About DreamYard

Partnerships

Bank Street College of Education
The Bank Street educational philosophy relies heavily upon an interactive approach to teaching and learning. DreamYard is partnering with the Bank Street College to conduct staff development. The central goal of this process is to actively involve the learner and cultivate interaction between all members of the partnership in order to create an environment where arts education is valued. Eileen Wasow and Fern Kahn at the Bank Street College led a staff development and curriculum integration institute for DreamYard at Wave Hill in the summer of 1997. Fran Schwartz will continue to consult with DreamYard on an evaluation begun in 1997 assessing DreamYard programs through the 2004 school year.
http://www.bankstreet.edu

Lehman College and Lehman College Stages
DreamYard has partnered with Lehman College and Lehman College Stages for the past four years in an effort to provide our students with a community-based venue to share their stories and art. DreamYard students visited and shared work at both Lehman College's arts and theater facilities. DreamYard and Lehman College Stages helped produce the Community Region 1 theater festival this past June. Open to elementary and middle schools from the entire district, the festival enables students to have a high-profile professional theater experience that extends to their families participation and support. http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/lehman
http://www.lehmanstages.org

Bronx Museum
DreamYard A.C.T.I.O.N. Projects year-round component for high school aged youth is housed at the Museum on Saturdays from 10am-2pm. The A.C.T.I.O.N. Project is an innovative four-year summer and year-round arts and civic engagement program for teenagers living in the Bronx. We work with young people every Saturday at the Museum to develop powerful strategies to respond to the issues that are most important to them in their communities.
http://www.bronxmuseum.org

Wave Hill
Our A.C.T.I.O.N. Project students will partake in a forest enchantment project on the Wave Hill property during the summer for several days. During the year our students will be involved in one of the local community garden clean-ups that take place on Saturdays during the fall and possibly create an art piece in the garden.
http://www.wavehill.org

Sotheby's
DreamYard visual arts classes present their work each year at the Sotheby's Gallery. The work that students create ranges from ink drawings and multi-media collages to photography and African inspired masks. Exhibits are curated by DreamYard students in a weeklong exhibition celebrating the work in our classrooms.
http://www.sothebys.com

Metis Associates
DreamYard is working with Metis Associates to evaluate the success of DreamYard's work in public schools. Metis has collaborated with the NYC Department of Education on evaluation and research projects for 30 years, and has developed extensive expertise and experience designing and conducting rigorous research using quasi-experimental and experimental methods. Last year, Metis provided evaluation and related services for more than half of New York City’s community school districts, the central board of education, branches of the City University system, and the United Federation of Teachers.
http://www.metisassoc.com

The Point Community Development Corporation
DreamYard's ACTION Project meets Saturdays at the Point. The Point is dedicated to youth development and the cultural and economic revitalization of the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx.
http://www.thepoint.org/