Math in Muslim Arts Festival

Many American children are exposed to only negative images of Islam. At the annual celebration of Muslim arts at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, they can experience the rich cultural heritage of the Muslim world. The museum’s series begins this weekend with Math in Muslim Arts Festival, which includes drop-in workshops to create architectural projects inspired by mosques (10 a.m. to noon); a drop-in storytelling session in which young listeners can learn to count in Arabic (12:30 to 1 p.m.); and a sign-up workshop for children 5 and older, led by the artist Haifa Bint-Kadi, in which she will discuss the importance of geometry in Muslim mosaics, and each participant can design tiles to take home (12:30 to 1 p.m.).