The New Children's Museum

The New Children's Museum celebrated the opening of its new home located in downtown San Diego's Marina District with a free, community block party.

The opening exhibition was childsplay, a reference to the art of Allan Kaprow, one of the most important artists to have made work for the museum in the past.

Artists: Tanya Aguiñiga, Maria Alos, Gustavo Artigas, Lee Boroson, Celeste Boursier-Mougenot, Alberto Caro, Roman de Salvo, Maurycy Gomulicki, Allan Kaprow, Mark Mulroney, Rene Peralta, PUBLIC, Nick Rodrigues, Ernest Silva, Aaron T. Stephan, Diana Thater, Writers Blok with Chor Boogie and Pose 2, Zlatan Vukosavljevic.

Artists: Roman de Salvo, Felipe Dulzaides, Sam Easterson, Jason Hackenweth, Jeff Irwin, Sun K. Kwak, Julio Morales in collaboration with David Goldberg, Marcos Ramirez ERRE, Mungo Thompson, Perry Vasquez, Alison Wiese.

[12] At the end of the year, the museum commissioned Panca to create a mural for the entrance bridge entitled SMILE.

[16][17][18] The museum launched a partnership at Seaport Village entitled Studio by the Bay, where families can see artists at work and participate in workshops.

As a National Medal Award recipient, the museum was given the opportunity to work with StoryCorps (heard on NPR) to record interviews with artists, community members and supporters.