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SUMMARY:Open Call - Online Application - today to August 8
DESCRIPTION: “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n– French novelist Victor Hugo \n  \n\n\nAre you an artist who uses music to inspire their work?\n\n\n\n\nMusic is widely recognized as a transcendent language with the capacity to unite\, heal\, and transform individuals and society. CAC will be accepting submissions for our Fall 2026 exhibition focused on the Art of Music. \nExhibition Dates: Oct 16 to Nov 15\, 2026 \nInstallation/Delivery: Sept 21 – Oct 2\, 2026 \nSubmission Open: July 4\, 2026\nSubmission Deadline: August 8\, 2026 \n\n\nSUBMIT YOUR WORK\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://childrensartcarnival.org/event/open-call-online-application-today-to-august-8/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Community Workshops
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SUMMARY:Bead and Wire Crochet with Handmade Beads
DESCRIPTION:Date: August 8 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm\nArtist: Omi Gray \nLearn to manipulate basic crochet stitches\, wire and beads to design a one-of-a-kind necklace. \nPrerequisite: Knowledge of crochet stitches. \nMaterials included \n\nRegistration is required to participate: REGISTER on the Harlem Needle Arts Website \n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://childrensartcarnival.org/event/harlem-needle-arts-adire-alabere-2/
LOCATION:The Children’s Art Carnival\, 62 Hamilton Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Workshops
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SUMMARY:1:1 Summer Sketch Lab
DESCRIPTION:Date: Sunday\, August 9\, 2-4 PM\n2nd and 4th Sunday of the Month\, July 12\, 26 and August 9\, 23\nFacilitator: Laura King\nFor: All Ages \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThink 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 while working on drawing projects of their choice. Join us and learn foundational drawing skills. Improve your technique. Explore your creativity and develop a style that’s uniquely yours. Sketch Lab beginners gain confidence\, experienced artists refine their practice\, and everyone enjoys the inspiration that comes from creating in a mixed-ages group of children\, teens\, adults\, and grandparents. You’ll leave each session with new skills\, new friends\, a drawing you’re proud of\, and plenty of encouragement from your fellow artists. \nFee: $5 or Pay-What-You-Can \n\n\n\nRegistration is required to participate: REGISTER\n12 participants max \nAbout Facilitator: Laura King \n \nA resident of West Harlem since 2015\, Laura King has a BS degree in environmental science and an extensive background in artmaking and teaching. She loves New York’s urban culture and color\, while she is equally passionate about finding and celebrating nature in the city. Laura is a volunteer gardener at the Hamilton Grange\, a certified animal rescuer\, and an artist who takes delight in illuminating the natural beauty that can be found EVERYWHERE in our urban jungle. Her drawings express her love for nature on many levels\, and she aims wholeheartedly to spark that joy and appreciation in her students\, too. \nIf you want to draw from a photo\, feel free to bring your own photos or black-and-white photocopies.\n  \n\n\n\n\nJust like your handwriting is unique\, so is your drawing style. Laura will help you express your inner artist!\n  \nThe way we sketch can match our mood – these quick model sketches are from Laura’s notebook.\n  \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is required to participate: REGISTER
URL:https://childrensartcarnival.org/event/11-summer-sketch-lab-3/
LOCATION:The Children’s Art Carnival\, 62 Hamilton Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Workshops
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SUMMARY:Botanical Print Silk Scarf
DESCRIPTION:Date: August 15 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm\nArtist: Omi Gray \nExplore an eco-printing technique which utilizes natural elements like leaves\, eucalyptus and flowers to design and create printed textiles. \nMaterials included. \n\nRegistration is required to participate: REGISTER on the Harlem Needle Arts Website \n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://childrensartcarnival.org/event/botanical-print-silk-scarf/
LOCATION:The Children’s Art Carnival\, 62 Hamilton Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Workshops
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SUMMARY:Harlem Needle Arts: Adire Alabere
DESCRIPTION:Date: August 16 @ 10:00 am – 2:30 pm\nFee: $100.00\nAdire Alabere \nArtist: Oluwaseyi Awoyomi \nA stitch-resist technique that garners some of the most stunning indigo fabric patterns. \nMaterials included \n\nRegistration is required to participate: REGISTER on the Harlem Needle Arts Website \n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://childrensartcarnival.org/event/harlem-needle-arts-adire-alabere/
LOCATION:The Children’s Art Carnival\, 62 Hamilton Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Workshops
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SUMMARY:MOMA: Everybody Has Something to Say: Perspectives on the Children's Art Carnival in Harlem
DESCRIPTION:Date: August 21\, 2026\nTime: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM\n\n\n\n  \n\nLocation: MoMA\, Mezzanine\, Theater 3: The Celeste Bartos Theater. 4 W 54th Street\, New York NY\, 10019\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis conversation brings together artists and educators robin holder\, Donna M. Jones\, and Tschabalala Self for a discussion about the impact of the Children’s Art Carnival over five decades. The Harlem’s Children’s Art Carnival (1969-present) was an outgrowth of MoMA’s annual event-based art education series of the same name that was established by MoMA’s founding Education Director\, Victor D’Amico\, in 1942. In 1969\, MoMA re-imagined the Carnival as a free outreach program in Harlem under the leadership of Betty Blayton-Taylor (1937-2016)\, an artist (known as Betty Blayton)\, educator\, community activist\, and co-founder of the Studio Museum in Harlem.  The discussion is moderated by exhibition curator Souleo and considers the Children’s Art Carnival’s origins\, its central role in supporting the art of Black and diverse contemporary artists\, and leadership in creating a dynamic teaching environment and pedagogical model for community-based arts education. \nrobin holder is an American visual artist and activist known for her mixed-media printmaking and paintings. Her work explores themes of racial and spiritual identity\, social justice\, and personal experience. She has completed several large scale site specific public art commissions\, most notably 34 glass windows for the NYC subway. \nShe has been active in arts education for over 30 years and taught at the Carnival. \nDonna M. Jones holds an Ed.D. from Harvard University\, Graduate School of Education. At the Children’s Art Carnival\, Dr. Jones worked closely with Betty Blayton\, Executive Director and Founder\, and Martha Norris\, Education Director. She currently serves on the Carnival’s Board of Directors. \nTschabalala Self lives and works in the Hudson Valley\, New York. Self is an artist who builds a singular style from the syncretic use of painting\, printmaking and sculpture to explore ideas surrounding figuration. Recent solo exhibitions and performances include Australian Centre for Contemporary Art\, Melbourne (2025); Longlati Foundation\, Shanghai (2025)\, and Espoo Museum of Modern Art\, Finland (2024) among others. In her youth she attended Carnival classes. \nSouleo is a curator\, writer\, impresario\, consultant\, and muse who documents and amplifies the stories of emerging and underrepresented artists and creative figures. Children’s Art Carnival in Harlem: The Making of Contemporary Artists is his most recent exhibition. Previous curatorial projects include Beau McCall: Buttons On! (2024-present)\, Fuller Craft Museum\, Brockton\, MA\, and national tour; Dianne Smith: Two Turntables & a Microphone\, (2023) at Bronx Museum of the Arts\, New York\, and Showing Out: Fashion in Harlem\, (2021)\, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture\, New York\, NY amongst others. \nThis program is presented in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art and in conjunction with the Wallach Art Gallery exhibition Children’s Art Carnival in Harlem: The Making of Contemporary Artists\, on view from June 26 through September 13\, 2026. \nRSVP\nplease use this registration link: https://everybodyhassomethingtosay.splashthat.com/\n\nAbout Exhibition:\n\nChildren’s Art Carnival in Harlem: The Making of Contemporary Artists at Wallach Art GalleryFor the fourth iteration of its Uptown Triennial series\, Wallach Art Gallery presents Children’s Art Carnival in Harlem: The Making of Contemporary Artists\, an exhibition examining how a community art center emphasized creative freedom\, experimentation\, and communal bonds through the work of its affiliated artists. The curriculum would vary\, morph\, and evolve over the more-than-five-decades since its founding\, grounded in the belief that working artists can be creative\, art can build confidence and a strong sense of identity\, and that community can bind people together through pedagogy and care. Often working between figuration and abstraction\, the featured Carnival artists employ a wide spectrum of artistic practices such as painting\, printmaking\, and photography; legacy techniques such as quiltmaking and ceramics; as well as the incorporation of found objects\, assemblage\, and wearable art. \nThis exhibition is free and open to the public.\nJune 26 – September 13\, 2026\nGallery Hours: Wed-Sun 12 PM to 6 PM \nPLAN YOUR VISIT \n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://childrensartcarnival.org/event/moma-everybody-has-something-to-say-perspectives-on-the-childrens-art-carnival-in-harlem/
LOCATION:Wallach Gallery Columbia University\, 615 W 129th St\, New York\, NY\, 10027
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Black N’ White of It with Aleathia Brown 
DESCRIPTION:Black N’ White of It with Aleathia Brown \n\n\nVenue: The Children’s Art Carnival\n62 Hamilton Terrace\, Harlem\, NY 10031\n\nDate: Friday\, August 21\, 2026\,  6-9 PM\n\n\n\nBlack and White designs date back to ancient Africa from 100\,000 to 200\,000 years ago\, with geometric patterns and painted sketches influencing design today. When well done\, black & white art can be as bold and colorful compositionally as the allure of using the spectrum of colors. \nIn this Adult Art is Wellness session\, participants walk away with their own personal masterpiece\, including symbolic elements of the past. The journey each will experience connects with identity\, flow\, spirituality\, and a message. Layered with details\, we celebrate the power of Black on a White surface. \nArt from a designing perspective beautifies and\, regarding purpose\, solves a problem. The key component to unlocking Your imagination during this Art workshop is playing with a variety of patterns from made-up to existing\, then blending until a bold new creation is born. This Art Workshop will be guided by Master Teaching Artist Aleathia Brown. Welcome to the table\, New Artists and Professional creatives alike. \n \nCommunity Engagement benefits when we all invest into the process.\nTo Sponsor a ticket or 2 or more for those unable to pay wanting/needing to attend is the ultimate gift that keeps on giving. It allows Aleathia to cover the expense of conducting an art workshop. It invites creativity when life stresses from limited funds\, warms those attending building camaraderie. Thanks in advance for Your community investment!\nTickets $48.50 \n\nThe Musical Journey playlist by DJ Masai\nLight Refreshments served\nArt Materials included\n\nRegister by booking a seat at the table with\nMaster Teaching Artist Aleathia Brown of Aleathia’s Original Artworks\naleathiab.art@gmail.com\nInstagram: @aleathias_original_artworks\npayment site:\nBlack N’ White of It \nhttps://square.link/u/NF5xKDPI\nPhone: 646 345 2851 \n  \nInstagram: @aleathias_original_artworks \nContact: aleathiab.art@gmail.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://childrensartcarnival.org/event/black-n-white-of-it-with-aleathia-brown/
LOCATION:The Children’s Art Carnival\, 62 Hamilton Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Workshops
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SUMMARY:1:1 Summer Sketch Lab
DESCRIPTION:Date: Sunday\, August 23\, 2-4 PM\n2nd and 4th Sunday of the Month\, July 12\, 26 and August 9\, 23\nFacilitator: Laura King\nFor: All Ages \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThink 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 while working on drawing projects of their choice. Join us and learn foundational drawing skills. Improve your technique. Explore your creativity and develop a style that’s uniquely yours. Sketch Lab beginners gain confidence\, experienced artists refine their practice\, and everyone enjoys the inspiration that comes from creating in a mixed-ages group of children\, teens\, adults\, and grandparents. You’ll leave each session with new skills\, new friends\, a drawing you’re proud of\, and plenty of encouragement from your fellow artists. \nFee: $5 or Pay-What-You-Can \n\n\n\nRegistration is required to participate: REGISTER\n12 participants max \nAbout Facilitator: Laura King \n \nA resident of West Harlem since 2015\, Laura King has a BS degree in environmental science and an extensive background in artmaking and teaching. She loves New York’s urban culture and color\, while she is equally passionate about finding and celebrating nature in the city. Laura is a volunteer gardener at the Hamilton Grange\, a certified animal rescuer\, and an artist who takes delight in illuminating the natural beauty that can be found EVERYWHERE in our urban jungle. Her drawings express her love for nature on many levels\, and she aims wholeheartedly to spark that joy and appreciation in her students\, too. \nIf you want to draw from a photo\, feel free to bring your own photos or black-and-white photocopies.\n  \n\n\n\n\nJust like your handwriting is unique\, so is your drawing style. Laura will help you express your inner artist!\n  \nThe way we sketch can match our mood – these quick model sketches are from Laura’s notebook.\n  \n \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is required to participate: REGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://childrensartcarnival.org/event/11-summer-sketch-lab-4/
LOCATION:The Children’s Art Carnival\, 62 Hamilton Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Workshops
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