See More Children's Museum of the Arts 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. NEXT IN

9/23/23 Residency 22 Questions from Urgent Futures Click to expand media gallery. Over the course of the spring semester, CMA Artist in Residence Miguel Braceli worked with third graders at Children’s Workshop School in the East Village to generate questions based on current issues, encouraging kids to be acutely curious about the world surrounding them. Check them out below! When will doctors come up with a cure for many sicknesses? Why is climate change happening so fast? How many trees are there in the whole universe? How does climate change affect the glaciers? How many planets have we not discovered? When is climate change going to finish? How many multiverses are there? How many fives have people wrote ever? How are people going to stop things like the sky turning orange? Who am I? Who made the fire? Do people litter because they are too lazy to find a trash can? Can you go through a Milky Way and be in another universe? Why do people do more climate change when they already know it's a bad thing? How was the earth made? Why do people not believe in climate change? When will it end? How can we protect the trees while they're not burned? Do people just not want to solve the problem or what? Did the people in Canada learn from the wildfire? Why are certain colors the way that they are? For instance, why is purple purple? How can we change climate change and save our earth? NEXT Emergency Exhibition: New Training for Future Artists and Art Lovers Take a Virtual Tour on Bloomberg Connects Donate Now

12/19/23 Artists in Schools Patterns and Painter's Tape Dispatches from CMA Resident Artist Niousha Kiarashi's elementary school class at Sid Miller Academy. Click to expand media gallery. Pattern making was the name of the game this week! During the first lesson, each student received painter’s tape to cover parts of their paper. After coloring over the tape, they lifted off the tape to reveal the pattern underneath. Some students adhered their tape without any knowledge of the composition they would make, and were delighted to see what they made. During the next session, students made patterns using primary colored paint. They had an amazing sensory experience feeling the touch of the brush against their palm, seeing the texture of their skin reflected in their prints, and watching how colors changed on their hand to create secondary colors on paper. Niousha’s work at Sid Miller Academy 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

10/5/23 Interviews "This early experience making art laid the groundwork for many of the concerns in my practice to this day." Artist Bo Joseph on exploring photography with his father in their basement darkroom. Click to expand media gallery. Great artists make artists. And to prove that point, over 70 of today's greatest have contributed their work in support of Children's Museum of the Arts' Emergency Arts Education Fund , establishing utterly ambitious art programs in New York City schools that need them most. Bidding for the online auction concludes Thursday, October 19 at 12 PM EDT . Bid now. Bid often. Bid here. Below, meet auction artist Bo Joseph . Bo making artwork as a child. Photo by Leonard Joseph Do you have a favorite memory of making art as a child? When I was between the ages of 6 and 8 I remember joining my father in the photo darkroom he had in the basement of the apartment building in which we lived. To keep me engaged while he worked on his own photos, he supervised me creating photograms from things I brought with me, like toys, natural objects from the yard or from nature hikes, etc. Watching the various stages of development and the seemingly magical translation of these silhouetted objects was enthralling. This early experience making art laid the groundwork for many of the concerns in my practice to this day. What advice would you give to young artists who wish to pursue an art practice? Ask yourself what you really know, what you have figured out for yourself, versus what you take for granted because you have been told. Even if this is a very small amount of knowledge, it is what is truly yours, unique to you, and provides the building blocks of what will make and keep your work authentic and original. Keep asking this question, “what do I know?” as you develop and it will keep you on track. How does working with children inspire you? Children’s nearly perpetual sense of invention and discovery provides visual nourishment and is a great reminder of what keeps artmaking engaging. Bo Joseph Untitled ink and acrylic on paper Bid Now 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 10/5/23 Interviews "The idea that a child can work on something that creates an entire universe with available materials and time is amazing to me." Artist Ian McDonald on the willingness to experiment and try again. NEXT IN

11/28/23 Interviews "Trust your know-how and recognize that art is not simply something you do, but a way of living life." Artist Robert Buck on painting with his mother and almost missing the bus to NYC. Click to expand media gallery. CMA's end-of-year artwork sale raises essential funds for free arts education in NYC schools whose arts programs have been decimated by recent budget cuts. These works – starting at $100 – have been generously donated by celebrated artists who uphold our belief that all children are artists deserving of the materials, access, and encouragement to allow their creativity to soar. Below, meet contributing artist Robert Buck. Do you have a favorite memory of making art as a child? Coloring alongside my mother as she recreated paintings by Manet or Degas in pastels. What advice would you give to young artists who wish to pursue an art practice? Trust your know-how and recognize that art is not simply something you do, but a way of living life. How does working with children inspire you? Children are impervious to others, singular and naive; ‘outsider artists’ by nature. Can you describe a formative experience visiting a museum or gallery? Everyone knew I loved art when I was a sophomore in high school. So when I overslept the morning of a field trip to MoMA in NYC (I lived in the suburbs of Baltimore), I woke to find that the tour bus had come to get me! Robert Buck Second Hand ("Humpty Dumpty Circus") ink and graphite on secondhand drawing Buy Now NEXT Emergency Exhibition: New Training for Future Artists and Art Lovers Take a Virtual Tour on Bloomberg Connects Donate Now

5/23/24 Artists in Schools Sticker Mania Dispatches from CMA Resident Artist Noormah Jamal's fifth grade class at Children's Workshop School. Click to expand media gallery. Students looked at works by downtown legend Keith Haring as inspiration for creating their own stickers! Each student had multiple sticker sizes and colors to choose from, as well as their choice of markers, pens, pencils, and oil pastels. There was a lot of trial and error at the start as students encountered smudging with markers. Nonetheless, they persevered, and a few students even made stickers for Noormah to put on her laptop! 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

See More Children's Museum of the Arts 12/19/23 Artists in Schools Cubist Self Portraits Dispatches from CMA Resident Artist Niousha Kiarashi's elementary school class at Sid Miller Academy. NEXT IN

The Look Make Show ingrid romero Artist in Residence 2022-23 Children's Museum of the Arts New York City ingrid romero (they/them) is an artist, educator and organizer, born and raised in New York City — the unceded, traditional lands of the Munsee / Lenape — with deep roots in the Andes of Colombia. ingrid has been organizing for fifteen years, and brings ten years of facilitation, teaching artistry, and youth work experience. ingrid has completed training and fellowships from School of Unity & Liberation (SOUL), Third World Newsreel, Teaching Artist Project (TAP), and The Laundromat Project. They are a collective member at Mayday Space in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Courses News Reading Lists Interviews (Authored) Interviews (Subject) Everyday People on Everyday Things ingrid's First Course ©2023 Children's Museum of the Arts

See More Children's Museum of the Arts 2/2/24 Artists in Schools Animal Cloud Sculptures Part I: Creating the Frame Dispatches from CMA Resident Artist Noormah Jamal's fifth grade class at Children's Workshop School. NEXT IN