Arts Education at Park Avenue Armory gives students and families the tools to think creatively and trust their own aesthetic judgment by exposing them to outside-the-box artists and architecture.
The Arts Education Initiatives at Park Avenue Armory are:
Production-Based Programming | Armory Youth Corps | Partner Schools
Arts Education by the Numbers
Since 2010, the Armory's arts education program has had:
195 Artists Directly Interacting with Students
231 Youth Corps Participants Work 76,708 hours as Part of Their Paid Internships
2,153 Workshops Created to Serve 36,510 Students and Families
1,100,000 Students Reached through Armory-Produced Education Resources at 1,861 NYC public schools
Park Avenue Armory's arts education programs are supported by generous grants from The Thompson Family Foundation, Citi Foundation, Leonard and Judy Lauder Fund, The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, Jane Toll and Robert Toll*, the Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation, Anne-Victoire Auriault, Emme and Jonathan Deland, Kaplen Brothers Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin and The Malkin Fund, Inc., Coach Foundation, Adam R. Flatto, Courtney and Jonathan Davis, Con Edison, the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Lester and Enid Morse, the Michael Tuch Foundation, Ken Kuchin and Tyler Morgan, Martha Escobar and Sandor Lehoczky, Anita K. Hersh, and the Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation. Additional support has been provided by members of the Armory's Avant-Garde Scholars, the Armory's Education Committee and generous donors to the Armory's Gala and Snowflake Lounge.
The Armory's arts education programs are also made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature as well as the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
*Deceased
Arts Education Banner Photo: Da Ping Luo