Posts tagged Brooklyn
Student-Created Murals Are Game-Changers
Student-Created Murals Are Game-Changers

Physical activity is essential to the healthy development of all students, yet 80% of Americans don’t get enough exercise, according to the CDC. That’s why Creative Art Works teamed up with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to create murals to activate spaces at two schools in Brooklyn as part of the Active Art in Schools initiative. Active Art seeks to promote physical and mental well-being through a series of architectural and urban design strategies that encourage stair climbing, walking, bicycling, transit use, active recreation, and healthy eating.

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high school, Mural, active designDaniel Bergman, Program DirectorFranklin D. Roosevelt High Schoolmural, active design, DoH, Department of Health, Active art, nyc, New York CIty, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Brooklyn, student, Valerie Hallier
Spring Awakenings
Spring Awakenings

All art-making is an act of communication. The processes that surround exhibiting artwork — the development of artists’ statements, the receiving of feedback and recognition — are essential elements in supporting the development of a sense of agency: the belief that intentional, creative action can transform the world around us. 

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empowerment, Restorative Justice, public speaking, Public Art Youth Employment Program, Programming, Mural, MultimediaGuest Usercaw, creative youth development, creative art works, youth employment, youth development, ACS, Brooklyn, apprentice, aprrenticeship, art, public art youth employment program, Community, Administration for Children's Services, kids, empowerment, self-portrait, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, public speaking, multimedia, mural, NYC, Art, 72andsunny
Come See the Magic!
Come See the Magic!

Our 2016 Public Art Youth Employment Program started on July 5th with an orientation at the Oberia D. Dempsey Multi-Service Center in Harlem. Over the course of six weeks, Youth Apprentices will be paid to participate in six mural projects and to contribute to two multi-media or graphics projects at six partner locations. Read on for details about each site. 

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Multimedia, Public Art Youth Employment Program, Summer Programs, Restorative JusticeScott Lucas, Marketing & Communications ManagerGlobal Community Charter Schoolyouth employment, youth development, SYEP, creative youth development, apprentice, Art, Artspace, art ed, art education, Harlem, Bronx, Brooklyn, El Barrio, public art youth employment program, East Harlem, Horizon, Crossroads, multimedia, empowerment, summer, aprrenticeship, PAL, WHGA, Global, Community, West Harlem, Hamilton Grange, Food Pantry, apprenticeship, DYCD, ACS, CCNY, Department of Youth and Community Development, City College of New York, Riverbank State Park, Administration for Children's Services, mural