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Sep 18, 2020

Watch our 10th Anniversary Celebration!

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Aug 24, 2020

Arts Ed Newark Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary with "Celebrating Resilience" Virtual Celebration

Arts Ed Newark is celebrating 10 years of supporting arts education equity for all Newark youth.

Jun 12, 2020

Arts Education Access in the Time of COVID-19

Jee-Hoon Krska is the founder and lead teacher of Keys 2 Success, which provides classical piano instruction to pre-K and elementary scho...

Jun 2, 2020

BLACK LIVES MATTER

Today, in solidarity with the black community, we have gone black on all our social media channels.

May 15, 2020

What does distance arts learning look like for our Newark partners?

See how we continue to make an impact in the midst of the COVID-19 Stay-at-Home order

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Sep 18, 2020

Watch our 10th Anniversary Celebration!

Arts Ed Newark Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Celebrating Resilience Virtual Celebration Access our 10th Anniversary Celebration record...

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Sep 18, 2020

Watch our 10th Anniversary Celebration!

Arts Ed Newark Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Celebrating Resilience Virtual Celebration Access our 10th Anniversary Celebration record...

Jun 12, 2020

Arts Education Access in the Time of COVID-19

Jee-Hoon Krska is the founder and lead teacher of Keys 2 Success, which provides classical piano instruction to pre-K and elementary scho...

Oct 31, 2019

Join Us! Become a Partner!

Join Arts Ed Newark as a partner for the 2019-2020 school year and help us celebrate 10 years of arts education advocacy in Newark!

Oct 21, 2019

Open Doors Kids 2019 Wraps!

Congratulations to all the young artists on display at this year's Open Doors Kids festival. A great tradition of celebrating local artis...

Sep 25, 2019

SummerPlus 19 is a Wrap!

Arts Ed Newark wrapped up its 6th year of a successful partnership with Newark Board of Ed. 2,000 students participated in SummerPlus19!

Sep 16, 2019

The Loss of a Legend

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the news that Newark's arts champion Gladys Barker Grauer has passed away at the age of 96.

MEET OUR PARTNERS

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Partnership for Children of Essex (PCE) is a private non-profit care management organization (CMO) dedicated to assisting youth with complex needs that include: emotional/behavioral, intellectual/developmental and substance use. PCE is a part of New Jersey's Children's System of Care. PCE utilizes a Wraparound model of care while working in partnership with youth and families to design and implement a plan of care that is specific to the youth's individual strengths and needs. PCE is committed to keeping youth safe in their home, school, and community.

About Young Audiences Arts for Learning NJ & Eastern PA
Founded in 1973, Young Audiences Arts for Learning NJ & Eastern PA is the premier arts-in-education resource in the region, providing teaching artist-led performances, workshops, residencies, and teacher professional learning programs to schools in all 21 counties of New Jersey and the 7 easternmost counties of Pennsylvania. Young Audiences’ extensive professional artist roster represents all art forms—from dance and theater to music, language and visual arts. Since its founding, the organization has reached over 15 million children in its nearly 50-year history.
A not-for-profit organization, Young Audiences’ mission is to inspire young people and expand their learning through the arts. Students are the center of our work. Our vision is that every child will have rich and meaningful arts experiences as part of their education. YA continually strives to create spaces that are diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible to all students and is committed to providing students of all identities, backgrounds, and experiences with arts education in which their creativity, cultures, abilities, and identities are validated, included, and nurtured.

YA’s programs are designed to strengthen the arts in schools, meet local and state curriculum standards, and enrich cultural life in New Jersey and Pennsylvania communities.

Young Audiences is the first arts education organization designated as a major service organization by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and, as part of the national network of Young Audiences, Inc., was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Clinton. Young Audiences programs are made possible in part through a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State and Pennsylvania Council of the Arts. Additional funding comes from foundations, corporations and generous individuals. To learn more, visit www.yanjep.org. To be “social” with us, join us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram and Twitter @YAAFLORG.

our mission is to develop life skills in all children through woodworking. we train, equip and support schools, camps and community organizations so they can work with children. The program is safe and empowering. learn more at www.maplewoodshop.com

The International Girls Academy’s mission is to unite, uplift and empower through the instruction and practice of the Nguzo Saba, aka The Seven Principles created by Dr. Muluana Karenga. The seven principles of The International Girls Academy is : Unity, Self-Determination, Collective Work and Responsibility, Cooperative Economics, Purpose, Creativity and Faith. By embedding the Nguzo Saba into our everyday lives we strive to create a positive and open minded society. Through the Nguzo Saba, The International Girls Academy will empower our girls to understand that they don’t need a seat at the table, they can create their own.

STEAM Urban provides personal development workshops and resources to underserved communities in urban neighborhoods by exploring education and therapy through the arts and sciences.

For almost a century, Newark Symphony Hall has been an arts and culture staple in New Jersey. Thanks to our invaluable education programs and outreach, we’ve become a place where the community can gather and seek inspiration. As we approach our 100th anniversary in 2025, we are as committed as ever to providing an artistically rich experience for performing arts lovers of all ages.

Butterfly Dreamz, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps girls develop into women who achieve their dreams and fill the roles of leadership in this nation and world.

We aim to close the opportunity gap that exists for young women by providing girls with mentorship and quality career and leadership development programming. Through our books, programs, and scholarships, we give girls an opportunity to earn income, produce creative work, and build a supportive network that helps them thrive in school and at home. Butterfly Dreamz inspires girls to live boldly, dream big, and fly high.

Alvin Ailey believed that “dance is for everybody.” He dedicated his company to serve not only as performers, but as teachers and role models to tens of thousands of children each year. Since its founding in 1958, the Ailey organization has honored this commitment to bring dance into the classrooms, communities, and lives of people throughout the world.

Ailey Arts In Education & Community Programs (AIE) represents a vital continuation of Alvin Ailey’s original vision. Since 1992, AIE has annually given over 100,000 young people from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to explore their creative potential while also imparting life skills such as teamwork and self-discipline.

The mission of AIE is to cultivate and energize youth and adults to take, make, and see dance. Through our school and community outreach programs, we inspire our audiences to explore their own creativity and experience the joy of dance.

AIE: TAKE. MAKE. SEE…DANCE!

In addition to its lauded artistic programming, the NJSO presents a suite of nationally recognized education and community engagement (ECE) programs that promote meaningful, lifelong engagement with live music, annually serving as many as 60,000 New Jerseyans in nearly 21 counties.
Core program offerings include Concerts for Young People, the NJSO Youth Orchestras, Preschool Program and the touring chamber music program, NJSO Community Partners. Through its diverse array of programs, the NJSO expands access to quality music instruction as well as provides vital arts learning experiences that reinforce social and emotional learning outcomes, foster confidence and bring joy.

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Every performer who steps onto the NJPAC stage has one thing in common: arts education made a difference in their lives. That’s why we’re proud to be one of the largest arts education providers in America. At NJPAC, you’ll experience the joy of jazz, dance, acting, musical theater, film and hip hop taught by inspiring artists in a warm, supportive environment. Join us!

The Institute for Ethical Leadership is dedicated to the study of leadership ethics and to programs for students and practitioners that aim to cultivate the knowledge and imagination to exercise ethical and effective leadership.

SMAPA is a nonprofit 501 c(3) arts education organization whose mission is to provide inclusive, comprehensive developmental training in dance and related theater arts to students at all stages of life.

Keys 2 Success Draws Children from the Lowest Socio-Economic Group and Provides Piano-Music Lessons in a Small Group setting at no cost to the students

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