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Creative thinking, expression & conversations connecting people & art. Activities & prompts for all ages & abilities from the Education team @MuseumModernArt

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Hey families—ready for a day full of art, fun, and a little magic? MoMA’s Family Festival: Another World starts this weekend!

Prepare for an action-packed adventure celebrating the magic of nature and ways to care for our planet with artist-created environments, drop-in art making, film screenings, gallery activities, and more.

🗓️ February 15 – 19
🎟️ Get your tickets here: https://t.co/h5i1aVMtRO

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#WordOfTheWeek: Gouache

Gouache, sometimes called opaque watercolor, is a water-based matte paint.

Wifredo Lam used gouache to create the luminescent colors in "The Jungle (La Jungla)."

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Is it just us or has summer flown by?

What has been the highlight of your summer so far? Is there anything you still want to do?

For today's #ArtfulPracticesforWellBeing moment, we're taking inspiration from this cat and slowing down to soak up the sun.

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#WordOfTheWeek: Frottage

A technique that involves rubbing pencil, graphite, chalk, crayon, or another medium onto a sheet of paper placed on top of a textured object or surface.

Find a surface with an interesting texture and try it yourself!

🖼️: "XRTC 4" by Gabriel Orozco

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Looking for a way to celebrate #WorldPhotoDay? Join an international community of learners and art lovers by enrolling in #SeeingThroughPhotographs, one of our 10 free online courses on @coursera!

Enroll at any time & take the course at your own pace: https://t.co/hHhlIyglbp

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@areckoning The artist is Masuo Ikeda and the work title is "I Continue Sleeping": https://t.co/KTcGLZjhka

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If you're feeling exhausted, burnt out, or concerned about the future, you're not alone. We all need rest and time away from the pressures of productivity.

What are some ways that you can make space for rest in your daily life? Let us know!

#ArtfulPracticesForWellBeing

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#WordOfTheWeek: Exquisite Corpse

A game where each participant takes turns writing or drawing on a sheet of paper, folds it to hide their contribution, then passes it to the next player for a further contribution.

What details would you have added to this collaborative drawing?

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#WordOfTheWeek: Documentary Photography

A genre of photography that aims to objectively chronicle a subject or event.

Gordon Parks's "Harlem Rally" is one of several photos the artist made during the 1960s to record moments in the Civil Rights Movement.

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There's still time to register for tomorrow's panel discussion on gifting. Join Gabrielle L’Hirondelle-Hill and other artists for this collaborative program with @AICHNYC.

Registration link below!

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Tune in Aug 10 at 8pm ET for a collaborative event with @AICHNYC in conjunction with the exhibition "Projects: Gabrielle L'Hirondelle-Hill." Join artists and musicians as they explore concepts of gifts and gifting.

Register to attend: https://t.co/4LwAQ4cj7y

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“My women are actually flying; they are just free, totally. They take their liberation by confronting this huge masculine icon—the bridge.”
—Faith Ringgold

What types of movements feel most freeing to you?

#ArtfulPracticesForWellBeing

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Tune in Aug 10 at 8pm ET for a collaborative event with @AICHNYC in conjunction with the exhibition "Projects: Gabrielle L'Hirondelle-Hill." Join artists and musicians as they explore concepts of gifts and gifting.

Register to attend: https://t.co/4LwAQ4cj7y

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#WordOfTheWeek: Choreography

Choreography is the art of creating and arranging dances or ballets or a work created by this art.

Simone Forti's "Dance Construction" is based on improvisation and everyday movements: https://t.co/1WWzgnXHBZ

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Looking for a way to wrap up the summer? Get creative with Hey Kids! Art Crew: a series of videos exploring artmaking activities inspired by MoMA's collection.

You can watch the videos anytime & join us August 5 for our last share session of the summer: https://t.co/DrtAoZNwcX

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Neuroscientist Christopher Tyler says that one way to appreciate art is by projecting our feelings & sensations onto depicted scenes.

Is there an artwork that you've experienced through sensations? How did that feel?

📰: https://t.co/2q457h4bIr

#ArtfulPracticesForWellBeing

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Eating ice cream releases dopamine and serotonin, both of which can make you feel calmer, happier, and more alert.

Tell us: what ice cream flavor would you put in this cone?

#ArtfulPracticesForWellBeing

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Yesterday was #NationalIceCreamDay & what's ice cream without a cone!

Did you know there's an ice cream cone in MoMA's Design collection? Italo Marchioni invented the ice cream cone in 1896 as a portable solution to eating ice cream in public.

🍦: https://t.co/3h5ZtiGO1H

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Moore Campbell once said, "We need a national campaign to destigmatize mental illness, especially one targeted toward African Americans. ...It is not shameful to have a mental illness."

Learn more about her legacy: https://t.co/HjHNh3FHsN

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On #WellnessWednesdays, we reflect on #ArtfulPracticesforWellBeing. This week, we hope you'll join us in learning about BIPOC Mental Health Month:

https://t.co/7ABf20eTio

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Bebe Moore Campbell was an author and mental health advocate who worked to increase mental health awareness in Black and brown communities. Thanks to her efforts, July is known as BIPOC Mental Health Month.