Opportunities in the Visual Arts Await
We provide opportunities for learners of all ages through visual arts education and career development programs.
Since 1977, Studio in a School (SIAS) has been committed to bringing professional artists into New York City classrooms to teach visual arts programs to over a million students.
This commitment has enabled us to develop a unique expertise in the field of arts education. We conduct research, share tested innovations and assessment methods, and provide curriculum and classroom program models to arts and educational communities.
Our Work
From partnerships that include early childhood programs, family engagement, and artist residencies to internship-based learning for teens and college students, and professional learning for educators, we are dedicated to improving opportunities through the visual arts.
Making It Happen
Our Methods
Our unique expertise in arts education comes from a focus on drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, and sculpting.
We work exclusively with the visual arts and hire only professional artists to mentor and teach the children and youth in our collaborative partnership-based programs. Whether they be early childhood or youth-development goals, our programs address the needs of the communities we serve.
Our Community
Includes a range of stakeholders that contribute to the work that we do:
• Children and students from pre-K through college
• Parents and caregivers
• School and community leaders
• Administrators
• Artist instructors
• Partner arts organizations and foundations
• Individual donors.
Communities We’re Building With
Abbreviated List of NYC 2023 Partners:
ARTS INTERN
Al Held Foundation, Brooklyn Museum,
El Museo del Barrio, Harpo Foundation,
Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, The Kitchen,
Madison Square Park Conservancy,
Roy Lichtenstein Foundation,
Reversible Destiny Foundation, Rubin Museum of Art, Staten Island Museum, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Noguchi Museum, The Studio Museum in Harlem,
Woodman Family Foundation
BLOOMBERG ARTS INTERNSHIP
Bronx: B.A.A.D! (Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance), Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, New York Botanical Garden, Wave Hill; Brooklyn: Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Cool Culture, Theatre for a New Audience, UrbanGlass, Wyckoff House Museum; Manhattan: Art21, Ballet Hispánico, Children’s Museum of the Arts, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Park Conservancy, Museum of Chinese in America, National Black Theatre, National Dance Institute, New York Live Arts, Nuyorican Poets Cafe; Open House New York; Park Avenue Armory, The Juilliard School; Queens: King Manor Museum, Materials for the Arts, New York Hall of Science, Queens Botanical Garden; Staten Island: Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Staten Island Museum—and participating NYC CTE high schools
TEEN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
Bronx: YMCA (La Central); Brooklyn: CAMBA, Center for Family Life, NIA Community Services: Manhattan: The Boys’ Club of New York (Gerry Clubhouse), Grand Street Settlement (Seward Park), Henry Street Settlement, YMCA (Chinatown); Queens: The Boys’ Club of New York (Abbe Clubhouse), Sunnyside Community Services—and participating NYC high schools
ARTS INTERN (Newark)
AACA Creates
Gallery Aferro
GlassRoots
CREATIVE START
East Orange School District (East Orange) and
La Casa de Don Pedro Early Childhood Education Programs (Newark)
Newark Trust for Education
ARTS INTERN
Art House, Inc.
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve
Assembly for the Arts
Cleveland Clinic Art Program
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Foluké Cultural Arts Center
Rainey Institute
Waterloo Arts
ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM Pre-K–8
Cleveland Metropolitan Schools District
CREATIVE START
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Rainey Institute
ARTS INTERN
Art Museum of the University of Memphis
Memphis Botanic Garden
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Metal Museum
ARTS INTERN
Institute of Contemporary Art
Museum of Science
ARTS INTERN
Bronzeville Historical Society
Chicago Latino Theater Alliance
Field Museum
Media Burn Archive
National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture
Polish Museum of America
Swedish American Museum
ARTS INTERN
Brandywine Workshop and Archives
Fabric Workshop and Museum
Founder’s Hall Museum at Girard College
Free Library of Philadelphia
The Rosenbach
Taller Puertorriqueño
Woodmere Art Museum
ARTS INTERN
Johns Hopkins University Museums/Evergreen Museum & Library
ARTS INTERN
RISD Museum
CREATIVE START
Family Centers Early Care & Education Programs (Greenwich)
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What Drives Us
My son looks forward to class every week. If he has to miss art, he is very sad. He drew a picture in occupational therapy and the therapist asked him what he made. He said, ’I made a zig zag. I learned it in art class!’
Community Parent, Newark
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