Welcome to the online searchable version of the
2000 Arts and Cultural Education Services Guide.

William C. Thompson, Jr.
President

Dr. Irene Impellizzeri
Vice President

Dr. Jerry Cammarata
Dr. Irving Hamer
Sandra E. Lerner
Ninfa Segarra
Terri Thomson
Members

Harol Baez
Nnamdi Nwosa
Student Advisory Members

Harold O. Levy
Chancellor

Judith A. Rizzo
Deputy Chancellor for Instruction

David Klasfeld
Deputy Chancellor for Operations

 Message from the Chancellor

Nowhere else on earth is there a city with a population as diverse as that of New York. As a consequence, the students in the New York City Public Schools come from every corner of the world, speaking more than one hundred different languages and representing a wealth of cultural experiences that make our schools a rich and exciting place to work and study. How fortunate we are to have available to us an array of arts and cultural resources that can inform the educational process and can make learning more meaningful.

This guide has been created to help teachers and parents provide avenues of exploration and enlightenment for our students. Every one of the organizations and institutions listed in this book has developed school programs that offer multiple pathways to learning. These opportunities in the performing and visual arts, as well as the environmental and historical settings that are represented, all contribute to a deeper and more challenging education for our students. Arts and culture are not just for the privileged few, but are here for all 1.1 million students. We are pleased to offer them to you in this easy-to-read, easy-to-use format. Happy exploring!

Harold O. Levy
Chancellor

 To New York City's Teachers & Parents

I am happy to welcome you to the third edition of the Arts and Cultural Education Services Guide. For many years, the cultural community has been providing high quality arts education experiences-from performances to intensive, hands-on, arts workshops-to the students and families of our wonderful city. This guide will allow you, as a teacher, a parent or an arts administrator to have easy access to information regarding such services.

The arts organizations that have education missions care deeply about bringing the arts to children or, moreover, about bringing children to the arts. Either way, the impact on both the child and the arts is dynamic, positive and profound.

I encourage you to make use of this guide and to pass along the information to colleagues and friends. As New York City has, perhaps, the greatest collection of cultural resources in the world-music halls, theater spaces, dance venues, museums, galleries, zoos and gardens, as well as many public art installations-it is important that you, as a New Yorker, claim these resources and make this city truly yours.

Best wishes for a fulfilling and creative year.

Schuyler G. Chapin
Commissioner

 Introduction to the Online Guide

This guide offers information on over three hundred cultural institutions and cultural organizations throughout New York City listed in alphabetical order. All of these organizations offer varied schools programs. General information phone numbers as well as school contact phone numbers have been included, as well as contact names and fax numbers when available. You will also find the organizations website address listed. Each entry contains a brief description of the organization. Please contact the organization directly to obtain details on arts education programs both at the facility and in schools. Many institutions have prepared pre- or post- visit study materials in conjunction with their offerings; ask if these are available when you book your program. We suggest you visit the exhibition or program prior to taking your class to determine its appropriateness; many institutions are happy to work with you to tailor their programs to your needs. We have included Board of Education contract and vendor numbers for those organizations holding a contract at the time of publication. Please call the individual organizations for updated contract information as organizations sometimes hold multiple contracts with the Board of Education. There are many organizations that are listed that do not currently hold a contract with the Board of Education. In most cases their programs are free or have a minimal charge. While this does not by any means represent the totality of arts education offerings in our city's cultural organizations, the goal is to provide you with access to the wealth of cultural programming for children throughout the city to assist you in what you do best-educating our children.

Candace Smith, Senior,
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts

I am currently taking and enjoying illustration classes which include Advanced Illustration and Children's Book Illustration, along with my academic classes. I will be graduating in June 2000 and plan to attend an institution of higher learning and major in advertising. This work grew out of an exercise in the use of colored pencils. For practice, we were to create a couple of small, simple illustrations using the techniques we had been taught. Then we were to create a larger illustration combining those same techniques. I chose to continue with the small boxes and it developed into my final piece.

The Arts and Cultural Education Services Guide was prepared by the Board of Education, Harold O. Levy, Chancellor; with the cooperation of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Schuyler G. Chapin, Commissioner; and the Alliance for the Arts, Randall Bourscheidt, President, and Anne Coates, Vice President.

The project was developed under the direction of Sharon Dunn, Ph.D., Senior Assistant for the Arts, New York City Board of Education. Alexandra Redfield, Arts Education Information Coordinator, Alliance for the Arts, in collaboration with Marge Markey, Director of Education Services, Department of Cultural Affairs edited the guide. Appreciation is extended to Jane Curliano and Karen Rosner in the Office of the Senior Assistant for the Arts for their assistance in preparing this guide for publication.

Under the auspices of the Division of Instructional Support, Judith Chin, Executive Director, the Office of Instructional Publications, Nicholas Aiello, Ph.D., Director, prepared the manuscript for publication. The cover was designed by Pam Pollack, who also designed the book's interior. The cover artwork is by Candace Smith, a senior at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts.

This online, searchable edition was created with the assistance of the Alliance for the Arts and designed by Pek Lan Cooper of the Arts Education Office of the New York City Board of Education.