Kids Get Creative as Arts Funding Slashed

March 7, 2006

Contacts:
Ellen Lubell, The Children’s Aid Society, (w) 212-949-4938, (c) 917-854-6864
Emily Crossan, The Children’s Aid Society, (w) 917-286-1548, (c) 201-344-5742

Original Art Featured at Children’s Aid Society Exhibition at The National Arts Club

When:
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Reception - 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Where:
The National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park South
Manhattan

As public school funding of the arts is drastically reduced, children are forced to find creative outlets outside of school. The Children’s Aid Society (CAS) helps fill this gap by providing participants at its community schools and centers across the city with a wide range of art programs, including visual arts, drama, music, dance and gym activities.

The 5th Annual Children’s Aid Society Children’s Art Show at The National Arts Club will showcase approximately 180 pieces of art by children ages 2-18. These budding artists from CAS programs work in every medium imaginable, including oils, watercolors, photography, wood, plaster, clay, cardboard and paper.

The young artists will be in attendance at the art show reception, along with their proud parents and teachers.

The Children’s Aid Society arts programming reflects the belief that arts are crucial to youth development. Participants in Children’s Aid programs can choose from a variety of arts activities, including instrumental bands, award-winning choruses, theater, photography, harman: how to listen, the American Ballet Theater’s “Make a Ballet” and CAS/AileyCamp.

Exhibition open to the public March 7-12.
For gallery hours, please call The National Arts Club at 212-475-3424.

The Children’s Aid Society (CAS) was founded in 1853. It is one of the nation’s largest and most innovative non-sectarian agencies, serving more than 150,000 of New York’s neediest children and their families with a network of services that includes community schools, neighborhood centers, camps, adoption and foster care services, teen pregnancy prevention, education, health and recreation. For more information, please call 212-949-4938 or visit www.childrensaidsociety.org.