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