Budding Young New York City Artists to Showcase Their Work

March 1, 2005

Contacts:
Ellen Lubell - 212-949-4938 or 917-854-6864
Emily Crossan - 917-286-1548 or 201-344-5742

Children’s Aid Society Art Exhibition at The National Arts Club

When:
Thursday, March 3, 2005
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Where:
The National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park South
New York, NY

What:
The 4th Annual Children’s Aid Society’s (CAS) Children’s Art Show will showcase approximately 200 original pieces of art by children in Children’s Aid arts programs in CAS schools and centers across the city. Works featured will be in every medium imaginable, including oils, watercolors, wood, plaster, cardboard and paper.

Artists ages 3 – 18 from The Children’s Aid Society’s community schools and centers will attend the reception with their parents and teachers.

The Art Show will be open to the public from March 2 – 6. For gallery hours, please call The National Arts Club at 212-475-3424.

Why:
Public school funding of the arts has been drastically reduced. The Children’s Aid Society fills that gap by providing participants at its community schools and centers with a wide range of art programs, including visual arts, drama, music, dance and gym activities.

The Children’s Aid Society (CAS) was founded in 1853. It is one of the nation’s largest and most innovative non-sectarian agencies, serving more than 150,000 of New York’s neediest children and their families with a network of services that includes community schools, neighborhood centers, camps, adoption and foster care services, teen pregnancy prevention, education, health and recreation. CAS offers a wide range of programs in the visual and performing arts, including instrumental bands, award-winning choruses, theater, photography, harman: how to listen, the American Ballet Theater’s “Make a Ballet” and CAS/AileyCamp.