Arts For All, Inc

05/10/2026

Get ready to turn your home into a theatre! In today's video, Arts For All teaching artist Mr. Ron will show you how to make finger puppets from materials in your home. 🖐️

We want to see your finger puppets! Send photos - or videos! - of your puppets through our Contact Page. Visit our website and click CONTACT in the navigation bar.

In this video, Arts For All teaching artist, Ron Chironna, will lea...

02/10/2026

It's Spooky Fun Craft Friday! Get ready to celebrate Halloween by creating your own Paper Witch Hat! 🧙‍♀️ Decorate your hat with your favorite creepy details! 🦇💀🕷🕸

We want to see your Paper Witch Hat! Send photos of your artwork through our Contact Page: https://www.arts-for-all.org/contact/

01/10/2026

Through Arts For All, our teaching artists work to help build self-confidence, self-expression, teamwork, resilience, and creativity in children. Here's a fun way to get to know our 5 Core Values with our Core Values Word Search Activity Booklet!

Teaching Artist Stephanie has created a word search puzzle for each of our 5 Core Values, featuring important words that relate to each value. There is an answer key as well - but no cheating! This is a perfect activity for children during this winter break!

To download, visit the Interactive Activities section of our Virtual Classroom ( https://www.arts-for-all.org/virtual-classroom-interactive-activities/ ) scroll down to At Home Activity Booklets and download the AFA 5 Core Values Word Search Activity Booklet.

30/09/2026

CREATIVITY (noun): creative ability; artistic or intellectual inventiveness

In this video, Leah explains the importance of CREATIVITY and reads along to "Ish" written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. Leah also encourages students to use marshmallows, toothpicks, and other materials to create animals that spring to life through their creativity. Noting that it's okay if they come out -ish.

This video series incorporates Spanish vocabulary to assist young English Language Learners (ELL) as well as English speaking youth looking to learn Spanish.

En este video, Leah explica la importancia de la CREATIVIDAD y lee la historia escrito e ilustrado por Peter H. Reynolds. Leah también anima a lxs alumnxs a usar malvaviscos, palillos y otros materiales para crear animales que surjan gracias a su creatividad. Destacando que está bien si salen-casi.
Esta serie de videos incorpora vocabulario en español para ayudar a lxs jóvenes estudiantes de inglés (ELL) y también a lxs jóvenes que ya hablan inglés y que quieran aprender español.

This Artistic Residency Program Series features Arts For All Teaching Artist Leah Young highlighting AFA's 5 Core Values: Self-Confidence, Self-Expression, Teamwork, Resilience, and Creativity.

Esta serie de Programas de Residencia Artística presenta a la Artista Docente de Arts For All, Leah Young, destacando los 5 Valores Fundamentales de AFA: Autoconfianza, Autoexpresión, Trabajo en Equipo, Resiliencia y Creatividad.

"This Artistic Residency Program Series features Arts For All Teach...

29/09/2026

Now that you are getting familiar with this year's classroom, keep your eyes open and see if you can find the items on this Tic-Tac-Toe board! (But be sure to pay attention to your teachers!)

Visit the Interactive Activities section of our Virtual Classroom, scroll down to Tic-Tac-Toe and download the Back to School board.

28/09/2026

In addition to having fun, art is a building block for children to learn so many important skills that they will use throughout their lives. As we welcome in the new school year, we will share a few articles that showcase the relationship between children, education & art.

Today we are sharing Carlow University's '“Benefits Of Arts Education In K-12 Setting” - which focuses on how research shows arts education helps K-12 students learn important skills needed as they develop into adulthood.

This article can be read here: https://www.amacad.org/news/arts-education-report

A new report from the Commission on the Arts - Art for Life’s Sake: The Case for Arts Education - sets forth recommendations to reverse the persistent decline in access to arts education in America. The report offers local, state, and national elected leaders recommendations in six areas, includin...

25/09/2026

This September, Arts For All partnered with Mika Higgins-Woo to organize the third annual student-run Walk-A-Thon! On September 13, the students walked from The United Palace Theatre on 175th Street to The Broadway Theatre on 53rd Street in support of Arts For all.

We are less than $400 away from meeting our $5,000 goal by September 30th! To donate and help us reach this goal, visit: https://www.gofundme.com/f/walkathon-2026-fund-arts-programs-for-5000-nyc-students?cp_src=d

Thank you again to Mika and friends for your support!

25/09/2026

It's Fun Craft Friday! The wheels on the bus go round and round! 🚌 Today's craft will help you get into the back to school groove as you create your own Back to School Bus out of popsicle sticks and personalize it with your own photo! 🚌

We want to see your Back to School Bus! 🚌 Send photos of your artwork through our Contact Page: https://www.arts-for-all.org/contact/

24/09/2026

Celebrate the new school year by completing today's Back to School Word Scramble, created by Teaching Artist Stephanie!

This Word Scramble is also available in Spanish to assist young English Language Learners (ELL) as well as English speaking youth looking to learn Spanish.

Visit the Interactive Activities section of our Virtual Classroom, scroll down to Word Scrambles and download the Back to School themed game (Answer Key also available): https://www.arts-for-all.org/virtual-classroom-interactive-activities/

23/09/2026

RESILIENCE (noun): The ability to recover from or adjust easily to challenge or change

In this video, Leah explains the importance of RESILIENCE and reads along to “I Am Courage, A Book of Resilience.” Written by Susan Verde. Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. Leah also shows us how to create Resilient strategy cards and how to use them in a scenario activity.

This video series incorporates Spanish vocabulary to assist young English Language Learners (ELL) as well as English speaking youth looking to learn Spanish.

En este vídeo, Leah explica la importancia de la resiliencia y lee > Escrito por Susan Verde. Ilustrado por Peter H. Reynolds. También Leah nos muestra cómo crear tarjetas con estrategias resilientes y cómo usarlas en una actividad.

Esta serie de videos incorpora vocabulario en español para ayudar a lxs jóvenes estudiantes de inglés (ELL) y también a lxs jóvenes que ya hablan inglés y que quieran aprender español.

This Artistic Residency Program Series features Arts For All Teaching Artist Leah Young highlighting AFA's 5 Core Values: Self-Confidence, Self-Expression, Teamwork, Resilience, and Creativity.

Esta serie de Programas de Residencia Artística presenta a la Artista Docente de Arts For All, Leah Young, destacando los 5 Valores Fundamentales de AFA: Autoconfianza, Autoexpresión, Trabajo en Equipo, Resiliencia y Creatividad.

This Artistic Residency Program Series features Arts For All Teachi...