ArtPeace Young Entrepreneurs
ArtPeace Young Entrepreneurs employs low-income, underserved Monroe County youth (ages 14-24) to start businesses in the arts and technology. Youth work with professional Artist-Entrepreneurs to learn how to maximize their potential for entrepreneurship & employment and improve life skills.

• Year 5 of ArtPeace flagship youth employment program
• 120 Youth Served in 2009
• 97% Retention Rate
• Trip to Boston (Summer ’09) with a delegation from Rochester (ArtPeace, Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council, Teen Empowerment and City of Rochester) to explore entrepreneurial arts programs
• New!  Youth Achievement Productions TV/Documentary Film Crew – made a documentary, Summer Youth Employment:  An Investment of a Lifetime in partnership with Mirusmedia – won a national Gold Ava Award 2009
• New!  Culinary Arts with REOC
• New!  CrossFit Elite Fitness and nutrition program offered to apprentices 2x/day for 3 days/week
• New!  Landscape Design program – created an urban meditation garden with water feature
• New!  T-shirt design companies and fashion design (with fashion show)
• One apprentice selected to serve on Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council
• Funded by:  RochesterWorks!, Federal stimulus funding (gave extension due to successful results), Wegmans, Health Foundation, Senator Joseph Robach, Best Buy Foundation
• Partnerships:  Monroe County Teen Treatment Court, Mirusmedia, CrossFit 585, REOC, Red Cross, Hillside Children’s Center, City of Rochester, SWAN, The Vineyard Urban Garden, Americorps, Bent Castle Productions, TheMediaTribe, NEAD/Freedom School

  Check out the website that our 2007 Young Entrepreneurs created:

  

   

Rochester City School District Partnership
Arts and technology-integrated small learning community development in the City of Rochester and artist residencies to teach all academic subjects through arts and technology, specializing in underserved or challenging populations. Teaching artists and educators work together to plan and deliver interdisciplinary curriculum in all academic subjects, through a variety of arts (music, dance, visual arts and digital media).
“We are beginning to tap into the true essence of education for our students.” – East High Assistant Principal

• 2008-2009 School Year – served 160 7th and 8th grade students at East HS
• 2009-2010 School Year – serving 250 10th-12th students at School Without Walls
• Unique elements:  showcases that demonstrate student learning through digital products, music CD’s, films, animation, dance performances, nature work, visual arts pieces, magazines, musical performance, instrument building, etc.
• 96% attendance (compared to 89% for middle school students across the district); 95% rate of promotion (compared to 70% from other middle school students); 11% drop in behavioral incidents; 96% teachers and artists report improvement in creative collaboration, less isolation
• 70% passing rate for State Math Exam (compared to 51.25% average for other 7th graders); 71% passing for ELA (compared to 53% rate in RCSD)
• School Without Walls - Slam Team, Ballroom Dancing, Capoeira, Digital Music, Media & Animation, Mosaic Creation, T-shirt Design, Creative Arts Therapy, Multicultural Music Project (with Immigrated students)
• Funded by:  Rochester City School District, New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), Dana Foundation
• Partnerships:  Creative Leaps, Warner School of Education at University of Rochester (evaluation), Museum of Kid’s Art (MoKA), Murality, McClure Productions, PUSH Physical Theatre, Rhythm Connect, Unity Instructional Leadership

City at Peace-Rochester
ArtPeace sponsors a Rochester affiliate of the international program, City at Peace (www.cpnational.org). Diverse youth from throughout Monroe County (urban, rural and suburban) come together, guided by professionals in theatre, music and dance, to create an original musical theatre production with scripts based on stories from their lives. Youth model peaceful collaboration and are community activists and leaders engaging in social action.

• 50 diverse youth from suburban, urban and rural areas of the community – Year 1 (started Sept 2008)
• Production Team – youth leaders from City at Peace meet weekly to plan projects and theatrical production, as well as work through challenges, fundraise; make decisions, community service projects, etc.
• Started a school-based version of City at Peace for School Without Walls
• Funded by:  City of Rochester, Wegman Fund, MVP and other local foundations
• RESULTS-driven (national data):
• 91% participants go to college
• 99.3% stay in high school
• 94% reach significant criteria of cross-cultural competency.
• Confidence, self-efficacy and ability to plan improve in 88% of participants
• 92% of City at Peace youth said they resolve conflicts differently as a result of the conflict resolution, communications, and cross-cultural components of the program.

ArtPeace South
Serving Watkins Glen Central Schools; Elmira Central Schools (school-wide arts integration in grades K-12); Colgate University; Arnot Art Museum

• Standards-Based Arts Integration residencies (K-12); *won 2007 New York State “Creative Ticket” Award for excellence in arts-in-education (Kennedy Center)
• Professional Development and coaching in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes Region; coordination of Regional Leadership in Learning Network
• NYSCA Service to the Field – 9 County Region Arts Integration Services; PD/Consulting for the purpose of regional growth of arts-in-ed; work with schools, BOCES, non-profits; Corning Museum of Glass
• Watkins Glen and Elmira City School District have been acknowledged by the New York State Board of Regents, Richard Mills and the State Education Departmentas being “rapidly improving” districts due to notable progress in ELA, MATH, SCIENCE scores and graduation rates in the past 3 years.
• Funded by New York State Council on the Arts; Partners for Arts in Education and school districts/partners

Community Outreach & Events

• No Childby Nilaja Sun – 1,235 people in Rochester saw this one-woman play at Geva Theatre during their Fall Fest starring Reenah Golden portraying 16 roles; Directed by Queen GodIs; advocacy efforts and community conversations about life in an urban school and the realities of being a teaching artist; ongoing interest in teacher PD and other performances; partnerships forged with Rochester Wolf Trap at Nazareth, Nazareth College of Education, Geva Theatre, St John Fisher, U of R Warner School, SUNY Brockport, Hamilton A/V, Drama Kids, Kuumba Consultants, Young Audiences of Rochester, Association of Teaching Artists, Coalition for Common Sense Education, MuCCC
• Wine Tasting with Local Charities – ArtPeace was selected beneficiary of a special wine tasting event hosted by Local Charities where hundreds of people enjoyed food, wine and art; ArtPeace teaching artists displayed their work and the art work of ArtPeace youth; live art work creation and portraits
• Youth Leadership Council formed from 2009 apprentices – year-round project to develop leadership and work to make ArtPeace Young Entrepreneurs year-round; grant proposals in development; one youth serving on Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council representing ArtPeace
• Common Ground 2009 – ArtPeace presented our arts and technology integrated school model at the annual state-wide conference
• Student Forum – ArtPeace co-facilitates ongoing forums with students from RCSD to make their voice heard on changes needed within the district; ArtPeace created a video highlighting various student ideas and thoughts – this will be viewed along with a student presentation of recommendations to the Board of Education in January 2010
• RIT Student Photo Arts Collective - ArtPeace to benefit from their holiday photo auction
• City of Rochester Youth Bureau – ArtPeace youth have art work in the new youth art gallery in the Sibley Building
• Macy's Shop For a Cause – ArtPeace represented at special charitable event at Macy’s – Greece Ridge and Eastview malls
• Coalition for Common Sense Education (CCSE) & Western New York Regional Leadership and Learning Network – ArtPeace represented and actively involved
• Barnes & Noble for the Holidays – young entrepreneurs and volunteers represented ArtPeace providing gift-wrapping for Barnes & Noble customers.
• ArtPeace Shakedown

Largest Countywide art show and performance event at Village Gate to highlight young artists from throughout Monroe County (grades 7-12)

• 577 pieces of art work shown from 500+ students representing 25 Schools from Monroe County and RCSD taught by 46 participating art teachers from the region 450 adults and youth in attendance 
• “Empty Bowls” project – ceramic bowls created by art students and auctioned at event; proceeds went to Open Door Mission
• Partners:  Rochester Exhibit Services (RES), Village Gate/Stern Properties, Slam High, Tops, Mac Ave., WPXY, Rochester City School District, Monroe County School Districts

SNEAK PEAK at 2010!

• Look for more ArtPeace Young Entrepreneurs during the year!
• Volunteer Recruitment – Jan – Feb 2010
• Part 2 of the Youth Employment documentary with Mirusmedia
• Local Peace Through Music Project
• Encores of No Child starring Reenah Golden for Rochester Teacher’s Association initiated by Adam Urbanski; other performances and related workshops to come
• Other Exciting Collaborations!

ArtPeace works with diverse populations and a variety of youth, families and adults, even the hard-to-reach and under-served. We have experience with: developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, mental illness, chemical dependency, HIV/AIDS, other medical conditions, as well as the gifted, survivors of abuse, young adults in the juvenile justice system or in residential or locked facilities and youth in foster care and independent living. Some members of our team have facilitated successful intergenerational partnerships as well.

We use the arts (visual, performance/dance, literary, music and digital) and multimedia technology to engage participants in fun ways, fostering creative expression. We offer individualized services, events, workshops, professional development and creative arts therapy. We are flexible and can co-create a program or community project that works for you!