Community-Word Project

inspiring kids
in underserved
communities
through arts education

down

WHAT WE DO

Community-Word Project is a New York City based arts-in-education organization that inspires children in underserved communities to read, interpret and respond to their world and to become active citizens through collaborative arts residencies and teacher training programs.

COLLABORATIVE ARTS RESIDENCIES

Multi-disciplinary, arts-integrated curriculum provides alternative learning strategies for writing and creative expression.
TEACHING ARTIST TRAINING

Rigorous training and mentoring prepares artists to achieve academic and curricular goals while drawing upon their professional passion.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Purposeful collaboration with teachers and administrators improves arts pedagogy and enhances curricular outcomes.

down

OUR NEWS

5Pointz: Rest in Power

Posted on December 1 , 2013 by David King

5Pointz was the voice of a community. The artists of 5Pointz, aerosol or graffiti, legal or illegal, represent the collaboration... READ MORE

Worlds on Our Shoulders

Posted on December 1 , 2013

Patti Chilsen learned a lifetime of public service from her favorite teacher. Her Dad. His life of philanthropy... READ MORE

Salon Reveals the Artist in 'Teaching Artist'

Posted on November 25 , 2013

Twilight 'Salon' series brings our creative staff and teaching artists together to share and discuss their passions. READ MORE

down

16 years of IMPACT

15,000+

KIDS EDUCATED
48,000+

INDIVIDUAL AND COLLABORATIVE STUDENT POEMS WRITTEN
3,200

CLASSROOM TEACHERS + AFTER SCHOOL LEADERS TRAINED
700+

TEACHING ARTISTS TRAINED
141

MURALS PAINTED
65

TEACHING ARTISTS EMPLOYED

down

GET INVOLVED

Help us change the lives of NYC underserved children.

Donate
Inspire lifelong learners by supporting arts education. Fundamentally change the lives of underserved kids.
Teach
Train and work as a teaching artist and expand your passion for literacy and the arts into underserved classrooms.
VOLUNTEER
Volunteer, sponsor or partner with CWP! Join the dialog, attend an event, or let us tailor opportunities to participate.

down

where we are

down

TESTIMONIALS

ALESSANDRA BALZARBENEFIT CO-CHAIR, 2013

Community-Word Project encourages literacy through the arts, helping kids with their education and sparking a life-long love of learning and the written word.
MEGAN QUITKINHARMAN FAMILY FNDN.

CWP program beneficiaries--teachers, parents, young people--are empowered with literacy and leadership skills they will carry with them for years to come.
LISETTE GIUTIEREZVOLUNTEER, BLACKROCK

Luckily, my great-aunt nurtured my creativity. I infuse that passion into my volunteerism and my firm's grants help CWP kids explore their joy of expression.
FELIPE GALINDOTEACHING ARTIST

CWP's poetry and murals projects let me work with kids of diverse backgrounds, ages and nationalities and share my passion for drawing and painting.
MICAELA BLEITEACHING ARTIST TRAINEE

It's clear CWP is about collaboration: trainees do tons of it! We also had sessions on job-hunting, classroom management and integrating art forms.
CHAD FRISBIETEACHING ARTIST

With my students I return to the question, "What can poetry do?" I love how that forces me to rethink my craft while I teach the next generation of creative thinkers.
LUCY FRIEDMAN,PRESIDENT, TASC

CWP inspires kids to dream, create, and share. It gives them a voice filled with pride. I am hopeful that all kids not only become literate, but also enjoy literacy.
TERRI GREYPRINCIPAL, BHSWCA

Our work with CWP helped with our Quality Review. It was used as evidence to prove we were doing what we said we were going to do.