Guggenheim Arts Education Program, Learning Through Art, Presents A Year with Children 2026

The Guggenheim New York’s long-standing artist-in-residence education program, Learning Through Art (LTA), presents A Year with Children 2026. On view today through June 7, 2026, the exhibition features more than 200 imaginative artworks—including collages, drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures—by students in grades two through six from New York City public schools across the five boroughs.

During LTA classroom residencies in the 2025–26 academic year, educators and teaching artists explored themes of identity, community building, experimentation, storytelling, and agency. Students had the opportunity to engage an array of practices and techniques, drawing inspiration from artists on view at the Guggenheim New York, including Robert Rauschenberg in Robert Rauschenberg: Life Can’t Be Stopped, Gabriele Münter in Gabriele Münter: Contours of a World, and Natalia Goncharova in Modern European Currents. Over the past year, students also examined the sculptural works of Rashid Johnson and Carol Bove through both artists’ major rotunda surveys.

“Learning Through Art meets young people where they are—in their classrooms, their communities, and their everyday lives. We bring their work into our galleries, alongside the other artists on view, to celebrate their creativity. Come by and be inspired!” says Chitra Ramalingam, Director of Learning.

Support

Learning Through Art and A Year with Children 2026 are generously supported by Lavazza Group and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Additional funding is provided by A4 Arts Foundation; The William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; The Keith Haring Foundation; Guggenheim Partners, LLC; Gail May Engelberg and The Engelberg Foundation; JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; and Paycom.

The Leadership Committee for Learning Through Art and A Year with Children 2026 is gratefully acknowledged for its support, with special thanks to Tara and Joseph Gendelman, Libby and Daniel Goldring, Anna Kovner and Seth Meisel, and the De Sole Family Foundation.

About Learning Through Art

A Program of the Gail May Engelberg Center for Arts Education.

Learning Through Art (LTA) is the Guggenheim’s hallmark artist-in-residence program. The program sends experienced teaching artists into New York City public schools, where they collaborate with classroom teachers to develop, facilitate, and integrate art projects into the school curriculum. During the twenty-week, in-school residencies, students throughout the five boroughs examine, discuss, and create works of art. Visits to the Guggenheim support the residencies, offering new insights into art and challenging students to think critically about art and ideas. At the end of the residency, selected student works are presented in the annual A Year with Children exhibition held at the Guggenheim New York.

LTA was founded in 1970 by Natalie K. Lieberman in response to the elimination of art and music programs from New York City public schools. Over the past 54 years, LTA has served over 150,000 students from diverse economic and cultural backgrounds in all five boroughs of New York City.

About the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation was established in 1937 and is dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of modern and contemporary art through exhibitions, education programs, research initiatives, and publications. The international constellation of museums includes the Guggenheim New York; the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; the Guggenheim Bilbao; and the future Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. A “temple of spirit” where radical art and architecture meet, the Guggenheim New York is among a group of eight Frank Lloyd Wright structures in the United States designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. To learn more about the Guggenheim New York and the Guggenheim’s activities around the world, visit guggenheim.org.