SouL. Sound. Color. with Aleathia Brown
Black Music Month falls in with Juneteenth a Celebration of the Global Contributions that Black creatives have gifted and changed the world with SouL is in the heart.
Black Music Month falls in with Juneteenth a Celebration of the Global Contributions that Black creatives have gifted and changed the world with SouL is in the heart.
Opening Reception, Friday, July 10, 6–8 PM. Still Here: Harlem Eternal is a multimedia exhibition honoring the people, histories, and cultural legacy of Harlem through photography, poetry, visual art, and film.
Join exhibition curator Souleo to discover the role of music in the Children’s Art Carnival studio spaces and hear exhibition artists share their memories of the Children’s Art Carnival past and present. This event features recollections by artists Élan Cadiz, Dindga McCannon, and Ademola Olugebefola and a special live performance by Vanisha Gould.
Explore mask-making from a new, creative perspective. Vickie Fremont will encourage participating family members to work together to craft stunning papier-mâché masks reflecting their own family stories and characters.
Join artist Dionis Ortiz for a hands-on workshop exploring Xerox transfer techniques as a tool for storytelling, memory, and image-making.
Think you can't draw? Well, let's change that now! In this lively mixed-age drawing studio, artists of all ages BLOSSOM as they receive personalized 1:1 coaching.
Craft a doll from your imagination – working together to create hair from colorful yarn, shape the silhouette, and use African fabrics and other materials to create a figure dressed in a patchwork skirt and tunic with a unique hairstyle.
Speakers: Jo Backer Laird and Stephanie Bunting Glaser.
Participants will be guided through the techniques and terminology of three-layer quilting to finish your firsthand quilted project.
Black Music Month falls in with Juneteenth a Celebration of the Global Contributions that Black creatives have gifted and changed the world with SouL is in the heart.
Explore traditional Yoruba textile art designs specifically referring to wax-resist batik. With Oluwaseyi Awoyomi.
Think you can't draw? Well, let's change that now! In this lively mixed-age drawing studio, artists of all ages BLOSSOM as they receive personalized 1:1 coaching.
Think you can't draw? Well, let's change that now! In this lively mixed-age drawing studio, artists of all ages BLOSSOM as they receive personalized 1:1 coaching.
Participants will be guided through the techniques and terminology of three-layer quilting to finish your firsthand quilted project.
Think you can't draw? Well, let's change that now! In this lively mixed-age drawing studio, artists of all ages BLOSSOM as they receive personalized 1:1 coaching.
Participants will be guided through the techniques and terminology of three-layer quilting to finish your firsthand quilted project.
Participants will be guided through the techniques and terminology of three-layer quilting to finish your firsthand quilted project.
June 27, 2026 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Wallach Kids: A Closer Look with Tomo Mori, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Wallach Talks: Children’s Art Carnival in Harlem: The Making of Contemporary Artists.
Black Music Month falls in with Juneteenth a Celebration of the Global Contributions that Black creatives have gifted and changed the world with SouL is in the heart.
Think you can't draw? Well, let's change that now! In this lively mixed-age drawing studio, artists of all ages BLOSSOM as they receive personalized 1:1 coaching.
Create your own zine using mixed-media art to share your stories, vision, and ideas. Free art materials, food, and refreshments will be provided, with lunch included.
Create your own zine using mixed-media art to share your stories, vision, and ideas. Free art materials, food, and refreshments will be provided, with lunch included.
This special program explores the radical educational vision of the Children’s Art Carnival, from its beginnings at MoMA in 1942 to its transformation into the Harlem Children’s Arts Carnival in 1969. Dr. Kecia Hayes and Sara Torres-Vega will examine the Carnival’s connections to youth development, community organizing, the social movements of the 1960s and 1970s, and New York City public education.
Fiber artist and master crocheter Milagros Batista invites you to contribute to her piece The Garden of Stitches. During this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to crochet motif pieces that will become part of Batista’s installation The Garden of Stitches, which is on view at the Children’s Art Carnival at 62 Hamilton Terrace.