6/29/23 Reflections Uptown Picnic in the Park Click to expand media gallery. Summer vacation kicked off with Sinergia ’s Annual Autism Awareness Picnic in Morningside Park , where we debuted a giant picnic blanket created by kids in collaboration with guest artist Alex Alpert . Kids put their own spin on graphic canvas patches, which were weaved together to create a fun (and functional!) work of art. They were encouraged to think about what they would bring to an outdoor picnic. One student was particularly inspired by the shirt they chose to wear that morning! The picnic blanket will continue to provide inspiration to all young artists while on display in Sinergia’s uptown offices. NEXT Emergency Exhibition: New Training for Future Artists and Art Lovers Take a Virtual Tour on Bloomberg Connects Donate Now

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12/19/23 Artists in Schools Warm and Cool Colors Dispatches from CMA Resident Artist Niousha Kiarashi's elementary school class at Sid Miller Academy. Click to expand media gallery. In Crown Heights, Brooklyn, CMA Resident Artist Niousha Kiarashi introduced her students at Sid Miller Academy to warm and cool colors. As a District 75 school serving students with disabilities, Niosha’s lessons are uniquely crafted for multisensory and tactile artmaking experiences. Students especially loved painting their hands to create handprints, taking turns tickling the palm of each other’s hand with the paintbrush. Niousha reflected, “One student has a powerful sensory understanding of his surroundings. He grabbed my hand and twisted it around his neck so I could help him hold the pencil better to draw inside the line. It was a beautiful moment that I won’t forget.” 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

1/16/24 Artists in Schools Character Masks and Popsicle Stick Figures Dispatches from CMA Resident Artist Noormah Jamal's fifth grade class at Children's Workshop School. Click to expand media gallery. Three dimensional projects continued this week with masks inspired by Nick Cave and popsicle stick characters inspired by Edgar Degas . Both projects had elements of play that students loved – they felt like they were making toys for themselves. We had to remind them that glue takes 24 hours to dry, but that didn’t stop students from play-acting in class. For our first figurative sculptural work, we started with simplified popsicle stick characters. Edgar Degas’ Little Dancer served as an inspiration for our simplified forms. Next, we looked at Nick Cave’s soundsuits, which blend elements of fashion, sculpture, and identity, to create our own masks. Both assignments had strong design elements, which meant that students could do practically whatever they pleased with the materials provided. To our delight, students began mixing various mediums for these projects. It’s especially encouraging to see students’ individual visual styles emerge – it’s now possible to recognize their works simply by their aesthetic! 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

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. Click to expand media gallery. We cannot adequately express our gratitude to the Whitney Museum of American Art and Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc. for proving Maria D. Rapicavoli ’s students from Hudson Guild with a behind-the-scenes tour of the monumental Ruth Asawa Through Line show. A stalwart of the Chelsea community for nearly 100 years, Hudson Guild provides essential housing, education, and social services for the youngest members of its community. Located just four blocks from the Whitney Museum, Hudson Guild's students rarely get a chance to engage in the art world located on their doorstep – and we're here to change that. During their visit to the exhibition, students engaged Maria with thoughtful questions and even had the chance to create their own drawings in response to Asawa's works. In the words of CMA Residency Producer Tommy Coleman: "This visit reaffirmed my awareness of just how impressive we are as a team in what we provide students." Hat's off to all of our partners who help us make the art world more accessible to its youngest participants! 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

2/8/24 Artists in Schools Animal Clouds Sculptures Part III: Adding the Fluff Dispatches from CMA Resident Artist Noormah Jamal's fifth grade class at Children's Workshop School. Click to expand media gallery. Now for the fun (and fluffy) part – adding pillow stuffing to our animal cloud sculptures! First, students glued cotton fluff onto their aluminum and plaster forms. The next day, they trimmed and cut the fluff into shapes and hung their sculptures by the window – like clouds! Gluing the fluff to our forms proved to be more challenging than expected. It was important to remember to pull the fluff apart first before adhering with glue. However, students loved getting inspiration from unconventional sources, like videos of dogs at the groomers! A few students finished early and created small characters out of foam sheets. After stapling the sides, they stuffed their characters with fluff to create their very own mixed materials toys. It was incredible to see the students work together to come up with a brand new art project and execute it on their own. 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

8/4/23 Reflections Ordinary Objects in Unusual Places Click to expand media gallery. Artists in Open Studio at Pier 57 took a cue from British sculptor Phyllida Barlow to create multimedia artworks inspired by PRANK , currently on view in City Hall Park. PRANK features familiar objects often found at home or in an artist’s studio that are rotated, repeated, and stacked to create awkward, improbable structures. In a similar vein, kids challenged traditional sculptural values by placing an everyday object, such as a chair or bed, in an irregular place, like the ocean or outer space. Students selected subjects at random, then created a scene based on their selections. This resulted in some delightfully odd pairings, such as an intricately sculpted dining room (complete with a bouquet of flowers!) set within a dinosaur’s lair. NEXT Emergency Exhibition: New Training for Future Artists and Art Lovers Take a Virtual Tour on Bloomberg Connects Donate Now

10/31/23 Reflections We Throw the Best Halloween Parties in NYC Click to expand media gallery. Thousands of ghouls and goblins descended on Pier 57 on Sunday, October 29, sending a resounding message that Halloween belongs to those who believe in the power of creativity – regardless of age. Even better, our utterly ambitous monster puppet Hattie roars to life tonight as the centerpiece of Children's Museum of the Arts’ float in the Village Halloween Parade ! Constructed by the expert puppeteers of Monkey Boys Productions and lovingly decorated by child artists at our Halloween Pier Party, Hattie [short for Manhattan] embodies the utterly ambitious public art projects that make Children’s Museum of the Arts special. Revisit our favorite memories of the weekend below: We took over all three classrooms at Pier 57 for a day of spooktacular artmaking inspired by contemporary artists like Leonora Carrington. We marveled at amazing handmade costumes, like Pizza Rat. It was hard to distinguish the kids from the art, like these three sisters dressed as Claude Monet’s home in Giverny, France and his inspirational water lilies. Monkey Boys Productions built an enormous monster puppet named Hattie [short for Manhattan] that will be a focal point of CMA's float in the Village Halloween Parade. Kids created their own mini monsters to add to Hattie … …. which means the float will showcase kids’ artwork side-by-side with the work of professional artists! We also created our own trick or treat bags using Baggu totes …. …. and built a shadow puppet mural in the style of silhouette artist Kara Walker. Baby DJ School turned the lobby into a kid-powered dance floor …. … and ended the day with a triumphant Costume Catwalk where kids showed off the costumes and accessories they created that day. Donate now & support more free events like this one NEXT Emergency Exhibition: New Training for Future Artists and Art Lovers Take a Virtual Tour on Bloomberg Connects Donate Now

1/24/24 Artists in Schools Viewing Henry Taylor at the Whitney Museum CMA Resident Artist Maria D. Rapicavoli visited the Whitney Museum with her after school students from Hudson Guild. Click to expand media gallery. Our after school students from Hudson Guild returned to the Whitney Museum of American Art this week for a behind-the-scenes tour of Henry Taylor: B-Side . This was their second ever visit to an art museum, following last week’s visit to the Ruth Asawa exhibition! We are extremely grateful to volunteer docent Gay Young , who connected with our students on a personal level and offered engaging stories about the people depicted in Taylor’s paintings. Of course, it wouldn't be art class without drawing time. Students can’t wait to make a return trip soon. Thank you to our institutional partners and to CMA Resident Artist Maria D. Rapicavoli for making these field trips happen! 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

9/28/23 News CMA Joins Bloomberg Connects, the Free Arts & Culture App Children's Museum of the Arts, now in the palm of your hand. Click to expand media gallery. We couldn’t be more excited to join the legion of world class cultural organizations on Bloomberg Connects , the free arts and culture app. Enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at our recent exhibition sampling , hear the child artists of The Lemonade Stand describe their artworks, read profiles of our Artists in Residence , and so much more – and more to come. Explore CMA anytime, anywhere. Download for iPhone and Android NEXT Emergency Exhibition: New Training for Future Artists and Art Lovers Take a Virtual Tour on Bloomberg Connects Donate Now