K-12 PROGRAMS
K-12 PROGRAMS
K-12 PROGRAMS
K-12 PROGRAMS
K-12 PROGRAMS

CMCA offers unparalleled engagement with works by living Maine artists. Our Look Inside, After school and ArtCamps invite students to look at and understand through hands on making and connection to living artists in their communities.

Our Youth Programs connect with 1,700 Young artists each year

LOOK INSIDE

Educational Program for All Students

Join us in-person or online for a guided visit of our exhibitions. Select from current or past exhibitions (online only) for a closer look. Look Inside is for students of all ages and is customized with developmentally designed experiences.

Look Inside visits strengthen

Visual literacy
Interdisciplinary learning
Deep and thoughtful looking
Hands-on creative making

Each 90 minute visit includes

Viewing current exhibitions for gallery-based activities
A related hands-on activity in the ArtLab studio

All visits are free of charge!
Interested in scheduling a tour? Fill out our group visit request form.

Before your visit, please take a look at our Museum Manners guide.

Contact Mia Bogyo, Director of Education at mbogyo@cmcanow.org with any additional questions.

virtual look inside available now

Unable to make the trip? Modeled after our beloved in-person Look Inside, we now offer visits virtually to groups beyond traveling capacity. Learn more by scheduling a visit with VLI Educator Tori Marsh.

Interested in scheduling a virtual tour? Fill out our group visit request form.

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS

Our after school program is in partnership with surrounding public and private high schools, fostering contemporary art practices and exposure to new materials and processes.

CMCA partners with elementary, middle, and high schools to bring arts education directly to local students through the following programs held at school sites. All programs focus focus on supporting the next generation of contemporaries though critiques, 1:1 mentorship, and workshops with exhibiting and community artists.