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
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.
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.
ARTCAMP
Join us for summer 2025 ArtCamps; four camps open to youth ages 8-14 years of age, all 9:00-12:00pm Monday – Thursday. Please read all information thoroughly; for more information contact mbogyo@cmcanow.org.
April 1
July 7 - July 10 | 9:00 - 12:00pm EDT
July 14 - July 17 | 9:00 - 12:00pm EDT
July 21 - July 24 | 9:00 - 12:00pm EDT
July 28 - July 31 | 9:00 - 12:00pm EDT
CMCA’s Education programs are offered free to the community through the support of the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Margaret E. Burnham Trust, Proctor Foundation, Fischer Charitable Foundation, Margaret E Burnam Foundation, Sherman Family Foundation, Morton Kelly Charitable Trust, KHR Family Foundation, and The Onion Foundation, and through the support of individual donors and members.