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

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…


#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)."

MoMAlearning's tweet image. #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)."

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.

MoMAlearning's tweet image. 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.

#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

MoMAlearning's tweet image. #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

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: moma.org/courses


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

MoMAlearning's tweet image. 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

#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?

MoMAlearning's tweet image. #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?

#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.

MoMAlearning's tweet image. #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.

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!

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: mo.ma/3yenuqa

MoMAlearning's tweet image. 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: mo.ma/3yenuqa


“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

MoMAlearning's tweet image. “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

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: mo.ma/3yenuqa

MoMAlearning's tweet image. 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: mo.ma/3yenuqa

#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: moma.org/magazine/artic…

MoMAlearning's tweet image. #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: moma.org/magazine/artic…

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: mo.ma/3xf8abB

MoMAlearning's tweet image. 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: mo.ma/3xf8abB

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? 📰: bit.ly/3C0kFLN #ArtfulPracticesForWellBeing

MoMAlearning's tweet image. 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? 

📰: bit.ly/3C0kFLN

#ArtfulPracticesForWellBeing

Emotions have temperatures. We might feel hot when anxious or angry. Helping our bodies cool down can reduce emotional intensity. Try this: hold an ice cube at the base of your neck and notice what shifts. How are you staying cool this summer? #ArtfulPracticesForWellBeing

MoMAlearning's tweet image. Emotions have temperatures. We might feel hot when anxious or angry. Helping our bodies cool down can reduce emotional intensity.

Try this: hold an ice cube at the base of your neck and notice what shifts.

How are you staying cool this summer?

#ArtfulPracticesForWellBeing

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