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Celebrating American Holidays to inspire civic responsibility. Family arts programs developed by CMOM and on-line resources from Freedom’s Feast (www.freedomsfeast.us) help you get the most out of your family celebrations.

Upcoming Raising Citizens Events

Labor Day Target Free First Friday Night, September 3, 5 – 8pm and special open day on Monday, September 6

Workers in My Neighborhood Collage
10 – 11:15am & 1 – 2:30pm | 4 & younger | PlayWorks™ Lab, 3rd floor
Glue paper cut-outs of people doing different jobs in your neighborhood.

Chef Ben
1 & 2pm | 5 & older | Creativity Lab, 4th floor
Meet Chef Ben from Artie’s Restaurant and learn how and why he does his job. Chef Ben will demonstrate how he makes Artie’s famous Reuben sandwich. Create an artwork of your own neighborhood with cut-outs of buildings and draw the workers that make your community thrive! Freedom’s Feast Labor Day take-home materials included.

Workers Unite!
3 & 4pm | 5 & older | Creativity Lab, 4th floor
Learn about the origins of Labor Day through a short presentation by celebrated national
children’s theater company, The Pushcart Players. Create an artwork of your own neighborhood with cut-outs of buildings and draw the workers that make your community thrive! Freedom’s Feast Labor Day take-home materials included.

Past Raising Citizens Events

Independence Day
To celebrate the American ideal of basic rights in the Declaration of Independence, families created an American Dream Quilt expressing what freedom means to them.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Families at CMOM worked on the "Making a Difference Mosaic” in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy and the power of children to make a difference. Teens pictured in the mural received the Raising Citizens Service Award for their outstanding service projects.
Making a Difference Mosaic (PDF)

Presidents’ Week Leadership
Drawing inspiration from leaders both past and present, children learned what it takes to be a good leader and role model.

Memorial Day
Showing appreciation for people serving in the military with visiting members of the armed services from the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard.

Thanksgiving
Freedom’s Feast Festival (PDF)

Labor Day

Independence Day
American Dream Quilt Samples (PDF) and American Dream Quilt Statements (PDF)

The Raising Citizens series is made possible with generous support from The Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds and the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund. Special thanks to Freedom’s Feast Project Director, Lee M. Hendler.

Please Note: Workshops require same-day registration. Tickets distributed one hour before each event at Visitor Information Desk. Space is limited.

Projects made in art workshops are for decorative purposes only, not intended to operate and should not be used as functional objects.