Urban Arts Partnership regularly brings the exceptional work of its students to the public eye, and promotes events and special projects to benefit underserved youth, with previous and continuing coverage by The New York Times, Time Magazine, New York Magazine, InStyle Magazine, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, NY1, The Village Voice, The New Yorker, Metro, and others. For information on press releases and upcoming events and programs, contact Philip Courtney, Executive Director, at philip@urbanarts.org or Anna Strout, Director of Events & Special Projects at anna@urbanarts.org or call 212-966-5881
Montblanc Master Class With Jan-Patrick Schmitz
10.25.2011
This week, we were pleased to welcome photographer Jan-Partick Schmitz, CEO of Montblanc North America, into our new partner school, Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology, for a Master Class on portrait photography.
Urban Arts Partnership Has Moved!
10.19.2011
Urban Arts Partnership is now serving New York City public school students from a new home base:
21 Howard Street
5th Floor
New York, NY 10013
NY1 Interviews Story Studio Students
10.13.2011
NY1's Education correspondent Lindsay Christ recently visited a Story Studioclassroom at the IS 145 middle school in Queens, where English Language Learner (ELL) students are learning to express themselves in a new language.
Photos of the Week - October 4th, 2011
10.04.2011
New Design High School students walk the Brooklyn Bridge with United Way. and prepare to present at Mobility Shifts: An International Future of Learning Summit.
Photo of the Week - September 12, 2011
09.12.2011
The Urban Arts Partnership programming staff led a back-to-school orientation for new and returning Teaching Artists on Tuesday, September 6th at The Robin Hood Foundation.
Summer at the Academy
09.01.2011
This summer saw the launch of Urban Arts' Peapod Adobe Youth Voices Academy whose mission is to promote the intellectual, social and artistic development of underserved public school students.
Photo of the Week - August 24, 2011
08.24.2011
On Saturday, August 20th, Urban Arts Partnership MediaLab filmmakers accompanied their documentary short TypeCast to The New York International Latino Film Festival, presented by HBO.
Fresh Prep on The CBS Early Show
08.18.2011
On August 17th, 2011, The CBS Early Show nationally aired a segment on Urban Arts Partnership’s Fresh Prep program.
Fresh Prep in The New York Times
08.15.2011
Urban Arts Partnership's Fresh Prep was featured in The New York Times Education Section. Didn't see it? You should check it out!
UAP Dancers Perform With Black Eyed Peas!
08.10.2011
Our very own Academy "AFC Crew" shared the stage this weekend with the Black Eyed Peas in San Jose, CA for the Adobe Youth Voices (AYV) Summit on August 6th, 2011.
