2020 in review →

Free Arts NYC is committed to bringing quality arts and mentoring programs to NYC’s most underserved youth. We define “underserved” as those facing economic and institutional disparities, youth experiencing housing insecurity and homelessness.

Participants enroll through one of our partners: community centers, schools, and shelters. By connecting children to our programs and hosting programs at their sites, these partners help ensure our city’s most under-resourced neighborhoods have access to arts education and mentoring.

  • Achievement First Apollo Middle School 
  • Department of Homeless Services:
    • 25 + DHS-funded shelters
  • Central Park East
  • Children’s Aid Society at Dunlevy Milbank Center
  • DREAM Charter School
  • Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health & Science Charter School
  • Graham Windham 
    • Beacon Program
  • Grand Street Settlement
    • Beacon Program
    • Seward Park Cornerstone Community Center
    • Rutgers Cornerstone Community Center
  • “I Have a Dream Foundation” at PS7
  • Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center
  • LSA Family Health Service
  • MMCC Grant Cornerstone
  • Mott Hall II
  • Pelham Lab High School
  • PS 7
  • PS 63
  • University Settlement
    • Beacon Program
    • Campos Plaza Cornerstone Community Center
    • PS 63
    • PS 134
  • The High School of Fashion Industries
  • Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School 
  • Millenium Art Academy
  • The Theater Arts Production Company School