Sequential Art for Kids was initiated by one artist, Diane Postion,
in one school, P.S. 130 in Chinatown, Manhattan in 1985. It continues
to be a literacy program taught in New York City public schools
by artists who use sequential art media--artists' books, performance
art,photography, film, animation and video--to enhance literacy
and cognitive development among children. The methods artists
traditionally use as a matter of course, hands-on learning through
the manipulation of materials, are now embraced by educational
psychologists. Franklin Furnace has long been committed to employing
professional artists in New York City schools because art-making
is one of the "multiple intelligences" that takes its
place alongside the three Rs as a subject in which many children
may find their greatest strengths. Since 1997, Franklin Furnace's
SAK program has been developed in partnership with P.S. 52 in
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.
We are grateful to the current and past supporters of SAK: The
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The National Endowment
for the Arts, a federal agency; the New York State Council on
the Arts' Arts-In-Education Program, the Milton & Sally Avery
Arts Foundation, Consolidated Edison, J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation,
The Martin Wong Foundation, New-Land Foundation, Norman &
Rosita Winston Foundation, The Howard Gilman Foundation, and Library
Power.
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