Community News
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From Our Friends at ArtsConnection: Staten Island Borough Arts Festival Educator’s Night Event
Attend the Staten Island Borough Arts Festival Educator’s Night Event on May 21, 2026 from 4 – 6pm at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Building G, 1000 Richmond Terrace Staten Island. Please join us to meet teachers, connect with colleagues and old friends, and enjoy the best of Staten Island visual arts selctions! This is an opportunity to either table at the event itself, send us information and swag for a collective table or offer a raffle prize. Teachers would like to connect with you! Please fill out the form below to sign up to choose how you would like to…
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“Best Budget Ever” Gets Even Better: Mayor Adams, DCLA, Cultural Leaders Celebrate Historic Investments in City’s Cultural Sector as Part of FY 2026 Adopted Budget
Follows Agreement Between Adams Administration and New York City Council on $116 BillionFY 2026 Adopted Budget to Create a Safer, More Affordable City for Working-Class Families Adopted Budget Invests Nearly $300 Million in Department of Cultural Affairs,Largest Investment in New York City History, Including First SubstantialBaseline Funding Increase in Over 10 Years Adopted Budget Also Invests Record $523 Million in Public Library Systems Adopted Budget Builds on Investments Made in Mayor Adams’ “Best Budget Ever”Earlier This Year to Support Cultural Organizations andMake New York City Best Place to Raise a Family NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New…
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Free FAFSA Completion Training with ArtsConnection
ArtsConnection is hosting two 90 minute FAFSA Completion Trainings provided by UAspire for parents, students, school administrators, and teachers. Check out the flyer below and contact Ed Miller, millere@artsconnection.org for more information.
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From Our Friends at Funny Girls
Funny Girls 2025-2026 Partnership Application are now open for Fall 2025 – Spring 2026 partnerships. Funny Girls is an SEL Leadership Curriculum for girls in grades 3-8 that uses improv to teach key leadership skills. The partnership provides curriculum, training, professional development support and a modest operational grant. The curriculum is comprised of 2 units, each designed to span a semester. Each unit is 11 lessons long, including a Final Showcase. Each lesson is designed to be implemented 90 minutes a week. Funny Girls partners with schools and organizations who: Please submit before May 1, 2025. Questions? Contact Jill Frutkin,…
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Arts Takes Work: Campaign to Support New York State Artists
Join Creatives Rebuild New York and arts advocates across the state to raise public awareness about artists’ lives and livelihoods, and to advocate for actionable policies to support them! The campaign video will launch in Times Square on Wednesday, January 15th, 2025 @ 5:00pm. Connect with like-minded artists, organizations, and policymakers and learn what steps you can take to support artists in New York State. Location: Times Square / Duffy Square, 7th Ave &, W 47th St, New York, NY 10036 RSVP: newyorkartists.eventbrite.com If you have any questions, please contact futaba@creativesrebuildny.org
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Nonprofit Preparedness Regarding Immigration Enforcement
VIRTUAL TRAINING & DISCUSSION JANUARY 17, 2025, 1PM-2:30PM The incoming presidential administration has promised increases in aggressive immigration enforcement, causing nonprofits and other service providers to question how to ensure that immigrant clients have access to their services. New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) and Lawyers Alliance for New York, leaders in the nonprofit sector, have issued an updated Guidance to Nonprofits regarding Immigration Enforcement aimed at supporting the nonprofit community in protecting our most at-risk clients. In partnership with the Human Services Council (HSC), we invite you to attend a training and discussion for nonprofit leaders on Nonprofit Preparedness regarding Immigration Enforcement from…
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Announcing 2023-24 Arts Partnerships Grant Decisions
An Update from the ARTS Office at NYC Public Schools Dear Arts Partners, The ARTS Office is pleased to announce recipients of Arts Partnership Grants for the 2023-24 school year. The School Allocation Memorandum with a list of grantees and arts partners can be found by scrolling to the bottom of this page: SCHOOL ALLOCATION MEMORANDUM NO. 36, FY 2024. Table 5 – Arts for ELLs/SWD and Table 6 – Arts and Family Engagement list grant recipients. For organizations that collaborated with a school(s) to submit an Arts Partnership Grant proposal, please contact your partnership school(s) to learn more about grant decisions. Please contact Audrey…
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Learn About Art Education & Education Theatre Programs at The City College of New York
Interested in applying to Arts Education programs at The City College of New York? Join CCNY for Info Sessions on their Visual Art Education or Educational Theatre programs. Programs include tracks for NY State Certification, Masters only, and distance learning programs. 2023 Admissions Information Session Dates, all times ET
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The Uplifting Power of the Arts – From Chancellor David C. Banks
Dear New Yorkers, We were treated to the LaGuardia choir’s performance at our central office last week to help celebrate the release of our annual Arts in Schools Report—and to mark the start of a new era in arts education in New York City Public Schools. The arts uplift the spirit and foster understanding and appreciation of other cultures. They instill valuable character traits like discipline, persistence, self-confidence, and the courage to take risks. Studies show that students who study the arts in school perform better in reading, writing, and mathematics, have improved attendance, and develop essential social-emotional skills. The arts…
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From Our Friends at DYCD: Summer Connections — Partnership Interest Questionnaire & Virtual Resource Fair
As schools, CBOs, and Summer Rising sites plan for summer 2023 programming, the Roundtable believes it is imperative that arts and culture opportunities are available for our city’s young people. Over the past few months, we’ve been working with DYCD to brainstorm ways that arts organizations and individual teaching artists can be better connected with potential summer-time partners. If you are interested in partnering with CBO or Summer Rising site(s) on workshops, residencies, or field trips, please take a moment to complete the 10-minute questionnaire linked below. Those that complete this questionnaire will have their program information shared with potential…
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Exploring Artistic Equity with GIVE
Join artist and educators from the disability community to celebrate their work and think about how we can embrace disability as a central part of art-making and education.
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Summer Rising 2022 – From Comissioner Laurie Cumbo
Good evening cultural colleagues, I’m writing to share with you a timely opportunity on behalf of our colleagues at the Department of Education and Department of Youth and Community Development: Summer Rising is back in 2022! This year, it will serve a whopping 110,000 students across 380+ buildings throughout the five boroughs. As always, Summer Rising will seek to spark curiosity, joy, and a love of learning as students engage with peers and caring adults to experience all that our city has to offer. Summer Rising will continue to combine academic support and school-based enrichment programming led by Community Based Organizations (CBOs), and students will have…
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Update from OASP: Review Arts Education Strategic Plan
Dear Colleagues, Thank you for your outstanding work this year in supporting arts education for NYC’s students. We value your feedback and insights about the vision and next steps for an equitable and high-quality arts education for all NYC public school students. If you are interested, please review the draft Arts Education Strategic Plan below and contribute your feedback through the linked survey (deadline extended to Friday, June 17, 2022). We greatly appreciate your time and thinking to deepen and expand arts instruction for our students. Best,Audrey CoxDirector of Arts Partnerships Office of Arts and Special ProjectsNew York City Department of Education
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Summer Rising 2022 – From the Department of Youth & Community Development
Summer Rising is back in 2022! This year’s program will serve 110,000 students across 380+ buildings throughout the five boroughs. We know there may be schools and CBOs that are interested in and looking for arts and cultural partners for… If you are interested in and have capacity to take on one or more of these programs, please complete the brief Google form linked below (no more than 2 minutes!) by June 1, 2022. Per the DOE website, “Summer Rising programming will spark curiosity, joy, and a love of learning. Students will engage with peers and caring adults to experience all…
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Update from OASP: Arts Partnership Grants
Dear Arts Partners, The DOE’s Office of Arts and Special Projects is pleased to present the 2022-23 application cycle for Arts Partnership Grants: Arts and Family Engagement Grants and Arts for Multilingual Learners and Students with Disabilities Grant. The Arts and Family Engagement Grant will provide $2,500 in School Allocation Memorandum (SAM) funding to each grantee site. The Arts for Multilingual Learners and Students with Disabilities Grant will provide $15,000 in School Allocation Memorandum (SAM) funding to each grantee site. For more information, click here to review the Arts Partnership Grants Program Request for Proposals and application. Arts partner organizations may assist schools in…
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Register Now: City Council Committee on Education Preliminary Education Budget Hearing (3/21)
On Monday, March 21 at 9am ET, the New York City Council’s Committee on Education will host a virtual Preliminary Budget Hearing, chaired by Council Member and educator Rita Joseph. The 2022-2023 draft city budget currently projects funding cuts that would impact arts in schools. This is a critical moment for our community to share about the impact of arts education now and beyond the pandemic. Specific results and examples of successfully providing arts and cultural education will be the most impactful during your testimony. We also encourage naming the value of baselining at least $100 per student in dedicated funding to support sustainable arts education…
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Register Now: City Council Committee on Cultural Affairs Hosts Oversight Hearing (2/22)
On Tuesday, February 22 at 10am ET, the New York City Council’s Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Intergroup Relations will be hosting a virtual Oversight hearing on “Expanding Access to Cultural Institutions for Underserved BIPOC Youth and the BIPOC Community At Large.” This is a critical moment for the arts education community to share how you have been able to teach and deliver programs to BIPOC youth and audiences as well as the successes and challenges you are seeing in reaching underserved BIPOC students and communities. Specific results and examples of successfully providing arts and cultural education to these communities will be the most…
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NYC DOE Announces MTAC Information Session — Sign-Up Today!
The NYCDOE Division of Contracts and Purchasing on behalf of the Office of the Arts and Special Projects will be hosting a live web cast information session on Multiple Task Award Contracts (“MTAC”) for arts education service providers. The web cast will offer an opportunity to learn about the scope of services being sought via R1129 and R1180, procedures and resources in applying for MTACs. Invited Participants: Vendors who currently do not have an MTAC The web cast will be held on: Monday, February 28, 2022 10:00AM – 11:15AM ET To sign up, please email ISPSupport@schools.nyc.gov. After RSVP’ing, click the button below to…
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Update from OASP: Arts Partnership Grants
Dear Arts Partners, The Office of Arts and Special Projects is pleased to announce recipients of Arts Partnership Grants for the 2021-22 school year. The School Allocation Memorandum No. 36 with a list of participating schools and arts partners can be found here. Table 5 includes Arts for ELL’s/SWD recipients. Table 6 includes Arts and Family Engagement recipients. For organizations that collaborated with a school(s) to submit an Arts Partnership Grant proposal, please contact your partnership school(s) to learn more about grant decisions. Please contact Audrey Cox, Director of Arts Partnerships, at ACox16@schools.nyc.gov for more information. Thank you for your continued support! In partnership,…
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The Annual Arts in Schools Report: 2020-2021
On December 22, 2021, the New York City Department of Education and Office of Arts and Special Projects released the Annual Arts in Schools Report 2020-2021 via Zoom webinar. This virtual event shared highlights from the report including data about arts teachers, arts budgeting, space for the arts, partnerships with arts and cultural organizations, and parent involvement in NYC schools. We will paste a recording of the event here once it is made publicly available.
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Register Now: City Council Hosts Oversight Hearing on Arts Instruction
On Monday, December 6 at 10am ET, the New York City Council’s Committee on Education will be hosting an Oversight hearing on the “Impact of the Covid 19 Pandemic on Arts Instruction, Extracurriculars, and School-Related Social Activities.” This is a critical moment for the arts education community to share how you have been able to teach and deliver educational programming during COVID-19, the impact of American Rescue Plan Act funding, alongside the successes and challenges you are seeing in the classroom. The Roundtable is calling on our arts education community (yes, YOU!) to testify live at this hearing or to submit written testimony. Thank you in advance for helping…