Join us for a pair of presentations that consider the pedagogical underpinnings of the Children’s Art Carnival from its inception at MoMA in 1942 to its re-imagining in 1969 as the Harlem Children’s Arts Carnival. The program will also explore the role of community organizations like the Children’s Art Carnival in relation to the social movements of the 1960s and 1970s and New York City public education.
To register for this program please use this link:
https://events.leapevents.com/event/radical-arts-education
Dr. kecia hayes has been a champion of antiracist k-12 leadership and praxis across a variety of organizational settings in New York City for more than two decades. Most recently, she led two community-focused organizations at Columbia University including the Double Discovery Center where she transformed the organization's approach to college access and support for low-income and first-generation community youth; and the Raising Educational Achievement Coalition in Harlem where she was the founding Director and chief architect of Teachers College's university-assisted, community school initiative. She is currently Senior Professorial Lecturer at American University’s Baker School of Education.
Sara Torres-Vega holds a PhD in Fine Arts and is an artist, educator, and researcher at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Her work explores the potential of art as a tool for social transformation through archival projects and collaborative practices developed with institutions such as Tate in London, MoMA in New York, and the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid. She currently serves as Director of MAAAL (Museum of Art and Open-Air Learning) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Children’s Art Carnival in Harlem: The Making of Contemporary Artists, on view at the Wallach Art Gallery through September 13.
