All The Feels

January 6, 2025- May 5, 2025

All The Feels is an interactive show displaying pieces to encourage conversation between children and their caregivers about feelings and emotions, how they express them, and ways art can be used as a tool to help families begin talking about their emotions. How does this artwork make you feel? What emotion do you think is being shown here? Share a time that you felt like this. All The Feels will be on display at the Children's Museum of New Hampshire starting in early January through the beginning of May. All The Feels features artwork by: Rachel Babcock, Carrie Bouton, Neva Cole, Porsche Jones, Marty Kelly, Kae Mason, Carolyn Maul, Jodee Nichols, Rose Robinson, Todd Sheehan, and James Tucker.

Gallery 6 is sponsored by The Fuller Foundation, TD Charitable Foundation, Abbie F. Moseley Charitable Trust, and the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Call for Artists

Curious Creatures

Early May - mid September 2025

We are looking for each interested artist to submit a piece, or pieces (max of three per artist), that showcase animals or other creatures participating in activities that animals/creatures do not usually partake in (ex: dog riding a bike, turtle having a tea party...etc). Visitors to the Museum will be encouraged to view the work and chat about what the creatures are doing that they don't normally do. This can be obvious (like those listed above) or more subtle. Though seemingly simple, this bit of conversation between visitors strengthens children's narrative and critical thinking skills while also fostering interactions around artwork between children and their caregivers.

• Artwork must be family-friendly

• Submissions are open to any New England Artists who are 18+ years old

• The Museum is interested in borrowing these pieces, not buying them

• Artwork can be originals or prints

• Pieces must be ready-to-hang

• There is limited space for 3D work, any 3D elements of items hung on walls must not be pointy or have sharp edges.

• The Museum will create and provide all signage

• Pieces can be for sale in theGallery, bu must stay for the durationof the show

  • A 10% commission/donation to CMNH is appreciated if pieces sell

There are some elements of the unknown when exhibiting in a Children's Museum due to the excitable nature of our small patrons, however in the 40+ years of Gallery 6s existence, there has never been any artwork damaged while on display (knock on wood!)

To submit: Please email submissions to Meredith Brustlin, Gallery 6 Curator: meredith@childrens-museum.org by Monday, March 31st

• Include high quality photos of artwork

• Include sizeof artwork

• Include a brief statement about artwork, specifically how it relates to this theme

Thank you for your submission and supporting the Children's Museum of New Hampshire

Depending on the number of submissions, all may not be able to be displayed in the Gallery. A decision will be emailed either way. Thank you!

Gallery 6 Mission

Gallery 6 exhibitions celebrate and promote the arts in New Hampshire and beyond. The gallery space is designed to blend into the Children's museum of New Hampshire Studio space where children's artwork hangs, connecting the playful creativity of children to the serious investigations of artists. Our high-caliber exhibitions are often based on a theme that has relevance to other Children's Museum of New Hampshire exhibits, that promotes creativity or is of particular interest to families.

The Children's Museum of New Hampshire schedules 4-6 exhibits a year and has these exhibitions planned many months in advance.

Gallery 6 is open during regular Children's Museum of New Hampshire hours and there is no charge to view the exhibit. (Those wishing to visit the rest of the Children's Museum of New Hampshire as well must pay regular admission.)