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 every student’s story matters. It’s the reason behind our motto: “We have the freedom to imagine. We have the power to create.” And it’s the reason why we decided to celebrate the power and creativity of storytelling in this year’s Theme & Anchorworks Guide, “We Are the Stories We Tell.”

To celebrate this monumental occasion, we are celebrating with a dedicated digital archive showcasing 35 stories pulled from students, staff, Teaching Artists, and community partners—all of whom have shaped and been shaped by P.S. ARTS. As part of our year-end campaign, we will also bring a selection of these powerful testimonials to the forefront through social media and in our newsletters, inviting our broader community to explore how art changes lives.

We invite you to join us in celebrating 35 years of creativity, advocacy, and growth by exploring the collection and supporting the next generation of storytellers. Stay tuned as we drop stories throughout the rest of the year and weave our digital story quilt.