Education and Community Programs at The Drawing Center are made possible by the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. and Fiona and Eric Rudin. Major support is provided by the Evelyn Toll Family Foundation, the LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation, and Hauser & Wirth. Additional support is provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation.
Drawing All-Stars is made possible by The New York Community Trust's Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund. Generous support is provided by J. Whitney Stevens and the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation.
Teen Art Salon receives additional support for the program, in part, from public funds provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the Genesis Inspiration Foundation.
This exhibition includes drawings made by elementary and high school students who participated in The Drawing Center’s 2025-2026 Michael Iovenko School Programs Drawing Connections and Drawing All-Stars with Teen Art Salon. In these education programs, young people develop their own artistic practices through discussion and skill-development workshops that examine drawing’s role in contemporary culture and creative thought, and use drawing as a tool for experimentation and innovation.
For this year’s Drawing Connections program, The Drawing Center partnered with New York City schools P.S. 42 The Benjamin Altman School, Lexington School for the Deaf, and Chelsea CTE High School. A cohort of ten New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellows in the Drawing All-Stars program are students from Bard High School Early College Queens, Brooklyn High School of the Arts, Chelsea CTE High School, Edward R. Murrow High School, Gramercy Arts High School, High School of Art and Design, John Bowne High School, and Pace High School.
Drawing Connections works on view are inspired by The Drawing Center’s recent exhibitions Voice of Space: UFOs and Paranormal Phenomena, Trisha Donnelly and Ceija Stojka: Making Visible. These programs are led by teaching artists Isabella Bustamante, Joyce Hom, Nic Annette Miller, Ekaterina Muromtseva, Avani Patel, and Aneesa Razak in partnership with The Drawing Center’s Neal Flynn, Education Associate and Aimee Good, Director of Education and Community Programs.
Drawing Out is organized by Aimee Good, The Drawing Center’s Director of Education and Community Programs.