Why Do We Still Treat Arts Education as a Privilege?

Over the next several months, P.S. ARTS’ Chief Executive Officer John Lawler will share a series of long-form pieces that take stock of the current state of the field of arts education and bring attention to critical ongoing conversations. In this month’s piece, John argues that arts education is not a luxury ancillary to standardized […]

Olivia Yamamoto

Olivia Yamamoto, Associate Director of Institutional Giving at P.S. ARTS, shares one moment when art impacted her. This story is part of 35 Stories, an initiative collecting 35 stories from members of the P.S. ARTS community in celebration of 35 years advancing equity and opportunity through arts education in public schools. For more information on […]

Laila

Laila, one of the students in our P.S. ARTS classrooms, shares why she thinks art is important. This story is part of 35 Stories, an initiative collecting 35 stories from members of the P.S. ARTS community in celebration of 35 years advancing equity and opportunity through arts education in public schools. For more information on […]

Melanie

Melanie, one of the students in our P.S. ARTS classrooms, shares why she thinks art is important. This story is part of 35 Stories, an initiative collecting 35 stories from members of the P.S. ARTS community in celebration of 35 years advancing equity and opportunity through arts education in public schools. For more information on […]

P.S. ARTS Celebrates 35 Years with 35 Stories

This calendar year, we at P.S. ARTS have been celebrating our 35th anniversary advancing equity and opportunity through arts education in public schools! For three and a half decades, we’ve championed equitable arts education, and we’ve found that the consistent throughline in all the work we’ve done with countless students in that time is that […]