In School Programs Offerings

IN SCHOOL FULL RESIDENCIES

Our In School Residencies are a collaboration between DreamYard Teaching Artists and DOE teachers to integrate social justice arts education into the core curriculum. Using the arts as a dynamic tool to examine and facilitate curriculum, teachers, staff and students leverage imagination and critical thinking for individual and collective transformation.

IN SCHOOL RESIDENCIES INCLUDE:

• 30 Sessions: 90 min. each session. Start in October through May
• Weekly Partner Planning: TA + Teaching Partner meet to plan sessions
• Welcome + Kick Off Day: Teaching Partners + Teaching Artists build
  community, collaborate, and develop a vision for a dynamic partnership
• Materials Budget and Social Justice Curriculum
• 2 Student Culminating Events
• Participation in DreamFest: Eligible to participate in our Bronx-wide arts
  festival at Lehman College and Andrew Freedman Home

AFTER SCHOOL RESIDENCIES

In depth exploration of the art form through a social justice lens and a platform for students to build community, collaborate with a professional artist, and use their work to “talk back” to the world.

AFTER SCHOOL RESIDENCIES INCLUDE:

• 60 Sessions: 90 min. each session
• Materials Budget and Social Justice Curriculum
• 2 Student Culminating Events
• Participation in DreamFest: Eligible to participate in our Bronx-wide arts festi val at Lehman College and Andrew Freedman Home

IN SCHOOL HALF RESIDENCIES

Collaborate with a classroom teacher to integrate social justice arts education into the core curriculum. || Minimum commitment of two per partner ||

IN SCHOOL HALF RESIDENCIES INCLUDE:

• 30 Sessions: 45 min. each session. Start in October through May
• Weekly Partner Planning: TA + Teaching Partner meet weekly to plan sessions
• Welcome + Launch Day: Teaching Partners and Teaching Artists meet
  to build community, collaborate, and share their vision for a dynamic
  partnership
• Materials Budget and Social Justice Curriculum
• 2 Student Culminating Events
• Participation in DreamFest: Eligible to participate in our Bronx-wide arts
  festival at Lehman College and Andrew Freedman Home

SPECIAL PROJECTS

DreamYard Teaching Artists and staff can support your community in many ways, depending on availability

PROJECTS INCLUDE:

• Murals (student-led)
• Arts Takeover Days (can be themed: Latin Heritage Month, LGBTQIA+, etc.)
• Photobooks
• Design Challenge Day at BX Start, our new Design Space
• Curriculum Projects (unit-specific art projects)
• Art Therapy Interventions (on site or at one of our spaces)
• Wellness PDs for Staff
• Race Equity PDs for Staff

Cost – dependent on materials, duration, number of participants and number of artists required