Student Exhibitions

Kiki Smith limited edition
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David LaChapelle limited edition
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Implementing the Blueprint
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MetLife Foundation
School Art Program

Time Warner Supports
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Empire State Partnerships

Asia Society Collaboration

Past Collaboration Highlights

American Museum of Natural History Collaboration

Collaborative projects are a core part of STUDIO's mission to foster creative and intellectual development in young people through innovative visual arts programs. STUDIO has been fortunate to partner students from our Long Term Program in collaborations
with some of New York City's most prestigious institutions, the American Museum of Natural History among them. Working with Natural History education staff, STUDIO artists and classroom teachers work together to connect student learning in the museum to classroom and art studio projects. In the fall, the elementary-school classes visit the museum, drawing in their sketchbooks as they learn about the biodiversity displays. These drawings are re-worked in the studio, providing studies for paintings, collages, and prints. In the classroom, children pursue studies begun in the museum, often doing further research on a particular plant, animal, or eco-system. Classroom and studio work are fully integrated and often culminate in large, group projects such as murals that are displayed at the museum.

Studio in a School and Fundacion Dibujando un Mañana Create Artwork to Travel Across Borders

Among STUDIO's most historic collaborations was an artistic exchange between STUDIO students in New York and Fundacion Dibujando un Mañana ("Drawing a Tomorrow Foundation") students in Mexico City. This international partnership gave children of both countries a chance to explore cultural differences as realized in an artisitc collaboration of mural projects.

Support for this partnership was provided by The Daniele Agostino Foundation.

Mexican boys and girls, ages 6-11 created the mural below as their vision of Mexico City. These students worked with the artistic guidance of teacher Amelia Rodriguez, a fine arts painter and volunteer for the Fundacion Dibujando un Mañana.

Here are some quotes from the children reflecting upon their mural:

“I made this drawing because I like to draw buildings, cars, and the sky. Because it has a lot of colors, I drew with my hands and cut squares…I really liked working with Amelia on the drawing of the buildings.”
Maria del Carmen, age 6

“I drew because I like cars, buildings and I liked painting it many colors because it looks like where the family that invited me over for vacation lives.”
Amelia, age 7

“I painted it because it's one of the different ways of being, like population, culture and way of life”
Domingo Mauricio, age 14

“I painted the building yellow, which is the same as the sun light.”
Freddy, age 12

“I painted the buildings because I like them… They are very big, and almost all of them are covered with glass and on each floor you can't tell what they do: they might be sleeping or watching TV.”
Aaron, age 11

“When making the painting of the building I thought a lot about the people who help us…each one of the buildings I gave away to homeless people and that is why I was inspired to make a building. I was inspired by those who love me and I love them a lot.”
Maria, age 13

Students from PS 154 in Brooklyn , New York created a mural that traveled to Mexico where it was displayed at the Asociacion Nuestro Hogar ("Our Home Association"). Susan Greenstein was the STUDIO artist/instructor.

On November 13, 2003, STUDIO held an opening of the “Learning Curves” exhibition that included the mural from Mexico. During the opening, children created the below artworks to share with their partnering students in Mexico.

To view their drawings, click on the picture.