Host 550+ children from Title 1 schools, 100% free of charge.
Offer full scholarships to 110+ kids enrolled in our After School program, Summer Camp, and Holiday Camps.
Offer full scholarships to 130+ Black & Brown Bed-Stuy adults.
Provide ceramic arts classes to 20 blind and visually impaired students through partnerships with VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired and Lighthouse Guild.
30+ elders enrolled via our pay-as-you-wish seniors program.
In 2023 alone, Artshack:
Hosted 450+ children from PS 3, a local Title one school, 100% free of charge.
Provided full scholarships to 15% of after school students (a total of 30 kids), 18% of summer campers (a total of 18 kids) and 11% of holiday campers (a total of 30 kids).
Provided full scholarships to 126 Black & Brown Bed-Stuy adults.
Held 10 community days serving over 400 people from the Bedford-Stuyvesant community, free of charge.
Hosted 5 Artists-in-Residence, providing free studio space to produce work, showcasing their work in our gallery, and providing opportunities to teach community clay days.
Continued a 100% subsidized school partnership with Bedford Academy High School, a local high-performing, Title 1 school, where students attend a weekly ceramics class, which is their only access to visual arts.
Held our 8th annual fundraiser to support our community program.
Held our 7th annual Holiday Sale to support our scholarships through the sales of kid-designed ceramics.
Provided meaningful work and a fair wage to 26 teaching artists, plus health care to most of our full-time team.
