Community-Word Project

CRAFT TO CLASSROOM AT NYU: DISCOVERING EDUCATION THROUGH ARTISTRY

Community-Word Project program staff led Craft to Classroom workshop at New York University's Forum on the Teaching Artist.

81 STUDENT POEMS EDITED BY 11 VOLUNTEERS AT ‘BE THE ONE’ DAY AT P.S./M.S. 279 IN THE BRONX

CWP held the 4th Annual ‘Be The One’ editing day at P.S./M.S. 279 in the Bronx. Corporate volunteers from Linklaters, BlackRock, One King’s Lane, and Rizzoli Publishing joined CWP board members to improve the literacy skills of eighty-one students.

Craig Hayes, STAFF

BRONX ENVISION ACADEMY STUDENTS EXPLORE THEME OF SELF-PORTRAITS TO MAKE BOTH VISUAL AND POETIC ART.

Bronx Envision Academy students wrote self-portrait poems and created hand-made journals, collages, drawings and prints.

Craig Hayes, STAFF

FACE TO FACE WORKSHOP EMPLOYS MICHAEL CHEKOV TECHNIQUE TO CREATE THEATER WITH KIDS.

T. Scott Lilly and Maria Schirmer, CWP Teaching Artists, lead a theater workshop Face to Face 2014, a two-day conference of workshops and presentations for arts-in-education professionals.

Craig Hayes, STAFF

THREE SMART MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR NON-PROFITS TO CATCH THE ATTENTION OF FUNDERS

Your funders are your biggest heroes; make them feel that way. Don’t avoid controversy; it’s what catches attention! Make sure the world knows that your cause is the coolest, most popular kid on the block (even if it’s not true).

Craig Hayes, STAFF

ACTRESS KERRY WASHINGTON BELIEVES ARTS SHOULD BE PART OF THE EQUATION IN EVERY SCHOOL.

Kerry Washington is a member of Turnaround Arts, an arts-in-education program begun by the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Ms. Washington, writing in HuffPo, believes that arts is a teaching tool that "works for all students."

Craig Hayes, STAFF

WRITING OUR FUTURE

On March 31st our community came together to support arts education in NYC public schools.

Craig Hayes, STAFF

LIGHT + COLOR + SPACE

I am a painter. I have been a Teaching Artist for over 10 years. I teach others to look closer at the world and discover their personal perspective to communicate ideas with light, color, and space.

WHAT SOUND IS YOUR SELF-PORTRAIT?

Second-grade students at P.S. 316 explore Cubist portraiture with Teaching Artists, Ms. Lisa and Ms. Katie.