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Through year-long residencies artists co-teach with classroom teachers for 90 minutes and plan curriculum for 45 minutes a week over 32 weeks from September to June; disciplines include theater, dance, visual art, film/video, music and creative writing. DreamYard will provide 145 residencies to 30 partner schools in 2008-09.
Bronx Writes, a yearlong residency program, teaches students how to write and perform original poetry. A biannual, school-to-school poetry slam competition is facilitated through videoconferencing, engaging hundreds of students in a series of compelling events that culminate in an Open Mic celebration at Lehman College.
The Bronx Arts Learning Community is a model community partnering DreamYard with fourteen K-12th grade Bronx public schools dedicated to building sustainable, continuous art service programs designed to reach 100% of each school’s students.
The DreamYard Preparatory School, a NYC Department of Education public high school with a rigorous arts-integrated curriculum, represents the organization’s best practices developed over the past 14 years.
In April 2009, the DreamYard Art Center will open, an artistic hub for Bronx students and teachers to practice the arts, develop skills and showcase their talents. DreamYard's three Out of School Programs (OSP) will be housed at the Art Center to train Bronx teenagers as creative leaders with a path towards higher education. The Bronx Acting Ensemble (BAE) trains young actors on basic performance skills and the tenets of classical and modern theater. The Bronx Art Collective (BAC) provides training in visual art and curating. The ACTION Project uses the arts to develop young people as effective social leaders and active civic participants.
Year-round professional development offers unique curriculum, specific to the needs of the collaborating school.
Professional exhibitions celebrate high quality student artwork at venues such as Pregones Theater, Sotheby's, Inc. and The Public Theater.
Bronx Writes, a yearlong residency program, teaches students how to write and perform original poetry. A biannual, school-to-school poetry slam competition is facilitated through videoconferencing, engaging hundreds of students in a series of compelling events that culminate in an Open Mic celebration at Lehman College.
The Bronx Arts Learning Community is a model community partnering DreamYard with fourteen K-12th grade Bronx public schools dedicated to building sustainable, continuous art service programs designed to reach 100% of each school’s students.
The DreamYard Preparatory School, a NYC Department of Education public high school with a rigorous arts-integrated curriculum, represents the organization’s best practices developed over the past 14 years.
In April 2009, the DreamYard Art Center will open, an artistic hub for Bronx students and teachers to practice the arts, develop skills and showcase their talents. DreamYard's three Out of School Programs (OSP) will be housed at the Art Center to train Bronx teenagers as creative leaders with a path towards higher education. The Bronx Acting Ensemble (BAE) trains young actors on basic performance skills and the tenets of classical and modern theater. The Bronx Art Collective (BAC) provides training in visual art and curating. The ACTION Project uses the arts to develop young people as effective social leaders and active civic participants.
Year-round professional development offers unique curriculum, specific to the needs of the collaborating school.
Professional exhibitions celebrate high quality student artwork at venues such as Pregones Theater, Sotheby's, Inc. and The Public Theater.
Overview
Location
United States, New York
Employees
51-200
Phone
+1 718-588-8007
Founded date
1994
Mentions in press and media 4
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| Apr 13, 2017 | How Kickstarter became a public benefit corporation | Plenty of companies claim to have a greater purpose than making money. In our local tech scene, we have at least one that’s legally codified it. In 2015, Kickstarter became a public benefit corporation, or PBC, a legal designation that allo... |
| Oct 8, 2015 | In NYC, Poetry Machines and Other Surprising Collaborations | Local learning networks and blended learning are proving to be a powerful pair. Founded in 2009, Mozilla's Hive NYC Learning Network functions as a laboratory for New York City's informal educators who work with youth in out-of-sc... |
| Nov 7, 2011 | Mozilla Festival salutes more Popcorn and less developer-ghetto | The 600 participants at last weekend’s Mozilla Festival in London were a crowd of filmmakers, educators, coders, tech-savvy media professionals, media-sceptical hackers, hacking-ignorant journalists, gamers, government advisors – I could go... |
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FAQ about The DreamYard Project
When was The DreamYard Project founded?
The DreamYard Project was founded in 1994.
What has the press written about The DreamYard Project?
Parsers VC has collected 4 articles mentioning The DreamYard Project, among them “How Kickstarter became a public benefit corporation” (Apr 13, 2017) and “In NYC, Poetry Machines and Other Surprising Collaborations” (Oct 8, 2015).
Is The DreamYard Project still active?
Yes, The DreamYard Project is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 17, 2019.