Children's Museum of the Arts - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Children's Museum of the Arts. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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“Home Sweet Home: Is a Home a Sanctuary?” Exhibition
Children’s Museum of the Arts presents Home Sweet Home: Is a Home a Sanctuary?, a group exhibition featuring Emilie Clark, Tom Fruin, Todd Hido, Lucia Hierro, Ann Toebbe, Shinique Smith, and Letha Wilson....More »
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E.V. Day”Breaking the Glass Ceiling”
Children’s Museum of the Arts (CMA) presents E. V. Day: Breaking the Glass Ceiling, a gravity-defying exhibition that encourages viewers to aim high and break through their own invisible barriers. Known...More »
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Rachel Marks “Naturae Liber”
Rachel Marks’ Bridge Project will create an immersive installation in which families will be invited to see and hear the story of the unnatural forest. With each step into this otherworldly plant life,...More »
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“A Way With Words: the Power and Art of the Book” Exhibition
Children’s Museum of the Arts (CMA) presents A Way With Words: The Power and Art of the Book, an exhibition that presents artworks which draw attention to the long and remarkable history of the book. The...More »
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“Art & Activism: Drawing the line” Exhibition
Art & Activism: Drawing the line looks at art as a form of activism and considers different aesthetic strategies that artists have used to address the politically urgent questions of their time. The...More »
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“Scale: Possibilities of Perspective” Exhibition
CMA presents Scale: Possibilities of Perspective, an exhibition that explores the notion of scale and its ability to alter our impressions of the universe and our existence inside it. Highlighting the...More »
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Ellen Harvey “Ornaments and Other Refrigerator Magnets”
CMA presents Ellen Harvey: Ornaments and Other Refrigerator Magnets, a solo exhibition in the Cynthia C. Wainwright Gallery that brings together a selection of Harvey’s new and recent works. Ornamentation,...More »
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Ian Berry “The Secret Garden”
For more than 10 years, British artist Ian Berry has been using denim to portray scenes of contemporary life. For the Bridge Project, Berry will be using his trademark material to create a site-specific...More »
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“Maker, Maker” Exhibition
Exhibiting Artists: Derrick Adams, Sanford Biggers, Caroline Wells Chandler, Adam Frezza/Terri Chiao, Brad Kahlhamer, Jon Kessler, LoVid, Jason Middlebrook, Rebecca Morgan, Carlos Rolón/Dzine, and the...More »
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“Weather or Not, That is the Question” Exhibition
Children’s Museum of the Arts is pleased to announce Weather or Not, That is the Question, an exhibition about the power, mystery, and grandeur of weather and its impact on our environment. From early...More »
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“Mission to Space” Exhibition
Children’s Museum of the Arts presents Mission to Space, an exhibition about the mysteries of outer space and how it continues to challenge our imaginations. As life on Earth faces a volatile future, outer...More »
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“Game On!” Exhibition
Children’s Museum of the Arts announces Game On!, an exhibition about our passion for sport and how it has defined our individual and collective identities. Throughout history, the world of games —with...More »
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“Sew What?” Exhibition
Children’s Museum of the Arts announces Sew What? on view in the Cynthia C. Wainwright Gallery. This exhibition takes textile arts as its starting point and includes contemporary artists whose work transforms...More »
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“If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home” Exhibition
The Children’s Museum of the Arts (CMA) announces If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home on view in the Cynthia C. Wainwright Gallery. This exhibition takes cartography and mapping as its starting point and...More »
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“Far, Far Away…” Exhibition
The Children’s Museum of the Arts announces Far, Far Away…, on view in the Cynthia C. Wainwright Gallery. Far, Far Away… is an exhibition that considers the possibility of alternate worlds, dreamscapes...More »
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“Ditty Bop Stroll” Exhibition
A site-specific installation entitled Ditty Bop Stroll by ArtPod in collaboration with Dustin Schenk is featured in the interactive Bridge space. ArtPod and Schenk will create color field paintings on...More »
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“Pixelated: Sum of Its Pieces” Exhibition
Pixelated: Sum of its Pieces brings together emerging and mid-career artists whose work explores different means of perception. For better or worse, our lives are increasingly played out on a screen....More »
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Emilie Clark and Gregory Burnet “The Print Process Revealed”
The CMA front window features Emilie Clark’s Untitled print. The print is one of an edition of 35 commissioned by CMA using drypoint with spit bite aquatint etching. An accompanying exhibition demystifying...More »
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“Into the Third Dimension: 3D Printing for Young Artists” Exhibition
The Children’s Museum of the Arts announce Into the Third Dimension: 3D Printing for Young Artists in partnership with 3DP4E, on view in the CMA Lobby. This exhibition activates CMA’s permanent collection...More »
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“Drawn to Language” Exhibition
CMA presents our fall exhibition, Drawn to Language, on view in the Cynthia C. Wainwright Gallery. Drawn to Language is an exhibition that brings together emerging and mid-career artists whose work relates...More »
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“Focus: Artist as Observer” Exhibition
CMA presents our summer show Focus: Artist as Observer, an exhibition on view in the Cynthia C. Wainwright Gallery that explores the ways artists examine and celebrate various aspects of heritage, culture,...More »
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“Cabinets of Wonder: The Art of Collecting” Exhibition
CMA presents our spring show Cabinets of Wonder: The Art of Collecting, an exhibition of works by established and emerging artists that encourages curiosity about the world. Cabinets of Wonder or Curiosity...More »
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“Tweet” Exhibition
Now commonly used to refer to a “short communication of 140 characters,” prior to 2006 tweet was used to describe the chirp of a bird, generally perceived as a sweet or happy sound. In New York City,...More »
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“Works In Progress” Exhibition
Children’s Museum of the Arts presents Works In Progress, an ever-evolving exhibition that turns the CMA gallery into a blank canvas for artistic exploration, as well as a working studio, where guest artists...More »
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“Inside Out/Outside In” Exhibition
CMA presents Inside Out/Outside In, the 5th annual celebration of artwork from CMA’s school partnerships and community programs. The exhibition will host both individual and collaborative pieces created...More »
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“Face to Face” Exhibition
For twenty-five years, The Children’s Museum of the Arts (CMA) has provided children of all backgrounds the creative tools needed to promote self-expression and esteem through visual and performing arts....More »
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Rammellzee "The RAMMELLZEE Galaxseum"
- Media: Painting - Installation - Fashion - Product - Video installation - Performance Art
- 2012-10-04 - 2013-02-03
The Children’s Museum of the Arts presents the most comprehensive collection of works to-date by visionary artist and MC, RAMMELLZEE. Entitled The RAMMELLZEE Galaxseum, the exhibition will reveal the inner...More »
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"Art Forms: 75 Years of Arts Education" Exhibition
On July 11th, 1938, an eight-year old boy by the name of Alfred Cohen celebrated a major accomplishment: 40 of his paintings were put on display in what became the first one-man exhibition of children’s...More »
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Misaki Kawai "Love from Mt. Pom Pom"
The Children’s Museum of the Arts (CMA) presents an interdisciplinary art exhibition of new work by the internationally recognized Japanese artist Misaki Kawai, entitled Love from Mt. Pom Pom. Utilizing...More »
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"Make Art (In) Public" Exhibition
The Children’s Museum of the Arts presents the exhibition Make Art (In) Public, a survey of art in the public realm. As the inaugural show in CMA’s new, larger facility on Charlton Street, Make Art (In)...More »
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"Public Display" Exhibition
As a contracted arts service vendor with the NYC Department of Education, the Children’s Museum of the Arts brings innovative creative activities that support classroom curricula to children ages 3-16...More »
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"Art Within Reach: from the WPA to the Present" Exhibition
Art Within Reach: from the WPA to the Present, an intergenerational art exhibition which will explore the connections between growing up in New York City during the Great Depression and growing up in the...More »
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Herb Williams "Beneath the Surface"
Herb Williams uses crayons, but not to draw. A sculptor by trade, Williams has perfected the art of turning tens of thousands of crayons at a time into recognizable sculptural forms. He explores a multitude...More »
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"Tape Art: Let’s Draw Together!" Exhibition
For over 20 years Tape Art has traveled to schools, hospitals, museums, and city streets across America to work collaboratively in the creation of large murals made entirely of tape. Acting as public artists...More »
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"Public Display: The 2nd Annual Celebration of Children’s Artwork from CMA’s Public School Partnerships" Exhibition
The Children’s Museum of the Arts brings its quality arts programming to children in New York City public schools, as well as providing parents with art services, teachers with professional development,...More »
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"Five Years of Film, A History of CMA's Media Lab" Exhibition
Beginning in 2004, CMA’s Media Lab has fused the art of storytelling with technical stop-motion animation instruction. In classes taught by professional artists children learned to write, storyboard, design,...More »
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"Lunar New Year Family Festival" Exhibition
Children’s Museum of the Arts strives to validate the work of children as one of the purest and truest of art forms. We work to fulfill this mission by preserving artwork created by New York City children...More »
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"The Black Book of Colors" Exhibition
The Children's Museum of the Arts will be celebrating the innovative artwork of Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria with an exhibition dedicated to their children’s book The Black Book of Colors. Winner of...More »
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"6th Annual Beyond the Refrigerator Door" Exhibition
CMA’s sixth annual Beyond the Refrigerator Door exhibition is the exciting culmination of the work created by student artists in over thirty Summer Art Colony classes. This summer, CMA held classes at...More »
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"Public Display" Exhibition
CMA celebrates its partnerships with New York City public schools in an exhibition of works created throughout the 2008-2009 school year. CMA School Partnerships reach over 1,000 children annually and...More »
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"Okaasan, My Mother" Exhibition
A Collection of Portraits by Japanese Children from 1960. In May 1960, the fourth “My Mother” Society for Praise of Mothers, International Children’s Drawing Exhibition took place in Shiba-Tamachi Minatoku,...More »
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"El Dia de los Muertos" Exhibition
El Día de los Muertos is a Mexican celebration honoring family and friends who have passed away. It is a holiday of altars, color, music and remembrance. This is a holiday about heritage as much as religion....More »
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"Beyond the Refrigerator Door" Exhibition
Summer Art Colony Retrospective Show. This exhibition showcases the work created by children and their teachers during their time at the Summer Art Colony.More »
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Joanne Dugan "ABC 123: Seeing NYC"
Joanne Dugan shares her vision of NYC with an interpretation of her popular books ABCNYC and 123NYC. Inspired to create books that reflected her child’s urban world, Joanne and her son set out on a mission...More »
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“5 by 4 = 20: Celebrating CMA’s 20th Anniversary” Exhibition
“5 by 4 = 20: Celebrating CMA’s 20th Anniversary” is an exhibition designed to celebrate the diverse artistic experiences and energy that children and adult artists bring to the museum when they come to...More »