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High 5 Guide to Summer in the City!
Experience all of the (FREE) arts in NYC this summer!
posted: July 8, 2010

Student Art Program Gallery Now Live!
View student artwork from our current SAP exhibitions in our new online gallery!
posted: July 7, 2010

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ArtsConnection Glossary

The terms highlighted throughout this website and explained in this glossary represent some of the philosophical underpinnings of ArtsConnection and its work.


authenticity - genuine, bona fide, true.
As professional dancers, musicians, actors and visual artists, ArtsConnection artists bring authentic arts experiences to students in the New York City public schools.

essential - basic, indispensible, necessary.
ArtsConnection believes that the arts are essential to education.

exhibition - a public showing.
ArtsConnection's Student Art Program (SAP) is a series of exhibitions featuring works by young artists from the New York City Public Schools.

illuminated - enlighten, elucidate.
ArtsConnection regularly engages in research about its work, contributing important findings to the field of arts education.

inquiry - systematic pursuit of knowledge.
ArtsConnection's approach to teaching and learning is rooted in a process of inquiry.

nurture - nourish, educate.
ArtsConnection classrooms nurture students to become better dancers, musicians, actors, visual artists and human beings.

preeminence - most distinguished, outstanding, unique.
ArtsConnection has been honored with many awards and honors.