Education and Community Programs at The Drawing Center are made possible by the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. 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, the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, and the M&T Charitable Foundation.
The Drawing Center is pleased to present Drawing Out, its annual exhibition of work by New York City elementary and high school students. Drawing Out features works on paper by this year’s participants from Drawing Connections and Drawing All Stars 3.0. These ongoing education programs encourage young people to develop their own artistic practices and to use drawing as a tool for experimentation and innovation.
Drawing All Stars 3.0 is a free pre-professional development program for high schoolers, grades 9 through 11, led by Teen Art Salon’s teaching artists Isabella Bustamante and Jolene Fernandez in partnership with The Drawing Center. Focusing on New York City’s next generation of artists, the program supports teens to expand their drawing practices and amplify their artistic ambitions. Through discussion and skill-development workshops, young artists build confidence in drafting, planning, and executing works of art, culminating in a large-scale drawing or series by the end of the school year.
Through its long-standing Drawing Connections program, The Drawing Center partners annually with New York City public schools to provide students with an in-depth visual art experience focused on the medium of drawing. This year, The Drawing Center, along with teaching artists Joyce Hom, Nic Annette Miller, Nzingah Oyo, and Avani Patel, partnered with P.S. 42 The Benjamin Altman School, Lexington School for the Deaf, P.S. 347 The American Sign Language and English Secondary School, and Chelsea Career and Technical High School to produce in-person workshops presented in English and American Sign Language. Each curriculum connected topics covered in the students’ classrooms with those inspired by recent exhibitions at The Drawing Center.
Drawing Out is organized by Aimee Good, The Drawing Center’s Director of Education and Community Programs.