Artists Space

Education

Expanded Art Ideas, Artists Space's arts in education program, supports both mainstream and special education students in New York City’s public schools. The program helps students to develop their own artistic voices and use their creative capacities by providing skills in communication, documentation, and public presentation.

EAI offers five core programs—BRIDGE Photography, Art and Literacy: Poetry, Threads of History, Listening to the LES, and ARTstudio—that enrich middle and high school classroom curricula in visual and language arts. Since its inception, the program has aligned with New York State standards for teaching visual art, more recently, with New York City’s Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts: Visual Arts Benchmarks.

In addition to those central offerings, EAI produces publications and exhibitions of student work, guides students through applications for Scholastic Awards, and entry into specialized arts high schools.

Programs ARTstudio BRIDGE Photography Art & Literacy: Poetry Threads of History Listening to the LES
Publications Exhibitions and Events Scholastic Awards

Many accomplished artists and poets have added valuable content and program innovations to our core courses. Two of these projects were initiated at New York's Thread Waxing Space in 1994 under the direction of Ellen Salpeter, Director, Chrysanne Stathacos, Educator and Director of Education, and Gloria Holwerda-Williams, Senior Educator. In June 2001, Chrysanne Stathacos joined Artists Space as its Director of Education and brought Expanded Arts Ideas to Artists Space under the direction of Barbara Hunt McLanahan. We would like to acknowledge the work of the following educators who have helped to shape these projects over the years:

Chrysanne Stathacos
Gloria Holwerda-Williams
Miriam Schaer
Nancy Friedman
Stefania Heim
Joy Episalla
Annie Bien
Rafael Sanchez
Lauren Lesko
Jennifer Pond
Octavius Neveux
Ester Partegas
A Constructed World (Geoff Lowe and Jacqueline Riva)
Sara Jane Stoner
Marco Vera / Mexicali Rose
Kate Temple
Claudia Sohrens
Sophie Green
Mary Simpson
Susan Hamburger
Stephanie Costello
Robert Sember
Esperanza Cortes
Desirée Alvarez
Nia Nottage
Rebecca Teich
Sonya Derman

Expanded Art Ideas is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council, The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, The Keith Haring Foundation, I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation, Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, The Cowles Charitable Trust, Lotos Foundation, Milton and Sally Avery Foundation, and the Friends of Artists Space.

With special thanks to all of the students, teachers, and school administrators for their ongoing dedication and to the Morris Jumel Mansion for hosting the exhibition Nuestro Reflejo, featuring collaborative artworks and poetry from our bi-lingual Threads of History project at Patria Mirabal MS 324 In Washington Heights.