LeAp's Student Public Arts Program NYC

LeAp's Public Art Program is designed to empower middle school students to speak out on social issues in their communities through the creation and public exhibition of art in NYC parks. Students meet world-renowned Guest Artists such as Christo and Chuck Close, and ultimately create their own beautiful and highly meaningful artworks that address important community issues---using a school lunchroom table as a canvas for the project. The final art tables are installed in 10 parks citywide and comprise the largest student exhibition in the history of NYC parks, and the first to span five boroughs.

Learning through an Expanded Arts Program (LeAp) is committed to improving the quality of public education through a unique hands-on, arts-based approach to teaching the core curriculum. For 33 years, LeAp has provided more than two million NYC students in grades K through 12 with nationally recognized music, dance, theater and visual arts programs that are integrated into academic instruction. LeAp offers in-school residencies, afterschool activities, teacher trainings, parent workshops and assembly programs to schools citywide, conducts programs in hospitals, shelters and cultural institutions and develops educational materials. LeAp empowers students to reach their
full potential.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• education
• arts
• students
• new york city
• NYC
• LeAp
• kids
• artwork
• parks
• school lunch table
• Central Park
• Crotona Park
• Claremont Park
• St. Nicholas Park
• Juniper Valley Park
• Forest Park
• Sheltering Arms Park
• Irving Square Park
• Fermi Playground
• Silver Lake Park
• Clove Lakes Park
• public arts
• free art

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Great to see this video on YouTube. GO, LEAP! Makes all of us proud to be a part of LEAP and NYC schools.