ART PROGRAMS RESOURCE GUIDE

o   Abrons Art Center

Abrons Art Center Website

466 Grand Street, NYC

Part of the Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Art Center bring artistic excellence to the Lower East Side through exhibitions, performances, classes and workshops for all ages, and arts education programs with public schools.

o   Art House Co-op

Art House Website

103A N. 3^rd Street, BKLYN

This initiative features national art projects, exhibitions, and contests as well as the Art House Library in Red Hook that is open to visitors.  No classes.

o   Big Fish Tutoring and Drawing

Big Fish Tutoring Website

Degraw Street near Court Street, BKLYN

Big Fish offers homework help, test prep, portfolio preparation, and drawing classes for all ages.

o   Brooklyn Artists Gym

Brooklyn Artists Gym

168 7^th Street, 3^rd floor, BKLYN

Brooklyn Artists Gym is a studio and gallery in Park Slope offering internships and classes.

o   Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX)

BAX website

421 5^th Avenue, BKLYN

Offers youth classes 6 days per week in dance, theatre, music, and more.

o   Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum Teen Programs Website

200 Eastern Parkway, BKLYN

Brooklyn Museum’s teen programs include classes, internships, teacher assisting, and the Museum Apprentice Program for high school students.

o   Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education

Casita Maria Website

4928 Simpson Street, Bronx

Casita Maria offers a variety of programs, including paid employment for teens through ArtWorks Summer Internships, high school portfolio development, high school and college preparation, and more.

o   Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP)

Center for Urban Pedagogy Website

232 3^rd Street #D201, BKLYN

CUP creates educational projects about architecture and design, bringing together art and design professionals with community organizers and youth.

o   Cooper Union Saturday Program

Cooper Union Saturday Program Website

Intensive Saturday art classes available to grades 9-12 through an application process.

o   Cooper-Hewitt Design Directions and Lehman Fellowship

Cooper Hewitt Teen Programs Website

2 E91st Street, NY

Free after-school workshops on design careers and school/site visits. Also offers a competitive internship program in design.

o   Creative Arts Studio

Creative Arts Studio Website

119 Union Street and 310 Atlantic Ave, BKLYN

Featuring classes in dance, drama, music, and art, Creative Arts Studio has two locations and year-long programming.

o   Dept of Education – In-School Youth and Summer Youth Employment Programs

NYC In-School and Summer Youth Employment Website

The NY Dept. of Education offers a variety of ways for students to gain employment during the school year and the summer.  The In-School Youth program offers job training and development during after-school hours; the Summer Youth Employment Program is a 7-week opportunity for teens to get paid while working.

o   Dodge YMCA

Dodge YMCA Website

225 Atlantic Ave, BKLYN

The YMCA offers teen programs in community service as well as a weekly teen night where teens can exercise and socialize in a fun, safe atmosphere.

o   The Door

The Door Website

555 Broome Street, NYC

The Door empowers young people and provides comprehensive youth development through a wide range of social services, including creative arts classes and internship placement.

o   DreamYard Project

DreamYard Website

1085 Washington Avenue, Bronx

DreamYard is the largest arts education provider in the Bronx, matching professional artists with classroom teachers and community educators.  Out-of-School programs give teens after-school, Saturdays, and summer opportunities.

o   DUMBO Art Center High School Intensive Program (HIP)

www.dumboartscenter.org/HSInternship.html

30 Washington Street, BKLYN

In this summer program, high school interns work with teaching artists to create their own project that will be displayed in DUMBO as well as go on trips around NYC.

o   Educational Alliance

Educational Alliance Website

197 East Broadway, NYC

Programs in locations all over NYC in athletics, visual and performing arts, and college preparation as well as social services.

o   Educational Video Center

Educational Video Center Website

120 W30th Street, 7^th floor, NYC

EVC is a nonprofit youth media organization dedicated to teaching documentary filmmaking to youth.  The offer a documentary workshop, paid internships, community engagement, and more.

o   Eyebeam

Eyebeam Website

540 W21st Street, NYC

An art and technology center which offers tools for digital research and experimentation, Eyebeam offers three on-going youth programs as well as a drop-in program.

o   Free Arts NYC

Free Arts NYC Website

1431 Broadway, 7^th floor, NYC

Geared mainly towards ages 13 and younger, Free Arts NYC provides Weekly Mentor Program, Free Arts Days, Summer Arts Camp, and more to under-served children and families.

o   Girls Write Now

Girls Write Now Website

247 W37th Street, Suite 1800, NYC

Provides guidance and opportunities for NYC girls to develop their writing skills and to explore professional careers in writing and editing.  Participants are matched with a mentor and attend weekly meetings.  Workshops and readings are held at a variety of locations across NYC.

o   Global Action Project

Global Action Website

4 W37th Street, NYC

Founded in 1991, Global Action works with the youth most affected by injustice to build the tools and knowledge necessary to create media for community power and social change.  Teen participants learn filmmaking and create powerful videos.

o   Groundswell Community Mural Project

Groundswell Website

339 Douglass Street, BKLYN

Focus on mural-painting. After-school and summer component—for the summer, must do it through Summer Youth Employment Program.

o   The LAMP (Learning About Multimedia Project)

The Lamp Website

The LAMP offers workshops and curricula tailored to youth or educators that aim to promote media literacy and to created educated consumers.

o   MoMA In the Making

MoMa In the Making Website

11 W53rd Street, NYC

After-school & summer programs at MoMA.

o   Metropolitan Museum of Art

Met Teen Website

1000 5^th Avenue, NYC

Various teen classes at the Met.

o   New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA)

New York State Summer School of the Arts Website

Intensive summer arts program on a college campus.

o   Open Source Gallery

Open Source Gallery Website

255 17^th Street, BKLYN

Open Source Gallery is a participant-driven art initiative that displays community artwork and offers events throughout the year and a summer camp.  Internship opportunities may also be available.

o   Opening Act

Opening Act Website

PO Box 20178, NYC

Opening Act provides free after-school theatre programs to in-need NYC public schools, currently serving 9 schools.

o   The Point

The Point Website

940 Garrison Ave, Bronx

The Point is a nonprofit dedicated to youth development and the revitalization of the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx.  They offer after-school programs in art, leadership, and advocacy.

o   Pre-College Program at Pratt

Pratt Pre-College Program Website

144 West 14^th St, NYC; summers also at the Brooklyn campus

Pratt offers a Pre-College program on Saturdays during the fall and spring at the Manhattan campus and a Pre-College Summer Program at both the Manhattan and Brooklyn campuses.  Classes in art, design, architecture, and creative writing.

o   Red Hook Productions

Red Hook Productions Website

133 Imlay Street, BKLYN

Provides space for photo/video/event production.

o   Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Website

557 Broadway, NYC

Competitive art awards programs offering local and national recognition in different art forms; winners receive prizes and get their work shown in special exhibits.

o   Smack Mellon Gallery

Smack Mellon Website

92 Plymouth St, BKLYN

A gallery located in DUMBO, Smack Mellon offers the Art Ready youth program during the school year and an annual Summer Arts Intensive.

o   Spoke the Hub

Spoke the Hub Website

748 Union Street, BKLYN

A creative center for dance, performance, and art classes.  Also offers a work-study program for teens and scholarships for ages 8-16.

o   Sweat Equity Enterprises (SEE)

Sweat Equity Enterprises Website

SEE designs innovative collaborations between youth and industry and gives youth the opportunity to design on a professional level.

o   Theatre Development Fund – the Youth Theatre Initiative

Theatre Development Fund Website

The Youth Theatre Initiative is an after-school program for students who have a strong interest in theatre, writing, and performing.  Operates through public schools.

o   Urban Word NYC

Urban Word NYC Website

242 W27th Street, Suite 3A, NYC and 1251 Prospect Place, BKLYN

Urban Word NYC utilizes the written and spoken word to develop critical thinking skills and leadership in youth.  With sites in Manhattan and in Crown Heights, Urban Word offers free after-school workshops and the Summer Institute for Social Justice and Poetics.

o   viBe Theatre Experience

viBe Theatre Experience Website

PO Box 1478, NYC

A nonprofit performing arts and education organization for girls which creates and produces original performances. Open to girls ages 13-19, participants create pieces of theatre, individual shows, write songs, and more.  Also offers an apprentice program and leadership program.

o   Voices of New York

Voices of New York Website

VONY offers workshops, conferences, and a 6-month program for ages 14-18 in the media arts.  Brooklyn-based.

o   Whitney Museum Youth Insights

Whitney Teen Programs Website

945 Madison Avenue, NYC

Various teen classes.

o   Writopia Lab

Writopia Lab Website

155 West 81^st Street, NYC

Writopia Lab runs creative writing workshops for NYC youth ages 8-18.  All workshops have a maximum of 6 students and are led by a published writer who has been trained to teach.  Workshops are held across the city in a variety of locations.

o   Young Arts

Young Arts Website

Young Arts is a national program identifies emerging artists and gives awards, scholarships, and more.  All disciplines.

o   Young Audiences

Young Audiences New York Website

115 East 92^nd Street, NYC

Young Audiences is a national organization whose mission is to make the arts an essential part of young people’s education.  NY’s Young Audiences chapter offers YouthLabs, after-school programs for teens, in animation and music.

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Thank you for supporting SA this past year.  Because of your generosity, SA has touched the lives of hundreds of additional children and their families in New York City and beyond.  Because of this difficult economic climate, it comes as no surprise that fundraising this year is increasingly difficult.

That’s why your support is more crucial than ever, so please consider donating or supporting SA.

Please visit our April Appeal page to read all about the good work that SA does and the 2010 Starting Artists Times, profiling three of our outstanding students.

Thank you for your continued generosity and support!

SAVE THE DATE: Starting Artists Smackdown!

Think art is not a spectator sport, well, think again! Cheer on your favorite starting artist team as they compete in this live action, art attack to benefit SA’s free Afterschool Program for teens.

Save the date for SA’s Spring Benefit:

Starting Artists Smackdown

THURSDAY MAY 13, 2010
@ Gallery Bar

120 Orchard Street, LES, NYC

The Spring Benefit will feature a silent auction, food, drink (21+) and a live art-making competition. Look for the official invitation coming soon!

Contact Lacey if you have auction items to donate or you would like to be involved in planning the event.

Parents & Students Help Plan SA’s Future

We need YOUR help!  We want to talk to our community of students and parents to find out what is working at SA and what we can improve.  We have partnered with Inspire, an organization that provides consulting services to non-profits, to assist us with this goal.

By filling out a simple, 10-minute online survey, you can help shape the future of SA:

STUDENT SURVEY: Click here.

PARENT SURVEY: Click here.

Parents: Inspire will also be conducting phone interviews with parents about SA.

If you are available for a quick 15-20 minute phone conversation with Inspire consultants, please call Mayuri, Inspire Case Team Leader at 646-562-8779 or email [email protected].

Please contact Marisa with any other questions or concerns. We appreciate your feedback!

SA Paints Mural at The Bookkeeping Center

SA students and volunteers were contracted to paint a mural for Brooklyn’s The Bookkeeping Center!

The Bookkeeping Center is a nonprofit organization which trains aspiring bookkeepers through their DISCOVER BOOKKEEPING program and helps them enter the field of accounting successfully.

SA participants painted their logo, a cheerful little bookkeeper holding a key named Max Green, on their office wall.  We’re happy to partner with a fellow nonprofit with such a positive mission and impact on the Brooklyn community!

See images of the mural painting process HERE.

Special Projects Update

The Girls Club:

After an exciting inaugural meeting of the new Girls Club at SA, we are excited to officially launch on:

Friday, April 9 at 4pm.  The Girls Club will meet on Fridays and choose creative & fun community service projects  to benefit Brooklyn.

Email us or show up on April 9 to get involved!

Hearts for Haiti:

SA has raised over $100 by selling student & volunteer artworks to benefit Art Creation Foundation for Children, a dynamic & nurturing arts organization benefiting children in Jacmel, Haiti.  This week, we sent a care package full of cards, Inspiration Kits, and art supplies to ACFC.

This video, conceived by Angel Band founder & member Nancy Josephson, features Jacmel-based rap group Tresor and ACFC children.  Its message of love & hope is truly inspiring!

“Hope Is on the Way” – Angel Band

Please consider donating to ACFC through their website.

Through a generous grant from the International Youth Foundation and Starbucks Shared Planet Youth Action, SA is piloting the Creative Entrepreneurs Club (CEC), designed both to unleash teenagers’ artistic potential and to benefit local nonprofits through real-world creative services and products.

The CEC announces a Request for Proposals to offer pro bono design services to benefit small, start-up, and grassroots nonprofit organizations located in Brooklyn, NY, or with programs based in Brooklyn, NY.

The CEC is an opportunity for teen designers with experience in illustration, graphic design, photography, video, animation, and branding to use arts and business skills to benefit their community through donating their creative services. 1-2 grantees will be selected to receive a creative project free of charge each school semester while CEC student leaders earn stipends for their work.

The new CEC Spring 2010 Application is now available. Click here for more details.

Spring 2010 Applications are DUE by THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010 by 6:00pm.

Spring Arts Intensive: The Arts of Performance

The Spring Arts Intensive includes lunch every day, Open Studio Time, a field trip to an NYC cultural institution, access & guidance to all SA supplies, and will culminate in a Student Presentation Night on Thursday, April 1st where SA students will show off their work to parents & community members at 6:00pm!

Monday, March 29 – Thursday, April 1, 2010
4 Days: 11am – 5pm

Student Presentation Night: Thursday, April 1st @6:00pm

Apply: In person at 211 Smith Street, or online at the SA Programs Page.

Download the 2010 Application on the SA Programs Page.

Conact: Lacey with any questions.

ELNYA: The Future of Arts Education Panel

Join us March 1st for the Emerging Leaders of New York Arts’  Creative Conversation:
“How Do We Create a Future for the Arts Through Education?”

This panel, featuring three NYC arts leaders, including SA  board member Katherine Gressel, will discuss the challenges of sustaining arts institutions, fostering artistic development, and more.

See images from this event HERE.

ELNYA is a New York City-based networking and professional development group that explores new ideas, best practices and challenges in the field of arts management. SA’s Executive Director, Marisa Catlaina Casey, is a founding member of ELNYA.

Where: Jerome L. Green Performance Space, 44 Charlton St.
When: Monday, March 1 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Fee: $10 suggested donation at the door

Sponsored by: Emerging Leaders of New York Arts (ELNYA), a Program of the Arts & Business Council of NY.

Request for Proposals

Through a generous grant from the International Youth Foundation and Starbucks Shared Planet Youth Action, SA is piloting a new initiative as part of its Afterschool Program called the Creative Entrepreneurs Club (CEC), designed both to unleash teenagers’ artistic potential and to benefit local nonprofits through real-world creative services and products.

The Creative Entrepreneurs Club (CEC), a project of Starting Artists, Inc., announces pro bono design services to benefit small, start-up, and grassroots nonprofit organizations located in Brooklyn, NY, or with programs based in Brooklyn, NY.

The CEC is an opportunity for teen designers with experience in illustration, graphic design, photography, video, animation, and branding to use arts and business skills to benefit their community through donating their creative services. 1-2 grantees will be selected to receive a creative project free of charge each school semester while CEC student leaders earn stipends for their work.

How to Apply

NYC-based nonprofit organizations (501c3 status not required if you are incorporated in NY State as a nonprofit) with budgets under $500,000 are eligible to apply.

1. Fill out the two-page APPLICATION, attaching up to two additional pages as needed to describe the proposed project. Pages exceeding this limit will be unread and recycled.
2. Propose a creative project and explain how it will help your organization to better serve your community. Examples include brochure design, digital photography/ documentation, short videos/animations, mural painting, viral marketing, exhibition design/installation, and logo design. Please be as specific as possible when describing the role of the CEC in the project. The more detailed, yet concise the proposal, the better.
3. Include a current budget and UP TO 3 pieces of marketing materials.
4. Mail, email: [email protected], or drop off the application.

Applications are due by Thursday, April 15^th at 6:00pm to:

Starting Artists, Inc.
211 Smith Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Hours: M-TH, 10am – 6pm

For any questions, comments or concerns please contact:

Marisa Catalina Casey
Executive Director
718-701-5483
[email protected]