Marquis Studios has provided a variety of arts-in-education services to New York City public
schools for the last 31 years. We seek to foster a greater partnership
between teaching artists and classroom teachers by providing arts programs as
a supplement to traditional classroom teaching techniques. Our team of 30
artists provides residencies and staff development and parent/child workshops
in disciplines as diverse as puppetry, circus, mural-making, music, drawing,
painting, storytelling, and movement.
These workshops stress teacher/artist partnerships and development of
higher-order thinking skills (self-evaluation, application of learned skills,
problem-solving and critical thinking).
Marquis Studios serves a diverse population. The majority of students in
Marquis programs live at or below poverty level as measured by their
eligibility for free lunch and breakfast programs. 87% of students served by
Marquis are minorities. Many of our programs are taught in underserved
inner-city areas. Over the last 31 years, Marquis Studios has taught over
220,000 students, 26,000 teachers and 9,000 parents at hundreds of schools
and cultural institutions throughout New
York City.
Marquis Studios is grateful for the support we have received from
American Architectural Foundation ASCAP Carnegie Corporation Cleary Gottleib Steen and Hamilton Commerce Bank CVS Foundation Gannett Foundation/USA Weekend Magazine Independence Community Foundation John and David Kent Fund JPMorgan Chase Foundation Merrill Lynch Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation New York Community Trust New York City Council Councilmember James Oddo New York City Department of Cultural Affairs New York City Department of Youth & Community Development New York Times Company Foundation New York City Department of Cultural Affairs New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) New York State Music Fund New York Times Company Foundation Ronald McDonald House Charities Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation The Bay & Paul Foundations The Center for Arts Education The Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation The Harriet & Esteban Vicente Foundation The National Endowment for the Arts The Partnership for Arts Education The Staten Island Foundation The William Randolph Hearst Foundation Verizon Foundation
