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Hear Some Art
Hear Some Art

Students in Creative Art Works’ Digital Design class at PS/MS 278 took a deep dive into manipulating images and text. Students worked in Pixlr, a free software similar to Adobe Photoshop. Each project focused on a specific aspect of digital design, including collage, masking, and manipulating type. The results were beautiful, surreal, funny, and often thought-provoking. Presented within is a selection of artwork along with some recorded statements by the artists themselves.

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public speaking, out-of-school time, OST, middles school, graphic arts, cartoons, CASA, after-schoolBrian RicklinPS/ms 278art education, Art, engagement, CASA, ost, out-of-school, youth development, youth voice, publicspeaking
Celebrating Student Success
Celebrating Student Success

“It was something new that I wanted to try and it was totally different than what I expected. It was great learning about my strengths and weaknesses and discovering a love of photography. But mostly, I loved working with a lot of new friends. Our art had a lot of personal meaning behind it and it was surprising to hear other students telling so many stories about their art.”

CAW Youth Apprentice Natajha Graham

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empowerment, graphic arts, Mural, Public Art Youth Employment Program, Summer Youth Employment P, social justiceScott Lucas, Marketing & Communications Manageryouth apprentice, youth development, City College of New York, CUNY, HBCO, HBC, college preparedness, college access, public speaking, publicspeaking, public art, public art youth employment, spelman, college, CARA, social justice, BLM, HBCU
The Trifecta
The Trifecta

According to a study by the Wallace Foundation, middle school students say they want three things from an art program: they want to learn real skills from real teaching artists in a real art space. Last fall, Creative Art Works hit the trifecta at two after-school programs in The Bronx. Students at MS 45 created their own comic book characters in the Cartooning and Anatomy class, while students at IS 254 explored a variety of techniques in a formal drawing class. Both these semester-long programs were taught by CAW Teaching Artists and offered a deep dive into a single subject.

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after-school, cartooning, cartoons, out-of-school time, Out-of-school-time, middles schoolGuest UserMS 45Art, art education, artsed, Bronx, Community, doe, CASA, drawing, fordham, cartoons, anatomy, figures, models, skeletons, ink, skils, skills, publicspeaking, public speaking, Cultural After-School Adventures, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, middle school, depth, creative youth development, creativeartworks, creative art works, m, IS254, n, DOE, Ritchie Torres, after-school, youth development
Community: Well-Done with a Side of Fries
Community: Well-Done with a Side of Fries

The management team of the popular burger franchise Shake Shack commissioned Creative Art Works to produce a mural that will wrap around the front and side of their new location on 125th Street in Harlem because they recognize the power of CAW’s Public Art Youth Employment programs to connect stakeholders – including our Youth Apprentices – to their communities.

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empowerment, Mural, Public Art Youth Employment Program, SYEPBrian RicklinShake Shackyouth employment, youth development, Public art employment, public art youth employment program, publicspeaking, public speaking, aprrenticeship, caw4kids, caw, Shake Shack, Danny Meyer, Family, harlem, 125th Street, mural, business philosphy, asset model, education, Community, teamwork, leadership, Valerie Hallier, Michael Mitchell, Karen Jolicoeur, design, diversity, hair, public art, pulbicartyouthemployment, public art youth employment, burgers
Doing the Right Thing
Doing the Right Thing

Going back to school to earn your high school diploma can be a struggle; so can wrestling with complex issues of social justice. In a CAW integrated art class at Innovations Diploma Plus High School in Manhattan, students are challenged to do both.

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in-school, integrated, literacy-based, Multimedia, public speaking, high schoolScott Lucas, Marketing & Communications ManagerInnoavations Plus Diploma High Schoolart education, Art, curriculum, social justice, empathy, family, Language Arts, literacy, integrated learning, in-school, NYC, public speaking, publicspeaking, t, x, youth development
Lines of Communication
Lines of Communication

In the internet age, when social media platforms allow young people to instantly broadcast their thoughts and opinions to the world with a just a few taps on their smart phone, face-to-face conversations can seem quaint, if not downright low-tech. Yet impromptu speaking is a skill that both kids and adults use every day in school, with friends and family, and on the job. In January, students in CAW after-school art workshops had a chance to talk about their art to friends, family, teachers and administrative staff in RL (real-life) at culmination events.

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in-school, middle school, Mural, OST, out-of-school time, public speakingDaniel Bergman, Program DirectorCreative Art Worksart education, caw, caw4kids, drawing, middle school, kids, education, Family, girl power, HGMS, Harlem, Inwood, mural, NYC City Council, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Ydanis Rodriguez, CASA, Cultural After-School Adventures, youth development, psms 278, creative art works, publicspeaking, active learning, NYC
Meshack Merills Brings Down the House
Meshack Merills Brings Down the House

"...Our mural began and we finished the plan,
And I just want to say how proud that I am.
I’m blessed for my God, blessed for my people,
Blessed to be up here rather down there with evil. 
Blessed to be on the mural that’s mentioned,
The mural that brings out attention,
The mural that we have invented, 
This is our Ascension!"

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