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We are thrilled to be included in this extraordinary list of essential NYC cultural groups as a recipient of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs’ Cultural Development Fund (CDF)!  This year, over $58 million was awarded to more than 1,000 cultural groups across the five boroughs, representing an investment made on behalf of all New Yorkers […]

Traditionally, New Year celebrations involve introspection, reflection, and a dash of optimism for new possibilities and opportunities in the coming year. We are looking forward to sharing some exciting news when we come back from Winter break. Stay tuned. “The Colors of City Lights” (acrylic on canvas)Artist statement: “I was thinking about the combination of […]

In August of 2021, a small group of ArtsConnection stakeholders – alumni, artists, and staff – met to begin discussing and envisioning what ArtsConnection’s future could be. It was clear that new and challenging questions would need to be asked as we planned our roadmap for the future. That kicked off a year-long process, during […]

It is that time of year when we are reminded to take stock of the people and communities in our lives that we are thankful for. There is no ArtsConnection without the teachers, educators, artists, teaching artists, students, school administrators, families, staff, funders, interns, volunteers, and donors who support our work. Thank you for being […]

For the past ten years, non-profits around the globe have embraced GivingTuesday as a day to ask their communities to support the important work they do. As GivingTuesday puts it: “Join the GivingTuesday movement and reimagine a world built upon shared humanity and radical generosity.” This got us thinking about how we might participate in […]

        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 […]