CHALKBOARD CHAT is an interview series highlighting the teaching artists and administrators who dedicate their time and expertise to ArtsConnection students. NICHOLAS LEICHTER Program Manager, In-School and Connected Arts Network What’s your earliest memory of being moved by art? I went to a performing arts magnet school from K-6. I was literally moving in a […]
Author Archive | Fernando Maneca
“Art is the Heart of Life” artist profile: Dominique
“Rest in Petals, Rise in Memory” Dominique is an alumna of ArtsConnection and Brooklyn High School of the Arts My journey with ArtsConnection started in 2018 as an intern. Since then, the organization has exhibited my artwork at Kekst CNC, Soroban Capital Partners, and now in the “Art is the Heart of Life” online gallery. […]
“Art is the Heart of Life” artist profile: Julian
“Neighborhood Scenes” Julian is an alum of ArtsConnection and Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School My art depicts a New York City neighborhood throughout the year as a surreal exaggeration but shows all the wonders of our city — scenes from Halloween, Christmas, summertime, fall, winter, spring, kids playing sidewalk games, drawing, a […]
Amsterdam News | June 27, 2024
ArtsConnection’s benefit event reinforces importance of arts
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New York’s number one News Channel 7 Eyewitness News reports on a special night celebrating the Arts in New York City. Click here to see the story.
New York City’s Inaugural Nonprofit Advisory Council
🎉 Congratulations to our Executive Director, Rachel Watts on being selected to champion nonprofits in NYC governance! “Every day, in every borough, New Yorkers are interacting with nonprofit organizations, whether you are an older adult at a community center socializing with friends, a person with a disability receiving vocational training to help secure employment, or […]
ARTnews: Ted Berger Champions New Fund to Elevate Underrepresented Artists
ArtsConnection’s founding board member, Ted Berger, earned the moniker of “angel on the shoulders of thousands of struggling artists” from the New York Times. Once again Ted lived up to this angelic role by collaborating with artist Corina Larkin to conceive the Trellis Fund, a new family foundation that recently opened its doors. The Trellis […]
CHALKBOARD CHAT: ANDREA MARKUS
Chalkboard Chat is an interview series highlighting the teaching artists and administrators who dedicate their time and expertise to ArtsConnection students. Teaching Artist Andrea Markus Finds Joy in Her Students’ Creative Sparks What’s your earliest memory of being moved by art? I was born in Jamaica, and there was always music and dance all around. […]
ArtsConnection to Celebrate 45th Anniversary With Art is at the Heart Festival Benefit & More
By: Chloe Rabinowitz | Jan. 30, 2024 This year ArtsConnection will celebrate their 45th year of serving NYC public school students with arts education in-school, afterschool and in community programs. The critically-acclaimed and nationally funded organization has served 3 million students and counting at more than 100 cultural institutions, community venues and schools across the […]
First Latina Rockette Lillian Colón: Her Life as Testament to the Power of Arts Education
Her journey from a Bronx orphanage to the High School of Performing Arts to The Rockettes to a part in In The Heights, with many stops along the way. What was the spark that ignited your passion for dance and set you on the path to pursuing your dream? Growing up in the Bronx in […]