Youth Programs
Interdisciplinary arts-integrated curriculum provides alternative learning strategies for writing and creative expression.
![girl reading at Poets House Girl resting her chin on her hands on an open book of poetry she is reading](https://communitywordproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/girl-reading-at-Poets-House.jpg)
![girl reading at Poets House Girl resting her chin on her hands on an open book of poetry she is reading](https://communitywordproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/girl-reading-at-Poets-House.jpg)
Community-Word Project creates arts residencies in New York City Title I public schools, public libraries, and community centers, bringing together professional writers and artists to provide youth with unique and stimulating arts-integrated programming.
In accessing alternative learning channels – creative writing, music, visual art, theatre, dance – students discover their personal passions, strengthen their voices, and actively engage in learning.
Poetry and creative writing are central to our programs, and our pedagogy is interdisciplinary to support multimodal instruction and learning and to expose students to a variety of art forms. Students write poems both individually and collectively while also exploring other artistic media as outlets of creative expression. Our aim is to teach the whole child, to help them discover and amplify their unique voices, and to be respected leaders among peers and the community.
Classroom programs are further supported by the addition of Teaching Artist Interns to apprentice with experienced Teaching Artists. The combination of Classroom Teacher, Teaching Artists, and Interns creates a 6:1 student to teacher ratio.
During the 2020-21 academic year, CWP brought residencies to 36 public schools and facilitated more than 40 workshops in NYC Public libraries; trained 156 Teaching Artists, and created art with 2,892 young people.
![315 Mural painting Young students seen from overhead as they paint a canvas on the floor with the words We Are United](https://communitywordproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/315-Mural-painting-scaled.jpg)
![315 Mural painting Young students seen from overhead as they paint a canvas on the floor with the words We Are United](https://communitywordproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/315-Mural-painting-scaled.jpg)
Youth Program Features
Creative Thinking
Students explore their imagination through artistic creations, try new ideas, experience innovative problem solving, refine and revise with new perspectives.
Critical Thinking
Literacy
Emotional Intelligence
Community
6:1 Student-to-Teacher Ratio
Explore More About Our Youth Program
Schools
Community-Word Project currently works with 26 schools across all five boroughs of NYC.
Libraries and Community Partners
Out-of-school programs ensure students continue their creative skills development within their communities.
Special Projects
Community Artwork
![Super Student at PS27 Second grade student in a Bronx classroom wearing a blue cape with SUPER written in in bright colors with lightning bolts](https://communitywordproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-22-at-2.38.44-PM.png)
![Super Student at PS27 Second grade student in a Bronx classroom wearing a blue cape with SUPER written in in bright colors with lightning bolts](https://communitywordproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-22-at-2.38.44-PM.png)
- P.S./M.S. 279
Buzzing through the Bronx
![JHS 98 student drawing of a house and trees Colorful drawing of a small house among trees with a bright sun](https://communitywordproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screen-Shot-2023-06-16-at-1.39.06-PM.png)
![JHS 98 student drawing of a house and trees Colorful drawing of a small house among trees with a bright sun](https://communitywordproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screen-Shot-2023-06-16-at-1.39.06-PM.png)
- J.H.S. 98 Herman Ridder School
J.H.S. 98 Herman Ridder School
![Collage by Maykel in 602 at JHS 98 Spring 2022 Self-portrait pencil drawing with collage of night sky by middle school student in NYC](https://communitywordproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-15-at-11.28.59-AM.png)
![Collage by Maykel in 602 at JHS 98 Spring 2022 Self-portrait pencil drawing with collage of night sky by middle school student in NYC](https://communitywordproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-15-at-11.28.59-AM.png)
- J.H.S. 98 Herman Ridder School
J.H.S. 98 Herman Ridder School
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Community-Word Project
Multi-disciplinary, arts-integrated curricula provide alternative learning strategies for writing and creative expression. Let us know how we can customize arts programming for your students.