Arts and Entertainment
November 21, 2022
From: The Norwalk Art SpaceOUR IMPACT since opening in June 2021:
Welcomed over 23,000 visitors into our beautiful space, admission-free
Provided free art and music classes and art enrichment to over 1,000 local students
Offered 21 semester-long art classes, 7 artist talks and 10 workshops
Held 21 free art exhibitions displaying incredible work by local artists and students
Sponsored 17 brilliant Resident Artists and Korry Fellows and watched them thrive, learn, create and teach in our space
Please keep us in mind for your end-of-year giving so we can continue to serve local youth and keep our community programs free to all. We can't do it without donors like you!
TNAS Resident Artist to Full-Time Art Teacher at Norwalk High School
A Safe Space for Students to Create and Thrive
For the Fall 2022 semester, we expanded from 4 to 5 weekly classes and now offer middle school classes. Thanks to our partnerships with the Carver Foundation and the Norwalk Public Schools, all of our classes are filled. To date, we have had nearly 250 students participate in our free classes. A snapshot of our student demographics:
54% have never taken an art class outside of school
71% with household income below the Norwalk median of $86,000 per year
67% BIPOC/Hispanic/Middle Eastern/Asian/mixed race, 26% White
60% female, 5% nonbinary