Artistic Noise
Program: Arts in Health
Area of Work: Arts
Grant Purpose: General Support
Overview
Artistic Noise improves the lives of youth impacted by the justice system through arts programming and arts therapy both in residential detention settings and in communities in Massachusetts and New York.
Grant
Purpose: To support the Arts, Curatorial and Entrepreneurial Program (A&E) in New York.
Based out of their Harlem Studio, A&E participants are encouraged to develop their creative abilities and business skills through arts workshops, arts education, and an annual microgrant project. Youth are given a stipend and full access to the facilities, including opportunities with Artistic Noise’s partner institutions: School of Visual Arts, MoMA, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Columbia University.
Impact
The fifth iteration of A&E’s mural project, in collaboration with the School of Visual Art’s MPS Art Therapy Department, included a new partnership with the graduate Art Education Program at City College of New York. A&E’s mural boards transformed the walls of City College’s campus, exploring the themes of race, power, injustice, and bias. This year, Artistic Noise hired its first Alumni Coordinator to strengthen outreach and programming for past A&E participants, offering monthly professional development opportunities/workshops, in addition to mental health support with Artistic Noise’s new full-time Director of Art Therapy.
