Author Archive | Fernando Maneca

Website-News-June-NL-Nic

CHALKBOARD CHAT: NICHOLAS LEICHTER

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 […]

Continue Reading
Website News Inaugural Nonprofit Advisory Council

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 […]

Continue Reading
2022Gala-Karina-Padilla-Ted-Berger-Laurie-Cumbo-940X623

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 […]

Continue Reading
Andrea-Marcus-940x623

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. […]

Continue Reading
NEWS-BroadwayWorld

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 […]

Continue Reading