Park Avenue Armory Youth Corps
The Armory Youth Corps is a rigorous, closely-mentored, paid program that introduces students to the creative process of artists of the highest caliber, while providing meaningful employment, leadership development, and career readiness training.
On this website, you’ll find artwork by the Youth Corps created starting in Spring 2020. During an extraordinarily challenging year, the Youth Corps came together virtually, meeting in Zoom, creating artwork asynchronously, engaging with artwork and artists from the Armory’s past and present, and staying connected through unconventional art.
Below are examples of student work showcased from 2020
Photo credit above: Paula Lobo
Park Avenue Armory's arts education programs are supported by generous grants from the Leonard and Judy Lauder Fund, The Thompson Family Foundation, The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, Citi Foundation, the Zelnick/Belzberg Charitable Trust, the Hearst Foundations, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Emme and Jonathan Deland, the Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation, Lester and Enid Morse, Sanford L. Smith, Jane and Robert Toll, the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, Con Edison, Adam R. Flatto, Ken Kuchin and Tyler Morgan, Sylvia and Leonard Marx, Jr., Stacy Schiff and Marc de La Bruyère, the Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation, the WME Foundation, Krystyna Doerfler, Janet Halvorson, the Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation, the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, and the Michael Tuch Foundation. Additional support has been provided by members of the Armory's Education Committee and generous donors to the Armory's Gala.
The Armory's arts education programs are also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and are supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the city council.
