More than 450 Free Arts kids, families and supporters gathered at El Museo del Barrio to celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of our program participants this year! A performance of plays written by kids made it an unforgettable event. Click to view event photos.

A group of NYC British Expats, culture and art lovers and locals for the collective exhibition of art and photography to gathered to celebrate British culture as part of BritFest NYC with the theme of "Brits, Banter and World Cup Football." The exhibition ran from June 1st-30th at Klimat in the East Village, with proceeds from the opening supporting Free Arts NYC.

The NYC Filmmaker's Festival, celebrating the true "Indie" filmmaker, donated a portion of all proceeds to Free Arts NYC.

Free Arts NYC joined forces with David Yurman and Vanity Fair to raise over $550,000 at this year's Annual Art Auction Benefit! The evening was hosted by Mary Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen.

The event’s co-chairs, Free Arts Board Members Amy Sacco and Mary Alice Stephenson, along with Sybil and Evan Yurman, spent the evening sipping Patron cocktails and Henriot champagne and bidding on over 90 works by Spencer Tunick, Yoko Ono and Alex Katz among others. During the live auction, Free Arts Board Member and auctioneer, Simon de Pury incited bidding wars on artworks by Dan Colen, Christopher Wool, and Massimo Vitali.

Others who came out to show their support included contributing artists Nigel Barker, Todd DiCiurcio and Steven Sebring along with Benefit Committee members Hilary Rhoda, Sean Avery, Yvonne Force-Villareal and Rachel Roy. Thank you to everyone that helped to make the evening a huge success! Click to view event website.

Over 500 guests came together to celebrate the release of the new book "Street Art New York," by Steven Harrington and Jaime Rojo. Factory Fresh Gallery in Bushwick was filled with 73 artworks by over 60 street artists and raised over $17,000 for Free Arts NYC programs!

Click for more info and to purchase the book "Street Art New York."

Together with Actress/Artist Jane Seymour, 30 children from a Free Arts partner agency in Brooklyn were paired with 30 volunteers to create a special community mural at the International Art Expo. The event took place on Saturday, April 27th, the same day the Expo was generously donating 10% of all ticket sales to Free Arts. That morning, Free Arts was also featured in a segment on NBC’s Today in New York – check out the clip here. Many thanks to all the volunteers, supporters and the International Art Expo for making the afternoon such a success!

Designer Sang A Im-Propp hosted an event at Mixed Greens Gallery in support of Free Arts NYC alongside friends Ann Caruso, Olivia Chantecaille, Karen Duffy, Lauren Goodman, Genevieve Jones, Ferebee Taube and Free Arts Board Member, Mary Alice Stephenson.

Sang A collaborated with over 15 different artists to create one-of-a-kind Flash bag clutches. The bags are being sold to benefit Free Arts NYC. To check out the clutches that are still available visit Sang A's website.

Free Arts NYC partnered with Vogue for an exclusive shopping event in David Yurman's Madison Avenue boutique. Alongside hosts Amanda Ross and Mary Alice Stephenson and Free Arts supporter Kelly Rutherford, guests enjoyed champagne and hors d'oeuvres while trying on fabulous David Yurman designs. Many thanks to Vogue and David Yurman for their continued support! Click to view photos.