Art shows and art events in Union, NJ tonight and this week

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Locating Girlhood: Place and Identity in Early American “Schoolgirl” Art at American Folk Art Museum in NY 10023, New York.

Mommy and Me Play & Move: 45-minute beginner-friendly music, movement and play classes for caregivers and children ages 2–6.

Use different drawing tools to design a unique uniform, inspired by the special uniforms veterans wear.

CLAY - A New York City Story at the Little Shop of Crafts: a screening and a reading, then a craft to make your own New York City story.

8-week mixed-level pottery class with Cindy Laliwala at Pennington. $399 includes 25 pounds of clay, glaze and firings. Up to 12 open-studio hours free; extra studio time $10 an hour. Pieces 12 inches or over add $45 a firing. Tools and apron required; no outside clay; work stays on site.

An exhibition and fundraiser of donated artwork created on 10 x 10 canvases supplied by the Huntington Arts Council, with each piece used to raise money for the council.

Nightmare on Main Street is the Huntington Arts Council's annual exhibit for student artists in grades 6 to 12, with Gina Lenopoli as juror.

An exhibition at Michener Art Museum offering new perspectives on Washington's 1776 crossing of the Delaware, with works by Edward Hicks, Robert Beck, vanessa german, Ai Weiwei and others responding to Emanuel Leutze's iconic painting.

A relaxing craft workshop alongside individuals from the People's ARC of Suffolk. Register for each session separately.

Open hours in the library's Maker Space: explore supplies, tools and materials and work on a project of your choice. Ages 10+.

Learning to take photos with a smartphone, hosted by OATS at the Edie Windsor SAGE Center, which offers programs for LGBTQ+ elders.

A community paint and sip night with Mayor Patricia Guerra-Frazier at the Union Arts Center, a relaxing night of painting.

Pour molten beeswax into water and interpret the forms that emerge in a participatory installation inspired by the traditional Turkish divination practice of kurşun dökme.

Triple Z Soapery DIY night: pick images and make your own holiday tote bag or canvas. All supplies included.

Six-week traditional watercolor class with artist Barry Shiff covering landscapes, seascapes and sailing ships, for beginners and experienced painters alike. Limited to 9; for Closter residents only, and bring your own listed supplies.

One-Time Grown Up & Me Classes on the wheel at Blue Skies Pottery in Long Branch. Blue Skies Pottery, which began in Hoboken, opened this second studio location in Pier Village, Long Branch.

A one-time, 90-minute Grown Up & Me wheel class where adults & children learn the basics of pottery.

Unfinished Chapter: The First 250 Years of American Liberty, a Lehigh Libraries exhibit on the history of freedom in America, with rare founding-era publications and original documents signed by nine signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Veteran’s Day Mini Camps at Art in the Pod in Churchville.

Cozy Creations & Seasonal Magic Watercolor with Leona Lavone at Ocean County Artists Guild in Island Heights, New Jersey.

A major loan exhibition of needlework and other ornamental arts made by American girls in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: about 100 objects from over 35 museums and private collections.

Crafting a Cover Letter that Lands Interviews at Business and Liberal Arts Center, Room B202 in New York.

A class for photographers on adding video to increase revenue and service offerings.