Artists Reaching Out

RAs at John Jay team up to collect supplies for local school

A group of do-gooder resident advisers in John Jay have rallied residents to collect supplies for a local public school that currently receives no arts funding.

Students sub for arts teachers at underfunded MoHi school

Volunteers with a Community Impact program are now teaching all arts classes, from kindergarten to fifth grade, at PS 125, a Morningside Heights school with no arts funding.

Don't paint by numbers

In the wake of heavy budget cuts and increased standardized testing, the value of arts is just as easily stowed away with the lukewarm promise that it will be dealt with at a more convenient date as it is lauded.