CMA Stories

“Giving, sharing, and making sure that children, families, and people on the peripheries of centralized power structures have access to art is important”— 5 Minutes with Artist Nina Isabelle

Stone Ridge-based multidisciplinary artist Nina Isabelle works with perception, action, language, and phenomena. Read more

“My one and only advice is to be 100% honest with yourself” — 5 Minutes with Artist Uta Brauser

Artist Uta Brauser's street murals of Frida Kahlo served as inspiration for our programming on International Day of the Girl. Read more

“Art, like reading, is a doorway to many worlds” — 5 Minutes with Artist Amanda Browder

Fabric artist Amanda Browder serves as inspiration for this week's Community Zoom Quilt project during Club CMA. Read more

“To identify and learn from the clarity and truthfulness that [children] reflect requires patience and devotion” — 5 Minutes with Teaching Artist Jacob Hicks

CMA Teaching Artist Jacob Hicks is back to teach online After School classes this semester. Read more

“When I came to the USA and took my first photography class, I knew that I had to make images from that moment on” — 5 Minutes with CMA’s Raquel Du Toit

CMA Associate Director of Programming Raquel Du Toit discusses programming themes for this summer's CMA Live! classes, as well as artistic journey from Mexico to Washington to New York City. Read more

“Working with children is the perfect antidote to taking oneself too seriously” — 5 Minutes with Artist Jamie Emerson

Artist Jamie Emerson joins Set Design as a guest artist this week. Read more

“Art and creativity is at the center of some of the boldest innovations in science, technology, creating a better and more enjoyable world. ” — 5 Minutes With Artist and Gallerist Kathleen Vance

Artist and gallerist Kathleen Vance joins GirlStories as a guest mentor this week. Read more

“Through becoming different characters and telling stories, children learn what life is like in someone else’s shoes” — 5 Minutes With Teaching Artist Mackie Saylor

CMA Community and School Programs Manager and trained thespian Mackie Saylor is bringing theater back to CMA! Read more

“Art and freedom are so intertwined in one another” — 5 Minutes With Artist Yasmeen Abdallah

Artist, educator, and activist Yasmeen Abdallah joins GirlStories as a guest artist this week. Read more

“What all children seem to have in common is creativity” — 5 Minutes With Artist Nina Boesch

Nina Boesch is a Brooklyn-based mom, designer, artist and founder of Stay Home. Reach Out, a global kindness activity that allows strangers to write each other postcards from all over the world! Read more

“I may not be able to make an artist out of every child, but if I can make a child an art lover, then I’ve accomplished something” — 5 Minutes With Painter Brady Legler

Jewelry designer and painter Brady Legler's latest project, Color My Abstract World, draws on his past work at CMA to provide creative at-home art activities for children. Read more

CMA Collaborates with Albers Foundation For #AlbersForKids Educational Initiative

CMA teams up with The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation for Albers for Kids, a new online educational initiative for young artists of all ages. Read more

“Art creates conversation which creates relationships which creates community” — 5 Minutes with Lindz of Queer Kid Stuff

Meet Lindz Amer (and their best stuffed friend Teddy) of Queer Kid Stuff, an webseries for LGBTQ+ children and their families. Read more

“Art-making is always also a project of space-making” — DIY Wheatpaste Squid Sculptures with Reed Hexamer

Spend 10 minutes with CMA Teaching Artist Reed Hexamer and learn how you can make your own wheatpaste squid sculpture at home. Read more

“With accessible art, students learn that creativity is within them” — 5 Minutes with Mx. Rich

Meet CMA-Teaching-Artist-turned-LA-maker Mx. Rich and their new workshop series, Mx. Rich Makes! Read more

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