museum Molds Creative Minds NY1 News, 9/28/11

Children’s Museum of the Arts Reopens, TimeOutKids Magazine, Front Cover of October Issue 2011

Nine things to do at The Children’s Museum of the Arts’ new location Time Out Kids Blog, 9/28/11

Children’s Museum of the Arts: The NYC Kids Art Spot Opens Its Beautiful Brand-New Space Mommy Poppins, 9/28/11

2011 Ultimate fall guide: Upcoming museum exhibits from Picassos to video installations, Daily News, 9/26/11

An Art Museum Made for Misbehaving Daily Candy, 9/26/11

Children’s Museum of the Arts set to reopen in new Hudson Sq. home The Villager, 9/22/11

Beyond The Refrigerator Door Exhibition NY Art Beat, 9/21/11

Big Movies For Little Kids On Governor’s Island This SaturdayPardonMeForAsking.com, 9/15/11

Say goodbye to the Children’s Museum of the Arts Soho location with family programming, Time Out Kids Blog, 9/14/11

Best Museum Exhibits for NYC Kids Fall 2011: 8 Cool New Installations, Mommy Poppins, 9/12/11

Remembering 9/11 at the Children’s Museum of the Arts, A Child Grows In Brooklyn, 9/6/11

August:
The Children’s Museum of the Arts is Leaving.. But They’re Not Going Far, New York Family, 8/30/11

The top 20; Culture Guide for Kids, New York Family Magazine, 8/29/11

Kid Stuff, NYPost.com, 8/26/11

10 Great Ideas for September, New York Family, 8/26/11 August 2011Â

CMA’s move to Hudson Square is Set, Downtown Express, 8/24/11

Children’s Museum of the Arts Coming to Hudson Square, DNAinfo.com, 8/23/11

CMA to Open Expanded Facility in Lower Manhattan, City Biz Real Estate 8/22/11

Museums & Sights Recommended by Time Out Magazine, 8/16/11

Film Classes for NYC Kids, Mommy Poppins 8/16/11

Wild About Art! Children’s Museum of the Arts’ Young Professionals Committee Summer Benefit, Charity Happenings,8/9/11

July 2011 
12 NYC Street Fairs and Festivals for Families, Mommy Poppins 7/4/11

Children’s Museum of the Arts Free Festival Series, New York Press, 7/9/11

Events for Children, New York Times, 7/7/11

Charlton Street Festival,A Child Grows In Brooklyn, 7/13/11

Spare Times for Children, New York Times 7/28/11

June 2011 
Spare Times: For Children, New York Times, 6/23/11

Mini Masters, New York Times, 6/23/11

March 2011
Children’s Museum of the Arts Announces Groundbreaking of museum’s new site, Time Out Kids blog, 3/24/11

February 2011
Best Children Museums in New York City, City Guide NY, 02/28/11

FreshDirect Introduces KidPower Meals, The Gourmet Retailer, 02/1711

Give Me A Break! Fun Winter Break Camps For Kids, New York Family, 02/1611

FreshDirect Rolls Out KidPower Meals, Progressive Grocer, 02/16/11

Just Do Art!, Chelsea Now, 02/10/11

10 Cool Mid-Winter Break Camps for New York City Kids, Mommy
Poppins, 02/07/11

January 2011
Friday’s Pick of the Day: “Art Within Reach: From the WPA to the Present”, Time Out New York Kids, 01/28/11

NYC Exhibit Spotlights Art in Hard Economic Times: Opens up a 75-year-old capsule of New York City history, WFUV.org, 01/28/11

Art Within Reach: From the WPA to the Present” opens at the Children’s Museum of the Arts, Time Out New York Kids, 01/25/11

Top 8 Children’s Museums in NYC, Queens Mamas, 01/11
100 Reasons To Love Growing Up In New York City, New York Family, 01/25/11

Children’s Museums in New York, eHow.com, 01/25/11

Time Out: From Children’s Music To Children’s Books, CBS New York, 01/22/11

1930s Children’s Art on Display in SoHo, The New York Times, 01/20/11

My Masterpiece, New York Family, 01/20/11

2010 
Children’s Museum of the Arts to be Featured on Bravo’s Work of Art Tonight, Time Out Kids Blog, 7/21/10

2009
“The Black Book of Colors” at the Children’s Museum of the Arts,

Time Out New York: Kids, 11/01/09

Halloween Museum Madness, Time Out New York: Kids, 10/01/09
Arts Groups Seek Safety in Numbers, The New York Times, 06/10/09

Best Bargain Week: Bargain Kids, My Fox: New York, 05/07/2009
Island fun returns, Downtown Express, 04/03/09

Parenting: Where To Go, NY 1, 02/05/09

Second Annual Exhausted Guide, Time Out New York: Kids, 02/01/09

Mommy Mondays: Finger Painting, NBC New York

2008
Best 3 to 5 Party, Time Out New York: Kids, 04/01/08

2007
Most kid-friendly art museum: Children’s Museum of the Arts, Time Out New York: Kids, 12/01/07

Chill Show, Time Out New York: Kids, 09/01/07

Spare Times: For Children, The New York Times, 08/17/07

Culture Club, “Which Kids’ Museum is New York’s Finest?, Go City
Kids, 07/30/07

Camp It Up!, New York Post, 06/02/07

Just Made for a Girl and Boy, The New York Times, 05/13/07

When I Grow Up, The New York Times, 03/09/07

Birthday Blowouts, New York Family, 02/07

2006
NYC Museums “An Expert Picks the Best for Kids”, Big Apple Parent, 10/06

 

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