See More Children's Museum of the Arts 12/19/23 Artists in Schools Frottage and Collage Dispatches from CMA Resident Artist Maria D. Rapicavoli's after school class at Hudson Guild. NEXT IN

See More Children's Museum of the Arts 1/9/24 Interview Meet Artist in Residence Noormah Jamal Pakistani artist and educator Noormah Jamal on sculpting Polly Pockets as a child and incorporating acts of play into her work. NEXT IN

See More Children's Museum of the Arts 12/18/23 Artists in Schools Noormah's Reflections: November CMA Resident Artist Noormah Jamal on her November projects at Children's Workshop School. NEXT IN

See More Children's Museum of the Arts 12/31/23 Artists in Schools Maria's Reflections: December CMA Resident Artist Maria D. Rapicavoli on her December projects at Hudson Guild. NEXT IN

12/19/23 Artists in Schools Proportion and Negative Space Dispatches from CMA Resident Artist Noormah Jamal's fifth grade class at Children's Workshop School. Click to expand media gallery. Fifth graders in CMA Resident Artist Noormah Jamal ’s class at Children’s Workshop School looked to Dalí and Magritte as they reviewed composition, proportion, and negative space. They were challenged to create a drawing using three objects sourced from classroom picture books – bonus points if there was a narrative! The lesson concluded with an interactive activity where students changed the letters in their name into representational objects. Noormah’s work at Children’s Workshop School is supported by the Emergency Arts Education Fund , which provides free arts education to NYC school communities whose art programs have been decimated by recent budget cuts. Children’s Museum of the Arts’ three Residents Artists are currently implementing ambitious arts curriculum at each of our partner sites throughout New York City: Hudson Guild in Chelsea, Sid Miller Academy in Crown Heights, and Children’s Workshop School in the East Village. Come spring, our residents will showcase their students' work through exhibitions and installations across the city. Learn how you can support the work of our residents here . NEXT Emergency Exhibition: New Training for Future Artists and Art Lovers Take a Virtual Tour on Bloomberg Connects Donate Now

2/26/24 Artists in Schools Brainstorming: The Crucial First Step! Dispatches from CMA Resident Artist Maria D. Rapicavoli's after school class at Hudson Guild. Click to expand media gallery. It’s the start of a new semester, and that means students are working towards their capstone projects for the spring semester. Their capstone project revolves around the multifaceted concept of the window as a tangible, functional object and as a symbolic representation of children’s perception and comprehension of reality. Maria introduced brainstorming as the indispensable first step in their research process. She crafted a large “window” made of cardboard and white paper and invited students to draw or write everything that came to mind when thinking about a window. A fourth grader drew the view from her bedroom window – cats, other people’s apartments, and when it is dark, she sees her own reflection in the window. Two fifth graders worked together to make a detailed storyboard about the end of the world. One third grader sees “the Tik Tok guy” from his bedroom window (along with a candy store, a cat store, and “the big man”)! Another third grader used the brainstorming window to create a large maze that almost filled up the entire space. It was a joy to watch students interpret the world around them and learn that brainstorming is a crucial – and fun! – part of the creative process. Maria's work at Hudson Guild is supported by the Emergency Arts Education Fund , which provides free arts education to NYC school communities whose art programs have been decimated by recent budget cuts. Children’s Museum of the Arts’ three Residents Artists are currently implementing ambitious arts curriculum at each of our partner sites throughout New York City: Hudson Guild in Chelsea, Sid Miller Academy in Crown Heights, and Children’s Workshop School in the East Village. Come spring, our residents will showcase their students' work through exhibitions and installations across the city. Learn how you can support the work of our residents here . NEXT Emergency Exhibition: New Training for Future Artists and Art Lovers Take a Virtual Tour on Bloomberg Connects Donate Now

See More Children's Museum of the Arts 4/29/23 Kids Art 5 Aquatic Creatures from CMA's Permanent Collection of Children's Art NEXT IN

See More Children's Museum of the Arts 1/18/24 Artists in Schools Viewing Ruth Asawa at the Whitney Museum CMA Resident Artist Maria D. Rapicavoli visited the Whitney Museum with her after school students from Hudson Guild. NEXT IN

Open Studio: Negative Space Free Community Artmaking Monday, January 8, 2024 4 PM to 6 PM Pier 57 Pier 57, 11th Avenue, New York, NY, USA Media Inquiries: adam@culturalcounsel.com RSVP Coles Phillps, cover art for Life Magazine, January 27, 1910 © Yau Hoong Tang via Colossal Magazine Our eyes are trained to see things right in front of us. But what if we look in between those objects and patterns? Artists such as Coles Phillips and Yau Hoong Tang use the idea of negative space differently – one omits and one adds. After looking at the work of these artists, children will create their own representations of the “in between” of negative space. About Open Studio Open Studio at Pier 57 invites children to explore hands-on projects across a wide range of artistic disciplines. Each session introduces children to the elements and principles of art while surveying artists across generations. Specially designed for children on the Autism Spectrum but welcoming to all, each session is multisensory focused. Participants will explore art materials (such as clay, paper, or textiles) at their own pace alongside movement breaks and ample time for storytelling and social interaction. Open Studio is recommended for ages 12 & under. What To Expect This activity takes place in the Community Classrooms at Pier 57, located just beyond the food hall. The program’s curriculum is rooted in accessible artmaking practices and Children’s Museum of the Arts’ pedagogy of Look, Make, Share. Take a peek at one of our virtual Inclusives lessons, catered to children with Autism, that families can try at home: here ! Please be advised this is not a dropoff session. While caregivers are welcome to stay with their children, families are encouraged to enjoy the extraordinary setting of Pier 57 in the adjacent Family Living Room for the duration of the session. Caregivers are advised to remain on the premises while children are working. Image Credit: Coles Phillps, cover art for Life Magazine, January 27, 1910 Children's Museum of the Arts' Open Studio at Pier 57 is generously supported by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Ruth Foundation for the Arts, William Talbott Hillman Foundation, The LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Google Community Grants Fund,, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Harriet Ames Charitable Trust, The Cowles Charitable Trust,, and the Viniar Family Foundation. Donate Now

Family Photo Collages Inspired by Tina Barney Gallery Visit Thursday, April 20, 2023 10 AM to 11:30 AM Kasmin Gallery Kasmin Gallery, 10th Avenue, New York, NY, USA Media Inquiries: adam@culturalcounsel.com RSVP First graders from PS 33M Chelsea Prep joined our Artists in Residence for a behind-the-scenes tour of Tina Barney ’s exhibition The Beginning at Kasmin Gallery. Taking a cue from Barney’s intimate photographs of familial traditions and domestic rituals, students collaged their own family photographs with art magazines, construction paper, and felt to create artworks that showed family memories in a whole new light. About the Exhibition Spanning the years 1976 to 1980, The Beginning brings together the earliest works of acclaimed American photographer Tina Barney (b. 1945). Featuring images largely unseen by the public, the exhibition chronicles a period of technical and artistic development that would lay the foundation for the complex and incisive tableaux that ultimately established Barney as a key figure in international photography. While quarantining during the Covid-19 outbreak, Barney began to sort through her archive of thousands of 35mm negatives, discovering long-forgotten images that reanimated her memories of life as a young artist: “The photographs in this book seem like X-rays of my mind,” she has said. Programs at Children's Museum of the Arts are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Donate Now