Jun 19, 20182 minARTE's Statement on Current U.S. Human Rights Violations Human rights are at the very core of the foundation of our organization. Alongside art education and youth development, we consider human...
May 4, 20174 minThe Implication of Cutting Art Education for Youth of Color This article is reposted originally from a Huffington Post piece from May 3, 2017. This contribution is in response to a recent article, ...
Apr 12, 20171 minMiddle Schoolers Standing Up for Human RightsThis past year, in collaboration with the non-profit youth development organization Global Kids, ARTE has led an after-school arts progra...
Dec 8, 20161 minInternational Human Rights Day Assembly for Middle Schoolers On Wednesday, December 7th, ARTE presented an assembly on International Human Rights Day at the Sheridan School in Washington, D.C. for 1...
Dec 8, 20161 min"I Am A Child" Middle School Workshop This past month, ARTE led an interactive workshop in collaboration with the Lower Manhattan Community Middle School (M.S. 896). ARTE enga...
Nov 3, 20161 minUnited Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Visit to ARTE in BrooklynLast week, ARTE hosted an interactive arts workshop for members of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)'s 2016 Fellowship...
Aug 26, 20162 minReaffirming the Importance of Human Rights Education Shardul Oza, Guest Blogger We live in a world in which specialized technical knowledge and skills are generously rewarded in the labor ma...
Aug 26, 20162 min#IgualdadParaTodos: ARTE Community Mural Calls for an End to Discrimination “The message of my project is to show that people can fly. I chose to break the stereotype that people have limits; humans can fly high a...
Jul 14, 20162 min 'PRISON' Mural @ Hunter East HarlemIn late June 2016, ARTE students from the High School for the Arts, Imagination & Inquiry created a mural to be featured in 'Visions of C...
May 15, 20161 minARTE At Harvard University On May 7, 2016, student work from the ARTE program at the Pan American International High School (PAIHS) was exhibited at the Harvard Gra...
Mar 7, 20161 minNation Creation and Human RightsA couple of weeks ago, ARTE students created flags for their own fictional nations, and had to choose a certain number of human rights fr...
Feb 8, 20161 min Wheatpasting for Human Rights ChangeLast week, ARTE led a human rights workshop, focusing on the technique of #wheatpasting with students at the Harvest Collegiate high scho...
Jan 11, 20163 minHumans of [World]: Aya's storyIona Tan Photographer Brandon Stanton created his blog in late 2010 and initially sought to document New Yorkers through 10,000 portraits...
Aug 28, 20153 min“We Are All Immigrants” – Students Create Mural for Immigrant Rights in QueensThe following blog is a repost from Amnesty International USA's Human Rights Now blog, which can be found here. A flock of birds is silho...
Jul 21, 20152 minARTE Presents in Canada and IrelandAny reference to human rights is, by engagement, a reference to arts and culture. -Bob Collins, Chairman of the Arts Council of Northern ...
Jun 26, 20151 min#ImmigrationRightsMural UnveilingLast week, ARTE, in collaboration with Art for Change and students from the High School for Arts, Imagination and Inquiry participated in...
Dec 31, 20142 minThank You, 2014 // Moving Forward to 2015“Human rights matter because people need to know and respect us because we all have the same rights.” “Human rights matter because we are...
Oct 21, 20141 minInaugural ARTE Club begins at Boston High SchoolThis past week, ARTE Intern and Club Leader, Michael Helou facilitated the first ARTE club meeting at Arlington High School near Boston, ...