Free Arts Days
On a Saturday, 50 children from a Lower East Side community center are paired with volunteers to celebrate African Art Day. After a full morning of art activities- creating beaded collars, drums and masks- all enjoy lunch and a live magical performance. A twelve year old girl declares her favorite part of the day to be: "When we made the drum because...we did it together."
Free Arts Days are daylong festivals of art activities during which 50-100 children are paired with volunteer “buddies” in a 1:1 volunteer-to-child ratio. Hand-in-hand with their “buddies,” kids rotate through art projects based on the day’s theme, giving them the opportunity to explore different artistic materials and providing a structure around which the children and mentors can bond. At the end of the day, they enjoy a related dance, theatre, or other live performance.
Want to be a Free Arts Day Volunteer?
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Pamela Averick
Bank of America
Calvin Klein
Deutsche Bank
Disney
Katherine Eckert
Goldman Sachs
Good Karma NYC
HBO
ITG
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Krampf Family
Lancôme
MetLife
Polo Ralph Lauren
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Shutterstock
Van Wagner
Victoria's Secret
White & Case
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Themes include: - Out of this World – Explore outer space using clay, paint, glitter and much more!
- Projects include: Robot Helmets, Planet Mobiles, and Kaleidoscopes
- The Artist in Me – Celebrating the exciting world of professional artists.
- Projects include: Abstract Sculptures, Pop-up book Arts and T-shirt Fashion Design
- The Art of the City – A day of art through New York City.
- Projects include: Monumental Sculptures, Broadway Masks and NYC Bridges
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