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Elm Foundation Our mission is to promote the healing power of the arts.

Through arts therapy advocacy, multidisciplinary education, and fostering sustaining mentorships, we aim to cultivate a lifelong love of self-expression and awareness in our youth and community.

Join us at The Boiler for HOMAGE: A Tribute to SelfEdward R. Murrow's Senior Art ExhibitionCurated and produced by stude...
05/20/2026

Join us at The Boiler for HOMAGE: A Tribute to Self
Edward R. Murrow's Senior Art Exhibition

Curated and produced by students in collaboration with ELM Foundation’s Curation Class, led by Bobbi Salvör Menuez

Opening reception: Friday, May 29th, 4-7pm.

Homage explores the connections between self, culture, and memory through a series of deeply personal works. Drawing from themes of culture, belonging, alienation, and adolescence, the artists reflect on the experiences and relationships that shaped their identities over time. 

This exhibition space is arranged as a series of intimate domestic environments, and viewers are invited to move through fragments of both personal and shared experiences. The familiar interiors shown here are filled with traces of everyday life, from clothing and cultural foods to illustrated photographs, portraits, and personal objects. Combined, these spaces reveal moments of vulnerability, tradition, and memory that often remain unacknowledged by the outside world.

The show will run from May 29th - June 5th
FREE and open to the public.

The Boiler at ELM Foundation
191 N. 14th St., Brooklyn, NY 11249

A successful opening night for and their Senior Exhibition, BETWEEN BODIES. Thank you to everyone who came out to suppo...
05/18/2026

A successful opening night for and their Senior Exhibition, BETWEEN BODIES. Thank you to everyone who came out to support, celebrate, and enjoy the evening!

Congratulations to the student curators who put together such a beautiful show. Your hard work paid off. :)

And congratulations to the exhibiting artists for sharing your incredible work with us.

A special thank you to for mentoring another year of ELM’s curation class, and to Tentative for providing the musical vibes throughout the evening.

BETWEEN BODIES is on view 5/15–5/23, have a look at the reception recap and then come see the show for yourself!

05/11/2026

Zine made for BETWEEN BODIES: LaGuardia High’s Senior Art Exhibition.

Come get one this Friday at the opening reception!

Also stay to see TENTATIVE play!

Opening Reception: Friday, May 15th, 5-8pm

Show run: May 15th - May 23rd
Gallery Hours: 1-6pm (closed Monday)

The Boiler at ELM Foundation
191 N. 14th St.
Brooklyn, NY

Free and open to the public
RSVP via link in bio

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Zine Artist: Sylvie Bald

What lies between bodies,
Pacific & Atlantic,
In limerence and apathy,
Space - a word,
Human - a form,
Cannot be sewn or welded to another.

There is something alive between bodies,
Just as much as within them.

Join us for BETWEEN BODIES, LaGuardia High School’s Senior Art Exhibition, curated by students in collaboration with EL...
05/04/2026

Join us for BETWEEN BODIES, LaGuardia High School’s Senior Art Exhibition, curated by students in collaboration with ELM Foundation’s Curation Class.

This show offers a space to explore what exists in the space between us. What separates bodies, in a physical or emotional sense? What dictates said separation or attachment? What causes us to come together, and is there always something between us, no matter how hard we try?

In a variety of media, these artists have explored these questions and themes of disharmony and harmony, limerence and apathy, or chaos and congruency.

Opening reception: Friday, May 15th, 5-8pm.
�The show will run from May 15th - May 23rd.

The Boiler at ELM Foundation
191 N. 14th St., Brooklyn, NY 11249

RSVP via link in bio, and spread the word!

A little look at Open Studio! 👀This is a more flexible practicum class for advanced students, where they work on indepen...
04/27/2026

A little look at Open Studio! 👀

This is a more flexible practicum class for advanced students, where they work on independent studies in their chosen medium with a mentor’s guidance.

Right now we have a mixture of screen printing and stop motion projects happening with some very talented students. :)

Field Trip to the Whitney Museum of American Art!

This week the curation class stepped out of the classroom and headed ...
04/24/2026

Field Trip to the Whitney Museum of American Art!

This week the curation class stepped out of the classroom and headed into the city for some inspiration from the pros.

Walking through the Whitney’s exhibitions, students explored how artists present their work, how themes are developed across a show, and what makes a gallery really click.

Nothing like seeing it in person to spark ideas for their upcoming shows!

Both shows will take place in ELM's gallery space, The Boiler, guided by ✨

LaGuardia High School Student Show: May 16th- May 23rd

Edward Murrow High School Student Show: May 29th- June 6th

04/23/2026

These kids have been dialed in for Spring Session 2 of Kids On Decks! 🎧

Led by DJ Ali Coleman (), students have been mixing their favorite songs, exploring Serato’s full range of tools, and working on both independent and collaborative projects.

The track you’re hearing now is an original created in collaboration by Aaron, Milo, and Joe!

Every 5 minutes they rotated stations, building off each other’s ideas to create three fully original tracks together.

We’re loving the energy this session. More magic to come!

Spring Session 2 of Screen Printing here we go! 🎨 Our artist mentor Alex ( ) kicked things off with a project they’re ve...
04/22/2026

Spring Session 2 of Screen Printing here we go! 🎨

Our artist mentor Alex ( ) kicked things off with a project they’re very excited about…pet and animal portraits! Done in the style of Andy Warhol. We originally presented the project as human portraiture, but they had their own vision, and we loved it.

Swipe to see some prints in progress! And keep an eye out for a story showing you the process of making one of these portraits from beginning to end ☺️

A little peek at Spring Session 2 Stop Motion! 🎬Led by our amazing artist mentor Shayna ( ), we spent the first class fo...
04/21/2026

A little peek at Spring Session 2 Stop Motion! 🎬

Led by our amazing artist mentor Shayna ( ), we spent the first class focusing on individual animation experiments using clay and getting comfortable with the Dragonframe software (swipe to see a couple!).

Yesterday we watched everyone's animations on the big screen and recorded live sound to be added. And got started on some new projects.

These students are passionate and we’ve been amazed by the ideas they’ve come up with. Can’t wait to see more work from this group!

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