ART EDUCATION PROGRAMS - NEW YORK, USA
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The Harriet and Robert Heilbrunn School
School Principal: Patricia Finocchiaro
The Harriet and Robert Heilbrunn School is a nonsectarian special education school that serves approximately fifty students, who travel to the school from all five boroughs of New York City and throughout the metropolitan area, aged five through 21, who are visually impaired and have additional disabilities. Students are grouped by skills levels and not by grade. The student/staff ratio is 3:1 and teachers are certified in special education. To learn more, please visit www.jgb.org/programs_school.asp.
The Elizabeth L. Newman Preschool
School Principal: Linda Gerra
The Elizabeth L. Newman Preschool is a developmental program for approximately 33 children between the ages of 3 and 5. Classes are designed for six to eight children with a special education teacher and one assistant. Gross and fine motor skills, speech and language, cognition, self-care and socialization are all part of the program. Socialization is always in focus because this skill is often difficult to develop for a child who is blind or visually impaired. The Individualized Educational Plan is approved by the New York Department of Education's Committee on Preschool Special Education. To learn more, please visit: www.jgb.org/programs_preschool.asp.
CAF provides educational support to these schools, housed at the Jewish Guild for the Blind, located on 65th Street between Broadway and Central Park West in Manhattan. Our activities at these schools include the following:
1) Visiting Artists’ Program – CAF recruits and provides professional established artists to volunteer their time spending two hours a week on site at the Guild School throughout the school year. CAF’s Visiting Artists serve as Teaching Assistants (T.A.’s), working collaboratively with the schools' Art Therapist (Ms. Sarah Valeri) to enhance art education services. CAF’s T.A.’s meet individually and with groups of students under the guidance of the Art Therapist, assisting the students to create art projects that ultimately help develop the children’s overall skills and abilities.
2) Financial Support – CAF provides financial support with unrestricted gifts to enhance art education given to both schools at the end of each semester. In addition, CAF provides money to purchase art supplies.
3) Art Exhibitions – CAF is committed to organize and publicize “Gallery Shows” to showcase the children’s art projects. These will take place both on site and in established art galleries in NYC.
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