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Artist Spotlight: Kim Grier-Martinez
Ms. Kim, as she’s known to her young students, is a force to be reckoned with. Disciplined and caring, ArtsConnection teaching artist and Rod Rodgers Dance Artistic Director Kim Grier-Martinez has the ability to transform a classroom of students into a company of dancers. Her artistic roots and aspiration to work with young people began at […]
School’s OUT, but the arts are definitely still IN!
It has been an incredible 2015-2016 school year here at ArtsConnection. Our 147 talented and inspiring teaching artists worked in 125 public schools in all five boroughs. Highlights of the year include: elementary school students from the Bronx meeting Justice Sonia Sotomayor in Washington D.C. and teens visiting with The New Yorker editor David Remnick. We also kicked-off theCareers-in-Theater pilot program for high school […]
2016 Benefit Celebration – A Smashing Success!
Dear Friends, Monday night’s ArtsConnection gala was a truly fabulous evening: we surpassed our fundraising goal, and, most importantly, celebrated the many accomplishments of our students, teachers, artists and honorees to close our year on a high note! We are so grateful to everyone who helped make this event possible. Our incredible honorees, Golden Globe […]
Council Member Rosie Mendez visits The Earth School and P94M High School Explore Careers in Theater
MAKING CONNECTIONS THROUGH DANCE AT THE EARTH SCHOOL The spring semester is off to a great start with our 115 schools! This month, District 2 Council Member Rosie Mendez, who generously provided support for our dance program at The Earth School in the East Village, attended a performance showcasing work from the fall semester. During […]
On Edutopia: Learning to Work and Think Like an Artist
The artists and staff at ArtsConnection have engaged in inquiries for well over a decade into the nature of teaching and learning in the arts and their influence on other areas of learning. Most of our practitioner research has focused on dance, theater, and their influence on literacy and language acquisition, especially among English-language learners. […]
Spectrum of Hope: An inspiring film about students, teachers and the power of arts education
SPECTRUM OF HOPE is the story of 10 musical theater students, their families, and their teachers as they journey from P94M, their special needs school in New York City’s Lower East Side, to the Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. A celebration of the life-altering power of arts education and musical theater, the film documents […]
More than $900,000 raised at 2015 Benefit Celebration
ArtsConnection 2015 Benefit Celebration rang in over $900,000 at 583 Park Avenue last Tuesday, April 21st. We honored President and CEO of Univision Communications Inc., Randy Falco. Univision’s El Gordo Y La Flaca personality, Lili Estefan, served as the gala’s vibrant emcee. Guests were entertained by the very funny George Lopez, and Latin pop-star Thalía […]
![6b3e9ee1-74b0-4073-bad8-842164096aea[2]](https://artsconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/6b3e9ee1-74b0-4073-bad8-842164096aea2-e1425051555755-200x150.jpg "ArtsConnection featured in The Kennedy Center’s VSA Update")
ArtsConnection featured in The Kennedy Center’s VSA Update
Deputy Director for Education Carol Morgan and Program Manager Emily Lukens explain how important program evaluation is to understanding the impact ArtsConnection programs have on its students’ learning experience. link
Free Webinar on Arts and English Language Learners November 18th
Carol Morgan, Deputy Director for Education at ArtsConnection and Jennifer Stengel-Mohr of Queens College, New York will discuss findings from the research on our DELLTA program (Developing English Language Literacy through the Arts), which reaches English Language Learners and their teachers in 15 New York City public schools. link
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