We believe every child deserves art and museum education from a young age.

Studies show art museum enrichment prepares our youngest learners for lifetimes ahead thinking critically, creatively, collaboratively, and confidently.

Students smile outside the cARTie art museum bus.

Over the past four years, we have grown our school and community partnerships by 400% and now serve more than 7,000 PreK-2 students (not to mention 1,000s of community members, 100s of student-artists, and 100s of educators) who would not otherwise have access to art museum enrichment.

Students gather around the cARTie art museum bus with an educator.

With your help, we bring our art museum bus to young students 3X each so that they become comfortable and confident exercising their art museum habits of mind. We pull from promising practices across early childhood and art museum education, and train educators to teach students how to think critically, creatively, collaboratively, and confidently through the arts.

Students practice ASL outside the cARTie art museum bus with an educator.

We build a pipeline for students through the arts by highlighting emerging Connecticut student-artists in our annual juried student art exhibitions, and providing intensive summer internships and student leadership opportunities.

A student shakes hands after receiving an award from cARTie.

We involve students and families in our annual jurying and curation work, thereby demystifying the art museum field. We are champions of student voice and children’s rights in everything we do.

A student helps jury a cARTie art museum bus exhibition.

We count on your support to bring the myriad benefits of art museum enrichment to the 7,000 PreK-2 students, 1,000s of community members, 100s of student-artists, and 100s of educators we serve.

White text reads "kids need art and museums" atop a green background.

To kickoff our biggest season of giving, we’re asking you to get crafty and get 10 friends to give $10 each.

What does it mean to get crafty?

To kick off our biggest season of giving, on Giving Tuesday, we're inviting you and your friends, family, and colleagues to spend an evening with cARTie preparing ARTful #cARTieInspired Care Packages for children at the Yale New Haven Children's Hospital. We will drop these care packages off and bring our art museum bus to families with children in the hospital during this season of giving.

Date: Tuesday, December 3rd

Time: 5:00PM - 7:00PM

Location: cARTie Office and Industry Room @ the Conti Building (415 Howe Avenue, Shelton CT)

What to Expect:

Live Music by Band Central
Personal tours of the cARTie art museum bus and cARTie office
Time to help assemble ARTful #cARTieInspired Care Packages
Charcuterie, Soft Drinks, & Wine from our Co-Founder and Executive Director's personal grape vines in Italy

Why $10?

$10 helps toward one student's cARTie art museum experience. When you donate to cARTie, you have a direct impact on a student's lifetime ahead thinking critically, creatively, collaboratively, and confidently. Compounded, when we all donate $10, we make a difference in the lives of thousands of PreK-2 students, community members, student-artists, and educators.

Help us kickoff our biggest season of giving and make a difference today!

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Give the gift of cARTie

Get crafty with cARTie and kickoff this season of giving!