Children's Art Carnival in Harlem: The Making of Contemporary Artists
Armando Alleyne, Tomie Arai, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Milagros Batista, Betty Blayton, Brad Brewer, Lenore Browne, Élan Cadiz, Rocco Candela, Carlos Corona, Michael A. Cummings, Carmen L. de Jesus, Jonathan Finlayson, Janet Olivia Henry, Robin Holder, Elisabeth Kley, Michael Macioce, Steve Mayo, Dindga McCannon, Tomo Mori, Sana Musasama, Senga Nengudi, Ademola Olugebefola, José Ortiz, Dionis Ortiz, Tschabalala Self, Beverly Semmes, Pop A. Mr. E., Sol'Sax, Tamara Wasserman, Emmett Wigglesworth, Michael Kelly Williams
Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery
615 W 129th St, New York, NY 10027
Wed-Sun 12pm-6pm
Admission
Free Admission
About
Children's Art Carnival in Harlem: The Making of Contemporary Artists amplifies the Children's Art Carnival's (CAC) central role in supporting the art of Black and diverse contemporary artists, establishing a home for emerging and established artists, and creating a model for community-based arts education and engagement that fosters empowerment. Harlem's CAC (1969-present) was an outgrowth of MoMA's Children's Art Carnival, which was established by MoMA's founding Education Director, Victor D'Amico in 1942. In 1969 MoMA re-imagined CAC as an outreach program in Harlem under the leadership of Betty Blayton-Taylor (1937-2016), an artist, educator, community activist, and co-founder of the Studio Museum in Harlem. In 1973, she established CAC as an independent nonprofit organization at its current home at 62 Hamilton Terrace. Blayton's vision for CAC harnessed the political energy of the Black Arts Movement to provide Harlem's youth with community-based critical arts education, career development, and enrichment in a community impacted by systemic injustice.