Arts to grow contributor Dina Doyle visited one of Arts to Grow's performing arts classes, in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, and interviewed students while they were rehearsing for their new musical production.
Arts to Grow's after school theatre class at Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation / I.S 171 is led by our Teaching Artist Patricia Runcie who is currently rehearsing The Optimistic Orphan full production musical.
Dina Doyle: "Some of the children have been participating in Arts to Grow programs for more than 3 years, some are new this year but each one of them was enjoying their time and enthusiastically welcomed the chance to be happy to be interviewed. My questions were based on the experiences and skills that enrich kids live through arts. It was fascinating to hear what the kids experienced when they go on the stage for the first time, how they learn how to let it go, overcome their fears, how to leave everything that worries them behind and immerse themselves in their roles."
ARTS TO GROW (ATG) is a nonprofit organization that collaborates with New York City metro area public schools and community organizations to provide music, visual arts, theater, dance and literary programs to underserved urban youth. Through our powerful model for learning through the arts, we help each child experience life‐changing personal success. They discover joy in learning, become self‐ motivated, feel valued and gain self‐confidence and skills necessary to look beyond the limitations of their environment and become leaders now and in the future. Launched in 2005, Arts to Grow has since partnered with 14 public schools and community organizations (and 50 more are on a waiting list). Since 2005 ATG, offered 65 high quality programs to over 1300 children and now serves children and young adults with special needs.
In New York City, hundreds of thousands of public school children have little or no access to the arts, ATG's free neighborhood-based programs target "at-risk" urban youth and offers them a safe and high quality opportunity outside school hours to experience personal success despite negative influences such as gangs, school fights, substance abuse and crime.
Arts to Grow students gain self-confidence and direction, our programs help students become more productive learners. ATG programs target "at risk" youth in underserved urban neighborhoods with little or no access to arts education. Our programs help prepare kids and young adults to become active and productive members of society, serving youth ages 5-18, ATG allowing primary, middle and high school students multi-year opportunities for arts learning, which develops the 21st century skills needed to compete in our global economy. These skills include: creativity, innovation, critical thinking, problem solving and collaboration. Arts to Grow programs Improved SAT scores: Students with 4 years of arts learning scored 49 points higher on Verbal and 38 points higher on Math. Under the guidance of our Educational Advisory Council comprised of national leading arts educators, highly-customized programs are designed using well-researched best educational practices. We continually evaluate programs using qualitative and quantitative assessment tools to maintain and strengthen the instructional and learning experience of both teaching artists and students.
Arts to grow contributor Dina Doyle visited one of Arts to Grow's performing arts classes, in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, and interviewed students while they were rehearsing for their new musical production.
Arts to Grow's after school theatre class at Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation / I.S 171 is led by our Teaching Artist Patricia Runcie who is currently rehearsing The Optimistic Orphan full production musical.
Dina Doyle: "Some of the children have been participating in Arts to Grow programs for more than 3 years, some are new this year but each one of them was enjoying their time and enthusiastically welcomed the chance to be happy to be interviewed. My questions were based on the experiences and skills that enrich kids live through arts. It was fascinating to hear what the kids experienced when they go on the stage for the first time, how they learn how to let it go, overcome their fears, how to leave everything that worries them behind and immerse themselves in their roles."
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