Author Archive | Fernando Maneca

        During the month of October, ArtsConnection’s Artist Institute offered a series of professional development workshops to our teaching staff. For the first time in the program’s history, we opened registration to some of the workshops to teachers and teaching artists outside our organization. It was so inspiring to be in community with […]

Giving thanks to all the ArtsConnection staff for their commitment to ensuring quality outcomes in all our work.  A few pictured here at our most recent gala celebration. Photo Credit: Brian Hatton

“I owe a lot to those people at ArtsConnection who treated me as an adult for maybe the first time.”  — ArtsConnection alum, Thomas Choi, reflecting on the importance of mentors, excerpted from a longer video shown at the Back to School with ArtsConnection benefit gala on September 21, 2022.  Most of us remember that […]

  Jeremy Feliz, ArtsConnection alum, now in an internship at The Smithsonian Institute National Museum of the American Latino  ArtsConnection: Can you tell us a bit about yourself?  My name is Jeremy Feliz, I was born and raised in the Dominican Republic and moved to New York in my early teens in pursuit of better […]

ATTENTION ARTS CONNECTION ALUMNI  Did you exhibit art in the Student Art Program (SAP) or Teens Curate Teens (TCT) or attend live performances in Teen Reviewers and Critics (TRaC)?  Did you grab a slice at Pizza and a Movie (PaaM) or spend a year as a teen leader in the Teen Advisory Council (TAC)?   Then […]

ArtsConnection is delighted to welcome our newest board member, Erica Sutton Friedman.  Erica Sutton Friedman is an independent art advisor and collection manager who focuses primarily on Contemporary Art. Prior to establishing Erica Friedman Art Advisory LLC, she worked at Sotheby’s New York for seven years.  In her role as an Assistant Vice President, Client Liaison […]

  Join Executive Director Rachel Watts in conversation with teaching artist Omar Perez and Teen Programs Alumni Jasmine Unay and Alen Prospere as they share ArtConnection’s new strategic plan looking forward to 2025 and the organization’s 45th anniversary, a milestone celebration of our leadership and innovation in the arts education field.   Facilitated by Deputy Director for Strategic […]

Thank you to all who attended the Back to School with ArtsConnection benefit gala on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. It was truly a night to remember. Hosted by Seth Gilliam, the evening honored Ted Berger, ArtsConnection founding board member, whose tireless efforts have impacted and enriched millions of people’s lives throughout New York City and […]

In this issue: 2022 Arts Innovator Awardees: Clayton and Parker Calvert 2022 Arts Innovator Awardee: Josh Campbell Reserve your seats today for the BACK TO SCHOOL WITH ARTSCONNECTION Benefit Celebration 2022 Benefit Spotlight It is our pleasure to announce that we will be honoring Arts Innovators Clayton Calvert and Parker Calvert at the Back to […]