Inspiring confidence through creativity.
Status
Ongoing Program
Who It Serves
Elementary Middle &
High Schools
Focus Area
Student Enrichment
Where
New York, USA
CEI’s Arts Education program empowers students to express themselves while connecting creativity with academics. Through residencies in music, dance, drama, spoken word, and visual art, students discover how the arts enhance critical thinking, build confidence, and foster stronger communities.
- Benefits
What Students Gain
Unlock creativity as a powerful path to learning. CEI Arts Education connects the arts with academics, giving students opportunities to express themselves, build skills, and engage their communities.
- Creative skills through residencies in visual art, dance, music, theater, and spoken word.
- Academic connections that integrate arts into ELA, math, science, and social studies.
- Hands-on projects like murals, bench painting, puppet making, and graphic novels that link art with community voice.
- Collaboration and presentation opportunities in schoolwide showcases and community events.
- Family engagement through workshops in fashion design, jewelry, dance, and more, strengthening the home-school connection.
Why It Matters
Arts are more than enrichment — they transform learning. Research shows that participation in the arts improves vocabulary, critical thinking, empathy, and social awareness. For many CEI students, these programs provide their first opportunities to perform, create, or exhibit work on a public stage, inspiring lasting confidence and curiosity.
- Impact
Our Core Values in Action
Grounded in equity and creativity, CEI Arts Education transforms classrooms into spaces where every student can learn, express, and thrive.
- Access for All — Ensuring every student can learn and grow through the arts.
- Creativity Meets Academics — Using the arts to deepen understanding across core subjects.
- Student Voice — Empowering young people to express identity, values, and community issues through art.
- Family & Community — Building bridges between schools and families through shared creative experiences.
- Sustainable Impact — Training teachers to integrate arts so the benefits last beyond residencies.
