Armory Art Together
Summer ‘21
With thousands of original art pieces created by Youth Corps interns during the first four iterations of the program, Armory Art Together continued this summer. The young artists were inspired by Armory artists with four weeks of prompts alongside two live, interactive virtual Open Studios.
Using the digital video series Armory Artist Retrospective created by Armory Teaching Artists, students learned about Martin Creed, Theaster Gates, Lynn Nottage, and Taylor Mac. Students had their choice of artistic medium with prompts inspired by the themes and work of these four Armory artists. Students were also sent an Art Pack (including a stamp-making kit!) to inspire their work.
As a way to make sure that a live community of artmaking was available for any interested students, Education Special Projects Coordinator Sharlyn Galarza hosted an optional drop-in Open Studio on Zoom. One for the first week called the Kick Off, and another during the last week called the Cook Out. These two sessions combined fun summer energy with live artmaking in community, inspired by Armory artists Martin Creed and Taylor Mac. This allowed the students to stay connected with Education team members and each other while creating visual artwork together.
Fifty-five students participated and have submitted over 230 pieces of art—many creating visual art pieces and musical compositions. Art will be showcased on the Armory Art Together section of armoryyouthcorps.com, as a time capsule representing art created by the Youth Corps community during these transformational times.
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 office of the governor 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.
