Our first cohort of students from ART YARD partnership school MS226 in South Ozone Park, Queens accompanied by Ms. Priester returned to...

“I have decided to stick to love... Hate is too great a burden to bear.” ― Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, “A Testament of Hope: The Essential...

Here we are in 2020! We are so excited for what this new year will bring for ART YARD BKLYN!! This week at MS 226 in South Ozone Park,...

As we move into the Winter Solstice when we celebrate the longest hours of darkness, and on the flip side the rebirth of the sun, I am so...

“[ART] is healing. [ART] holds things together...teach and help people realize the power and agency they have.” — Prince, The Beautiful...

Huge thanks go to artist Scott Greenfield for this wonderful ART YARD video! It will soon find a place on our home page (you are the...

November is here with a crisp breeze, beautiful foliage, exceptional artwork and openings galore! The last two weeks in ART YARD Advanced...

I am thrilled to announce that our newest program ART YARD Advanced Studio will take place on Monday evenings at Kentler International...

With the Autumnal Equinox on Monday we are now officially, albeit a bit warmly, into the season. This is the time of meetings and...

Our final day of ART YARD Summer Session 2019 was just spectacular!! Teaching Artist Cecile Chong brought in a stack of fascinating...

Teaching Artist Candy Heiland opened the day with a discussion and slide show about the artistic concept of Chiaroscuro which is the...

“Ah! well a-day! what evil looks Had I from old and young! Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung.” ~ Samuel Taylor...

As each student arrived at the Kentler this morning, they were immediately greeted by the familiar sight of the Scantron score sheets...

Most inhabited places have evidence of their past visible to an observant viewer. On my Brooklyn block there are a couple of hitching...

Did you go outside today? We did. Not only were we outside in the Hot Town, but Teaching Artist Rachael Wren had us on our toes creating...

Every day of ART YARD Summer Session 2019 has been chock-full of artistic challenges and new techniques. Our lesson led by former...

A: In its artistic guise composition in the broadest sense refers to the arrangement of objects on the page. Teaching Artist Jane...

We spent most of our day creating art at Red Hook Farm located in Red Hook Houses West, 30 Wolcott Street, just down the street from...

Cursive handwriting served as a springboard for Teaching Artist Claudia Alverez’s lesson We the People can Change the World. In her own...

Building beautifully on yesterdays topic of composite drawings, Teaching Artist Susan Hamburger’s session titled Inside/Outside (Drawing...