By
the end of September, the CMA will leave its digs on
Lafayette Street in SoHo to open in a bigger and better space on Charlton
Street in the heart of Hudson Square. But before the monstrous move, they want
to be sure to exit with an artistic B-O-O-M! —
COME CELEBRATE CMA‘s 10-year existence in SoHo with a month of afternoon workshops and
activities. A few highlights include:
- Saturday, September 10: Art Olympics
(12-5pm, All Ages) - Sunday, September 11: Giant Recycled
Sculpture (12-5pm,
All Ages) - Wednesday, September 14: Annie’s
Story Time (4pm,
All Ages) - Friday, September, September 23: “High
Five CMA” Mural (12-5pm,
All Ages) - Sunday, September 25: Goodbye/Hello
Party (12-5pm,
All Ages)
On
September 10, be sure to catch a celebration of the exhibition “Beyond the
Refrigerator Door”. Visitors can peruse art produced by young artists from CMA‘s Summer Art Colony Classes
on Governors
Island, as well as some masterpieces of their Free Art Island Outpost
and view looping films from Media Arts Camp students. The films will be a good
warm-up for the following Saturday (September 17), when CMA, in conjunction with
Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill Cinemas, will host a free screening of short films made
by New York City student filmmakers on Governors Island.
THE EXCITEMENT WILL BUILD on October 1, when CMA‘s first exhibit on Charlton Street will open. Make Art (In)
Public offers a survey of art in the public realm, featuring work from artists
including Keith Haring, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Remed, Friedensreich
Hundertwasser, Moondog, and Tranqui Yanqui. The exhibit explores public art as
a function of society and the ways in which art contributes to culture and
public life.
The
exhibit’s home will be able to accommodate the public like never before.
- 10,000-square feet of space for educational
programming - 2,000-square feet of gallery space
- a beautiful, brand new media lab
- CMA will also serve more members of the
community and NYC public school students through its partnership with
Cultural After School Adventures and various educational initiatives
THE CHARLTON STREET CMA will continue to serve the usual niches as well as offer brand
new programming for art-loving babies and adolescents. Among its first fall classes
will be WEE Arts. This program will help acquaint young kids (ages 10 months-5
years) with art and encourage creativity and experimentation, the foundation
for a lifelong love of learning and discovery. If parents aren’t sure they want
to pre-register their kids, drop-in options sessions are available so families
can get a feel for the classes. WEE Arts’ older-sibling counterpart, After
School, offers classes for 5- to12-year-olds taught by professional teaching
artists in a range of diverse media, including foundations of art, art in
Japanese, wearable art, puppetry, photography, podcasting, fine arts, animated
film and media lab. The two-times-older counterpart program, @5, teaches teens advanced
filmmaking, drawing & painting, sound studio and fashion.
For more information about CMA‘s September
programming or their exciting move to Charlton Street in October, please visit their website here.
