cARTie was founded in 2019 to address two needs: limited art museum-based learning opportunities for elementary and pre- school students; and interest in exhibition and internship opportunities for emerging middle/high -school student-artists. Then through now, cARTie is on a mission to ensure that young people with limited access to the arts develop critical, collaborative, and creative thinking skills through our art museum-based learning approach. We bring this to life with our mobile museum using research-backed strategies to engage children’s perspectives, leverage student artists’ contributions, nurture emotional intelligence, and partner with local communities.