Free Arts NYC

Free Arts NYC Empowering youth in underserved communities through art and mentoring programs 🎨

Looking up today, alongside our city. Today, Free Arts NYC joins  in remembering the lives lost 25 years ago and honorin...
09/11/2026

Looking up today, alongside our city.

Today, Free Arts NYC joins in remembering the lives lost 25 years ago and honoring their families. Many of the young artists in our community weren’t born yet on that day, but they’re growing up in a city shaped by its resilience.

For almost 30 years, Free Arts has called this city home, and today we look up, alongside our neighbors. Here’s the sky above us.

🎨 The art world is waking back up this SeptemberAfter a jam-packed summer of programming, last night we celebrated melis...
09/10/2026

🎨 The art world is waking back up this September

After a jam-packed summer of programming, last night we celebrated melissajoseph_art at her first solo show with Charles Moffett “Casserole Culture,” up through October 17th.

Her felt work is full of texture and gesture that photos just can’t capture, go see it in person.
Melissa has contributed to FreeArtsNYC in a variety of ways over the last few years: a virtual studio visit, guest facilitator, our first-ever artist luncheon honoree, a mentor in Creative Lab, and most recently an internship host site this summer with Sara R. Aparicio Gonzalez, who has huge news of her own: her first-ever solo exhibition is now up at Martes de Galería through October 11th. Congrats, Sara!! 🙌

With 330 gallery openings this week alone and the Armory Show around the corner, so many of artists are having a moment. Go support them! 💛

And there’s more to come from us this fall, stay tuned!

Your Labor Day weekend is about to get even better. ✨🎭Tickets are officially on sale for our Surreal Soirée, a Patron Ci...
09/04/2026

Your Labor Day weekend is about to get even better. ✨🎭

Tickets are officially on sale for our Surreal Soirée, a Patron Circle celebration of art, imagination, and whimsy!

🗓️ October 15, 8–11 PM
📍 Jean’s, 415 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10003
🎟️ Tickets on sale now, link in bio!

Every ticket helps bring art mentoring programs to NYC kids who need it most. Come dressed for the surreal, stay for the impact.

Mark your calendars, and we’ll see you there.

We love when a project turns into its own little universe. 🌀 This spiral piece (made with foam clay, twine, and pom-poms...
08/25/2026

We love when a project turns into its own little universe. 🌀 This spiral piece (made with foam clay, twine, and pom-poms) is one of our favorite examples of what happens when we just let students experiment with texture.

For us, every marker, sketchbook, and box of pastels in this photo is headed somewhere important. 🎨📦Our Art Kit Packing ...
08/20/2026

For us, every marker, sketchbook, and box of pastels in this photo is headed somewhere important. 🎨📦

Our Art Kit Packing volunteer days bring corporate teams together to pack supply kits for NYC youth ahead of the school year. A simple afternoon that turns into art supplies in a student's hands for months to come.

If your team is looking for a meaningful way to spend two hours together, spots for Back-to-School packing are open now through mid-August. Volunteer with us or purchase supplies for a kid in need: https://linktr.ee/freeartsnyc

Some of our favorite bags from this summer. 🌞🎨 You never know who on your team is secretly an artist; turns out your acc...
08/19/2026

Some of our favorite bags from this summer. 🌞🎨 You never know who on your team is secretly an artist; turns out your accountant might want to quit their day job. 😉

Each bag gets passed on to a kid who knows it was made just for them. That's the whole point.

Can't wait to see what fall brings. Want to book an art party? Let us know: https://tinyurl.com/mr2eftdh
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One of the things we love most about our art programs is watching students blend natural materials with traditional medi...
08/18/2026

One of the things we love most about our art programs is watching students blend natural materials with traditional media. This ocean-inspired piece of shells, moss, stone, and paint, shows how much creativity opens up when we widen the definition of art supplies. 🐚

Summer programming is already winding down and we're not ready. 🎨✨ Cardboard robots, painted plates, smiles for days. Yo...
08/17/2026

Summer programming is already winding down and we're not ready. 🎨✨ Cardboard robots, painted plates, smiles for days. You can't beat this kind of energy. Already dreaming up fall, but soaking up moments like this while we can. 💛

08/14/2026

A day of exploring unconventional materials with our Teen Arts Program 🎨 Curiosity led, creativity followed ✨

Free arts chic ✨️
08/13/2026

Free arts chic ✨️

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