STUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC

Programs

1. The residency program provides customized visual arts instruction offering specific art media class-wide, or addressing needs of particular students, such as multilingual learners or students with disabilities. Ranging from 6 to 14 weeks, residencies serve students during and after school. Studio artist instructors provide hands-on visual art instruction for students as well as teacher and family engagement in the visual arts. In 2024-25, studio nyc served 17,735 students through 204 residencies, at 89 sites, engaging with 1,235 teachers. (see schedule o for more details)

   $2,575,779 spent$251,904 earned by the program
   28% of program spending

2. Internship programs 1) teen apprenticeship program, spring arts education training led by artist instructors preparing teens to deliver arts workshops to children in summer camps 2) bloomberg arts internship teens, provides cultural sector placements, builds life and career skills with support from trained mentors, staff, and consultants, supports college readiness 3) bloomberg arts internship college (extension of teen internship), delivered across five states, cultural sector placements and engagement, workforce development, and mentorship 4) arts intern college, delivered across eight states, cultural sector placements and engagement, workforce development, and mentorship. (see schedule o for more details)

   $2,040,664 spentof which $275,250 as grants$30,000 earned by the program
   22% of program spending

3. The long-term program establishes sequential, standards-based visual arts curricula in nyc public schools which lack visual arts instruction. Partner schools make a 5-year commitment and dedicate a space for the art studio. The artist instructor embeds the visual arts into the curriculum and culture of the school through instruction across grades in diverse art media, professional development for classroom teachers, family workshops, and school-wide exhibitions. In 2024-25 the program worked with 36 schools citywide, serving 10,993 students and 817 teachers. (see schedule o for more details)

   $1,609,252 spent
   17% of program spending

4. Studio in a school association operates two independent llc's: 1) studio in a school nyc, llc reaffirms the organization's commitment to direct service. Each year it provides quality visual arts instruction to 30,272 students from pre-k through 12th grade, in-school and after-school, in partnership with 173 schools and educational sites citywide. 2) studio institute, llc provides professional learning programs for educational systems, partnership programs with cultural and community organizations, arts internships, and the dissemination of arts education research in local and national forums. With a mandate to replicate and disseminate studio's model, the institute now offers programs in boston, cleveland, memphis, newark, philadelphia and providence, as well as in new york city. In both llc's, studio's approach is distinguished by: - the commitment of our artist instructors, who are professional, exhibitng artists trained in studio's methodology. - a practice of genuine collaboration with educational and cultural partners. - a dedication to share our teaching practices through professional development and training to our artist instructors and public school art teachers. -…

   $1,375,300 spentof which $758,595 as grants
   15% of program spending

5. Early childhood program at studio nyc sustained 48 pre-k/kindergarten residencies in 2024-25, serving 1544 pre-k and k students and 775 teachers. Studio nyc continued our partnership with quality stars new york, a statewide initiative led by the new york early childhood professional development institute at city university of new york. Quality stars ny provides resources and support to early childhood programs across the city and state; studio nyc provided professional development to 305 teachers at 43 sites in four boroughs during the 2024-25 school year. Focus is on visual arts teaching strategies for two- to five-year-olds. Demand has remained strong for professional development in the early childhood programing, including head start and family childcare home-based sites hosting multiple pre-k/kindergarten residencies, with professional development for educators served 475 teachers. In collaboration with the nyc doe, studio served 102 teachers and administrators at 16 sites as part of the " program. Professional development workshops focus on curricula in 3d artmaking, with lessons in painting and collage. Educators are introduced to strategies for teaching visual arts through…

   $618,522 spent$77,776 earned by the program
   7% of program spending

6. School and community program services in other cities: studio institute early childhood programs - new jersey and cleveland, ohio in 2024-2025 studio institute delivered creative start, a developmentally appropriate visual arts program for young learners ages 2-7 in 100 head start community-based organizations and school district pre-k classrooms. In-depth artist development programs were provided to city-based cohorts of visual artists focused on delivering arts education to young children using the creative start units, including collage, clay, painting, and connecting discovery based learning to social and emotional development. Arts focused learning was facilited for 1,714 toddler and preschool children in participating head start/early head start programs and students ages 5-7 in elementary schools. In new jersey, artist instructors provided discovery-based learning opportunities for young children, professional learning for educators, and art-making experiences for families. Educators participated in professional learning sessions on children's exploration of visual art, and classroom teachers received in-class mentoring on art inquiry methodology and art materials…

   $528,155 spent$77,523 earned by the program
   6% of program spending

7. Exhibitions: studio programs culminate in school-based exhibitions, and many sites participate in studio's exhibition collaborations with cultural institutions throughout new york city. During fy25, there were 7 collaborative exhibitions of student artwork. At the end of the school year, young visions 2024 featured artwork from our 200 partner schools. In addition, studio nyc again partnered with the nyc doe and the metropolitan museum of art for a citywide exhibition entitled ps art 2025. Artwork is also exhibited at studio's gallery space at 1 east 53rd street in manhattan throughout the year. In fy25, fourth grade students from the landmark elementary school in brooklyn visited the ralph pucci showroom and met with master sculpture michael evert who shared his experience as a furniture sculptor. Mr. Evert led the class in a plaster casting lesson and each student made a small plaster coin which they then decorated.

   $290,542 spentof which $11,111 as grants
   3% of program spending

8. Artist and professional development programs at studio nyc: through group trainings and artists shadowing one another, studio creates and maintains a community of artists who teach to the highest standards. In addition, studio nyc offers specialized training for all nyc doe art teachers. In fy25, 53 workshops provided 161 hours of professional training for 82 artist instructors. We offered 11 hours of instruction for 90 nyc doe art teachers.

   $273,857 spent
   3% of program spending

The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,312,071.