cARTie

Are you interested in being a named sponsor of our upcoming Fall Open House & Fundraiser? Join Wells Hollow Farm, Gary’s East Coast Service, and Connossieur Media in making this year’s event the best yet. With brand recognition and an opportunity to tangibly make a difference in the lives of thousands of young students across Connecticut (thereby preparing them to become the future of our workforce), sponsoring cARTie’s 2024 Fall Open House & Fundraiser also promises YOU dividends. Held on Saturday, October 26th from 5:30-7:30PM at Wells Hollow Farm in Shelton, cARTie’s Fall Open House is our largest community-gathering fundraiser and celebration of the ingenuity of students in and across our state who are involved in helping us bridge inequities in education and arts access. The evening is magical, and includes live music, a student-artist awards ceremony, fall arts and crafts activities, delicious food, an open wine and beer bar, impassioned stakeholder speeches, and exciting tours of the cARTie art museum bus. Email Clare(clare@cARTie.org), our Co-Founder and Executive Director, to learn more about sponsorship opportunities today.

Our new website is LIVE (www.cARTie.org)! You’ll notice we have worked diligently to curate a welcoming and exciting user experience. Details about events upcoming, our origin story, who’s involved, open roles, and more populate the site in colorful ways. We would love to hear your thoughts. Image Description: Here is a screenshot of the new cARTie website highlighting cARTie's key activities: museum-school visits, community pop-ups, events, and student-artist opportunities.

Guess how many school visits we already have scheduled with the cARTie art museum bus, going into this 2024-2025 year? That’s right… 85 and counting! It is because of you and your support of the cARTie mission — bridging inequities in education and arts access across CT — that we are able to serve more than 7,000 PK-2 students this year who would not otherwise benefit from early art and museum enrichment. Let’s gooooo!! [Video Description: Numbers flash from 1 to 85 (& counting!) atop a black background to show that cARTie has more than 85 school visits already scheduled for the 2034-2025 year.] #museumfieldtrip #cARTieInspired #cARTieMatters #ctarts

We're #hiring a new Early Childhood Art Museum Educator in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Apply today or share this post with your network.

When you think of cARTie, you might think... "inclusive!" "Insightful." "PLAYful" Now, you can see our defining characteristics come to life in the cARTie logo and branding, thanks to our wonderful Communications Committee Chair and Creative Director, Brian Lamy. Stay tuned for next steps at www.cARTie.org :)

Just like preschool… we’re your pre-museum 🏛️ We’re on a mission to make sure all young children in our homestate of Connecticut know they BELONG in museums. Aboard cARTie, they are WELCOME. They are INVITED. And they are SUPPORTED. We address inequities in access to art/museums for young children by bringing together promising practices in early childhood and museum education inside our art museum bus that travels directly to schools with limited resources. Already, we’ve introduced more than 7,000 PreK-2 students to the world of museums and helped prepare them for lifetimes ahead taking advantage of the powerful learning opportunities that museums offer. Learn more about our work and how you can get involved at www.cARTie.org. [Image Descriptions: (1) Atop a black background with a green blob, white text reads “just like preschool.” (2) Atop a white background with a green blob, black text reads “we’re your pre-museum.”] #cARTieInspired #cARTieMatters #premuseum #earlychildhoodarteducation #earlychildhoodmuseumeducation

We’re scheduling school visits for the 2024-2025 school year, and would love to reserve time to get to your students’ schools. Our visits include 60-90 minute lessons per PK-2 class. Classes have time aboard our art museum bus — practicing close looking, critical thinking, and collaboration — while also outside engaged in paired art-making activities. Lessons are aligned with NCCAS, ELA CCSS, CTELDS, SJ Standards, SEL Standards, and more. We provide pre- and post- visit enrichment as well, all tailored to meet your needs. Email us at hello@cartie.org to start a conversation and learn more about our program offerings. [Image Description: A group of students stand in front of the cARTie art bus with an educator. The photograph is tinted green, and the words “time to schedule your cARTie visits” are in white overtop.] #cARTieInspired #cARTieMatters #ctfieldtrips #ctartmuseum

We're #hiring a new Director in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Apply today or share this post with your network.

Would you like to help co-curate cARTie? We are especially recruiting families with children between the ages 3-8+ to help consult on important design and curation decisions for our upcoming exhibition aboard the bus, entitled “Emotion in Art.” As co-curators, you and your family would prototype (try out!) a few installations/interactives, vote on background music, contribute to our emotion map, write and record visual descriptions of works of art on view, and more. ℹ️ Co-Curation Workshops August 29 // 30 (5:00-6:30PM) at the cARTie Office (Shelton, CT) Light dinner and refreshments provided If you are interested in co-curating with cARTie on August 29th OR 30th, please email clare@cartie.org, indicating your interest and preferred date. Please note: We want to hear from a range of cARTie community members — of all ages, backgrounds, abilities, and interests. Please ensure that participating as co-curators is something your child(ren) wants to do and that you (or another adult) will be available to engage as well. The co-curation workshop will last approximately 90 minutes. [Image Description: This is a picture of children engaged in a collaborative drawing discussion with cARTie’s Executive Director with the words “Co-Curation with cARTie” written over top. The photograph is edited and shaded in two tones of pink.] #cocuration #cARTieInspired #cARTieMatters #codesign

We have learned a lot over the past three years… Here’s a snapshot: 1. It starts by connecting with school and community partners ✏️ 2. Continuously identify ways you can involve students ✨ 3. Think about how students might engage 🤔 4. Outfit your space to the best of your ability ✅ 5. Reserve funds to keep advancing accessibility 👍 6. Adapt along the way 🚌 [Image Description: Visual graphic explains lessons learned (above) over the past three years of starting/leading cARTie.] #cARTieInspired #cARTieMatters #lessonslearned #museumsmatter