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School Engagement in the Arts

School Engagement
in the Arts

Arts Education for K-12 Students & Teachers

The arts are a right, not a privilege.

92NY School Engagement in the Arts (School Engagement) department creates arts education programs for over 7,000 K-12 students and their teachers across New York City — and nationwide through our online offerings. Through School Engagement, students interact with 92NY mainstage talent, learn from expert teaching artists, and have access to professional internships.

Elementary School Programs

92NY has brought the world’s leading performing artists and teaching artists to New York City’s elementary school classrooms for over 25 years.

92NY’s Discovery Series features celebrated performers from around the globe, illuminating connections between cultures and artistic traditions. Through lively classroom sessions with their dedicated Teaching Artists and attendance at exhilarating performances at 92NY, students in grades K-5 explore a variety of dance and music genres.

Learn more about the Discovery Series and how you can incorporate these dynamic 92NY programs into your classrooms:

92NY also offers custom-designed school day residencies in a range of arts disciplines & genres led by professional practicing artists in elementary school classrooms. Residencies culminate in a student performance for the school community. Availability is limited. Learn more about our Build Your Own School-Based Residency program:

Middle School Programs

In partnership with 92NY’s Theater for Young Audiences (TYA), School Engagement offers a Musical Theater & Literacy program: an immersive, one-of-a-kind, theatrical and literary experience. Bring the beloved Shakespeare classic, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to life for your students through classroom sessions with their dedicated Teaching Artist and attendance a TYA original performance at 92NY!

92NY also offers custom-designed school day residencies in a range of arts disciplines & genres led by professional practicing artists in middle school classrooms. Residencies culminate in a student performance for the school community. Availability is limited. Learn more about our Build Your Own School-Based Residency program:

High School Programs

92NY’s High School Programs offer students a range of opportunities to connect with literature and the arts in their classrooms, after school and through internship and training programs. Learn more about the individual programs below:

Summer Programs for Students

For Teachers

92NY’s Professional Development intensives provide high-school English teachers new tools and resources for teaching the literary arts.

Contact Us

To learn more about 92NY’s School Engagement in the Arts, contact:

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