This month, we acknowledge all those who have proudly and passionately dedicated their lives to these diverse, beautiful, and often challenging forms of expression. In our increasingly global economy, we…
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”—Henry David Thoreau Join a movement! Slow Art Day is an international event encouraging people of all ages to…
Heather Mullinix
By Sobha Kavanakudiyil What does it mean to be a practicing artist? I started as a teaching artist in the spring of 2001. I didn’t even know what a…
By Sobha Kavanakudiyil What does it mean to be a practicing artist? I started as a teaching artist in the spring of 2001. I didn’t even know what a…
The idea behind STEAM - science, technology, engineering, arts and math - is to find ways to integrate the “A” into all class subjects, believing the fusion of arts and…
"This isn’t about a single group of kindergartners, but about our core values for all students – that the arts are not disposable, that they are not frivolous, and that…
“What I learned is I can’t go through my life silent. Everybody has something in them.” Caitlin Perkins, Grade 11 Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School
Eliza Shapiro More than 90 influential arts and culture groups are pushing Mayor Bill de Blasio to stick to his promise of providing arts education to every public school child…
Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 10th, is primary election day here in New York City. The results could have a significant impact on the education of New York City's 1.1 million schoolchildren.…
On April 5, 2013 First Online With Fran asked a group of students from Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School to respond to this statement, "The Arts are extra-curricular and disposable."…
