Arts and Culture United States Project #16428

Art Programs For 5,000 In-Need New York Children

by Arts for All

Art Programs For 5,000 In-Need New York Children

Project Report | Mar 11, 2019
2019 is off to a great start!

By Anna Roberts Ostroff | Executive Director, Arts For All

In the first couple months of the year:

Literacy Through the Arts*has continued at PS15, PS163 and Hamilton Heights Elementary
Visual Arts students with Ron Chironna completed an art show at Historic Richmond Town (https://www.historicrichmondtown.org)**
Students in a Drama and Haiku residency, generously funded by Amy Losak, recently had a final sharing.
One after school Visual Arts residency has just completed and another one has just begun at PS163 both taught by longtime AFA veteran, Vidho Lorville!
Two Visual Arts residencies have begun at PS76
A Drama and Poetry residency has just started at PS163

...and it's just the benginnig of March! There are more residencies to come for the rest of Spring 2019!!

In December 2018, we completed a successful Book Fair. We're grateful to Barnes & Noble for hosting this fundraising event for Arts For All for the past nine years, and for donating a percentage of sales back to AFA. Thank you to all volunteers and those who made it to the children's event, which featured the Audience Project performance of The Magician's Assistant written and performed by Mélissa Smith***. We are working on reviving the same production in April 2019 for two youth groups that missed the show.

Thank you to everyone who has made a contribution to Arts For All through GlobalGiving. Every dollar greatly helps Arts For All provide more quality programming to in-need chidren all over New York City. We look forward to continuing to keep you updated throughout the year!

- Photo Number 1 - Students in a Literacy Through the Arts Kindergarten Class at PS15

- Photo Number 2 - Art Show at Historic Richmond Town

*Literacy Through the Arts is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. We are grateful to have recently received a new 3-year grant from NYSCA for this program.

**The art show at Historic Richmond Town was made possible in part by public funds from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the NYC Council. We would also like to thank the Linden Arts Fund for Children.

***This performance was made possible by The Tank, a home for emerging artists, and Play On! Studios.

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