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[Type text] NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - October 30, 2018 ArtistYear, the First National Organization Dedicated to Service Through the Arts, Receives $1.5 Million in Pennsylvania State AmeriCorps Recognition and Funding PHILADELPHIA (October 30, 2018) – ArtistYear, the recently-founded national service organization that enables artists to commit a year of service to their country, has been awarded $1.5 million in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania AmeriCorps funding over three years This is in addition to the $1.45 million ArtistYear received in 2017 via national AmeriCorps funding ArtistYear is the first national and state organization dedicated to service through the arts to receive recognition from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that oversees AmeriCorps and national volunteering initiatives This 2018-2019 school year, the new state AmeriCorps investment, along with the federal funding and private support, will enable 55 ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellows to serve as full-time teaching artists alongside established educators in 51 federally-designated Title I schools to 11,000 non-duplicated students at least twice per-week ArtistYear is nearly tripling its service in Philadelphia, doubling in New York City’s Borough of Queens, and continuing its commitment in the Roaring Fork Valley of Colorado ArtistYear, an organization born out of the traditions of service, creative excellence and expression, and obligation toward our fellow citizens, has leveraged lessons learned from a range of national-service and arts education programs to marshal a corps of Teaching Artists, ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellows, to enhance and expand arts education in Title I schools ArtistYear’s mission is to develop, support, and place higher-education arts graduates across artistic disciplines at low-income schools as dedicated teaching artists, to ensure every underserved student in America has arts education through a national service arts corps Programming is designed to yield changes for students, schools, and the ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellows themselves Fellows use arts education as a tool to engage low-income students more deeply in the life of their school and community, yielding increases in school attendance, improvements in student attitudes towards their peers, school, and neighborhoods, and for themselves as 21st century learners, artists, and contributing citizens ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellows also support schools in becoming increasingly “arts-rich” through the life of the partnership, working with certified arts specialists to bolster a school’s art department and curricular goals, and supporting capacity-building efforts such as curriculum codification and community art partnership cultivation Through these activities and weekly professional development training, ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellows develop as skilled teaching artists, effective leaders, engaged citizen-artists, and active participants in our Democracy Research shows that when children are involved in the arts, they reap significant social, academic, and personal benefits Despite the proven benefits of arts learning for vulnerable student populations, the most recent report on the state of arts education in the U.S from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) shows that ArtistYear, first national arts service organization, receives Pennsylvania AmeriCorps recognition and funding economically disadvantaged students are far less likely to access arts instruction when compared to their more affluent peers According to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), this “Art Opportunity Gap” disproportionately affects low-income students of color and English Language Learners (ELLs) ArtistYear believes arts education is a fundamental right of all children, regardless of economic status, and is committed to the development of critical thinking, self-discipline, and civic engagement through the arts, as a key to an engaged citizenry and thriving Democracy “National service provides an opportunity to create shared cultural experiences for our citizenry, giving us stake in and responsibility to one another, our communities, and our country,” said ArtistYear Cofounder and CEO Margo Drakos “We’ve found that pairing recent arts graduates—who want to use their art for good—with fantastic teachers in low-income schools, is an effective way to increase arts education for underserved youth across America ArtistYear is honored to provide exceptional artists with the chance to tackle big challenges facing our nation through a service year.” THE ARTISTYEAR AMERICORPS FELLOWS AND PROGRAM ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellows hold undergraduate or graduate degrees in art fields across all artistic disciplines and are highly skilled in their craft The service year provides them with an opportunity to use their art to make a difference in the lives of children, schools, and communities, while offering professional development that prepares them to be competitive for jobs and engaged citizen-artists following their service year In 2017-2018, ArtistYear’s first year as an AmeriCorps program, 25 ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellows served over 5,000 unduplicated students at least twice per-week through 42,500 hours of arts instruction across the United States During the 2018-2019 school year, 55 ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellows will serve approximately 11,000 unduplicated students at least twice per-week through 93,000 hours of arts instruction: 34 Fellows in the School District of Philadelphia; 16 in the New York City Department of Education’s Queens School District; and in the Roaring Fork Valley School District, Colorado, in partnership with the Aspen Music Festival and School Each Fellow is partnered with a certified teacher to dramatically increase the number of disadvantaged students with access to the arts and to deepen the quality of, and exposure to arts standards via in-school and after-school classes, including arts interventions, small group sessions for youth identified as at risk for dropout Fellows also have designated hours to help their school-site design and build arts programs to make all schools "arts rich" Following an intensive summer Orientation and Training Institute, ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellows receive weekly on- and off-school service site coaching and professional development They also receive an annual living stipend, an additional educational award of $5920, school loan forbearance, and health insurance reimbursement ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellows for 2018-2019 are recent graduates from higher education schools across the United States including Albright College, Amherst College, Appalachian State University, Berklee College of Music, Bard College, College of Charleston, Drexel University, Emmanuel College of Boston, Franklin and Marshall College, Full Sail University, George Washington University, Kalamazoo College, Lake Forest College, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Parsons School of Design, Rutgers University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, St ArtistYear, first national arts service organization, receives Pennsylvania AmeriCorps recognition and funding John’s University, Temple University, University of California Los Angeles, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Connecticut, University of Hartford, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, University of New Hampshire, University of Nevada, Reno, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, University of Southern Mississippi, and Virginia State University They are actors, animators, cellists, composers, creative writers, dancers, filmmakers, graphic designers, guitarists, illustrators, jazz musicians, photographers, playwrights, poets, recording engineers, screenwriters, sculptors, singers, storytellers, violinists, and visual artists A full list of the ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellow class of 2019, their bios, and their school service-site placements can be found on the ArtistYear website These artists join the more than 80,000 AmeriCorps members serving through nonprofit, faith-based, and community organizations at 21,600 locations across the country Since 1994, more than million men and women have served in AmeriCorps pledging to “Get Things Done” for America, providing more than 1.4 billion hours of service and earning over $3.3 billion in scholarships to pay for college, more than $1 billion of which has been used to pay back student loan debt ARTS ACCESS AND TITLE I SCHOOLS IN PHILADELPHIA In 2017, The School District of Philadelphia’s (SDP) Superintendent Dr William Hite, and the Office of Arts & Academic Enrichment launched a multi-year plan to invest more deeply in arts education in order to increase arts access and participation rates across the district ArtistYear is dedicated to supporting the SDP in its efforts to close the arts opportunity gap for all of the 128,000+ students it serves ArtistYear is partnering closely with the District’s Office of Arts and Academic Enrichment to strategically place ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellows in select schools for optimal impact In the 2018-2019 school year 34 Fellows will provide extended arts learning opportunities at 31 School District of Philadelphia schools, including Academy for the Middle Years at Northwest, Alain Locke School, Alexander Adaire School, Alexander K McClure School, Bayard Taylor School, Benjamin B Comegys School, Cayuga School, Charles W Henry School, Cook-Wissahickon School, Dr Ethel Allen School, F Amedee Bregy School, Frankford High School, Franklin Learning Center, General Philip Kearny School, Henry A Brown School, HillFreedman World Academy, James G Blaine School, James Logan School, Joseph W Catharine School, Juniata Park Academy, Mastery Charter School at Thomas Campus, Olney School, Paul Robeson High School for Human Services, Roberto Clemente School, S Weir Mitchell School, Samuel Powel School, Swenson Arts and Technology High School, Thomas A Edison High School, Walter B Saul High School, William C Longstreth School, William T Tilden School, and Young Scholars Charter School “We are thrilled that ArtistYear is continuing to expand in Philly,” shared Frank Machos, Executive Director of the School District of Philadelphia’s Office of Arts and Academic Enrichment “The passion for arts and service that the ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellows share with our school communities is an incredible asset in support of our effort to ensure that every student has access to rich, meaningful arts experiences throughout their education.” "We are excited to work with ArtistYear this year as they engage AmeriCorps members in providing arts education to the School District of Philadelphia students,” shared Maureen Eccleston, Executive Director of PennSERVE, Pennsylvania’s state service commission and Governor’s Office of Citizen Service “We know that the arts are an ArtistYear, first national arts service organization, receives Pennsylvania AmeriCorps recognition and funding avenue for getting young people engaged and excited to come to school – and when you’re excited about school, you have a better chance of succeeding in school ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellows will join approximately 1,000 national service participants currently supporting Philadelphia public schools At PennSERVE, we’re looking forward to seeing the positive impact that increased quality arts education will bring to our students.” About ArtistYear ArtistYear is the first national and state AmeriCorps service organization for artists to dedicate themselves to a year of service to their country ArtistYear believes arts education and its many academic, social, and personal benefits, is a fundamental right of all children in our nation, regardless of economic status ArtistYear’s mission is to recruit, develop, and support higher-education arts graduates of every artistic discipline to serve as dedicated teaching artists—ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellows –in Title schools, to ensure every disadvantaged student in America has arts education through a national service arts corps In partnership with schools and districts, ArtistYear programming is designed to yield changes for students, schools, and the ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellows themselves Established as an independent 501(c)(3) in 2016, ArtistYear launched a pilot program in Philadelphia with the School District of Philadelphia, higher-education partners Curtis Institute of Music and Drexel University, and community arts and national service partners such as Service Year Alliance The organization was founded by now-CEO Margo Drakos, an entrepreneur, U.S Military spouse, and former professional cellist, and Elizabeth Warshawer, a senior arts consultant and arts executive ArtistYear received $1.45M in national AmeriCorps funding and recognition in 2017, enabling 25 AmeriCorps Fellows to serve as full-time teaching artists during the 2017-2018 school year to 5,000 unduplicated students in 24 Title I schools across Philadelphia; Queens, NYC; and rural Colorado ArtistYear received additional Commonwealth of Pennsylvania AmeriCorps funding via PennSERVE in 2018-2019, enabling 55 ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellows to currently serve in 51 Title I schools as full-time teaching artists to over 11,000 non-duplicated students at least twice per-week across the three locations To learn more about ArtistYear go to www.artistyear.org About The Corporation for National and Community Service The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that engages millions of Americans in service through its AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and Volunteer Generation Fund programs, leading the nation's volunteering and service efforts For more information, visit NationalService.gov About PennSERVE PennSERVE is Pennsylvania’s service commission and is a grantee of the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that helps millions of Americans improve the lives of their fellow citizens through service Working hand in hand with local partners, CNCS taps the ingenuity and can-do spirit of the American people to tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing our nation PennSERVE includes 21 AmeriCorps Programs including ArtistYear with over 1,300 AmeriCorps members serving this year For more information visit here PRESS CONTACTS: Margo Drakos, Cofounder & CEO, ArtistYear margo.drakos@artistyear.org Julia Durkin, Director of Operations & Advancement, ArtistYear julia.durkin@artistyear.org # # #
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