Posted January 15th, 2020 — Filed under Uncategorized
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Celebrating young artists, The Art Effect is hosting Art After Hours at the Poughkeepsie Trolley Barn on Friday, January 24 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. The family friendly, happy-hour style event will showcase the incredible artwork created by students in the Art Institute’s Senior Project program, one of the most rigorous courses offered by the organization. The exhibition will include themed works of various mediums created by the student artists who participated in the intensive program.“Art After Hours is a wonderful, celebratory event for our students and staff,” said Nicole Fenichel-Hewitt, executive director of The Art Effect. “These young artists have dedicated years of hard work to developing their artistic skills and we are honored to showcase their Senior Project creations for our community to enjoy.”Part of The Art Effect’s exciting and immersive event series, Art After Hours will include tastings from craft breweries and local food vendors including The Educated Baker and Satisfy Hunger, among others, as well as live music from Blue Museum. The event will be sponsored by Integrated Enterprise Solutions Inc. (IES). Tickets for the event are priced at $40 per person, $70 for couples and $10 for guests under age 18 and can be purchased at thearteffect.org/after-hours. Proceeds will support The Art Effect’s educational programming for youth, and its mission to transform lives through the arts. The exhibition will be open to the public between January 25 and February 9, Tuesdays through Fridays, from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at The Poughkeepsie Trolley Barn at 489 Main Street in Poughkeepsie, NY.Stay tuned for Art After Hours updates and more by visiting the Art After Hours event page on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/events/456669748375067/).
Posted November 26th, 2019 — Filed under Uncategorized
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The Art Effect today announced that it has been awarded a $72,000 grant over three years from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. NYSCA grants support the transformative impact of the performing, literary, visual and media arts in New York State.The Art Effect is one of 462 arts organizations across New York State receiving a total of $8,383,993 million in grants through NYSCA’s FY2020 funding to support arts programs that drive New York State’s economic growth and community health. The Art Effect will receive $24,000 each year for three years, beginning in 2020, for general operating support. “The arts and culture are a critical driver of health in people and places,” said Mara Manus, Executive Director of New York State Council on the Arts. “Our state’s creative industries generate a total of $120 billion to the state economy, account for 466,000 jobs, and play a significant role in revitalization, education and social justice.”NYSCA will award a total of $41 million to arts organizations across New York State for FY2020. The second of three rounds of NYSCA funding for FY2020 includes support for museums, theatres, and arts organizations that drive tourism and anchor communities and arts education programs essential to learning for all ages, including public school students, aging populations and at-risk youth.The Art Effect received funding through NYSCA’s Arts Education Program to support general operating activities in 2020. It also receives support through NYSCA’s Electronic Media and Film Program to support Spark Studios, a filmmaking workforce development program for Poughkeepsie youth, in 2019 and 2020.“This is an incredible vote of confidence in The Art Effect,” says Nicole Fenichel-Hewitt, Executive Director of The Art Effect. “We have a long history of partnership with NYSCA and this new funding announcement will allow us to continue our impactful arts education programs across the board.”NYSCA Round II grant awards were made through the agency’s Arts Education, Special Arts Services, Museum, Theatre, Music, Dance, Literature, and Visual Arts Programs. A list of NYSCA grantees searchable by program and location is availablehere.“New York’s cultural sector is a driving force in our state’s economy,” said Katherine Nicholls, Chair, New York State Council on the Arts. “As our arts organizations expand their audiences and programs with NYSCA support, we will serve many more New Yorkers and build the vitality of our communities statewide.”About The New York State Council on the Arts: The New York State Council on the Arts champions community and creativity by preserving and advancing numerous aspects of the cultural heritage that makes New York State an exceptional place to live, work and visit. NYSCA upholds the right of all New Yorkers to experience the vital contributions the arts make to our communities, education, economic development and quality of life. Through its core grantmaking activity, NYSCA awarded $51M in FY2019 to 2,400 organizations statewide through direct grants and regrants in our 15 programs, the Regional Economic Development Council initiative and the Mid-Size Capital Project Fund. NYSCA funding supports the visual, literary, media and performing arts and includes dedicated support for arts education and underserved communities. NYSCA further advances New York’s creative culture by hosting convenings with leaders in the field and providing organizational and professional development opportunities and informational resources. Created by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1960, and continued and expanded to the present day with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, NYSCA is an agency of the Executive Branch of the New York State Government. For more information on NYSCA, please visit:www.arts.ny.gov.
Posted November 12th, 2019 — Filed under Uncategorized
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The Art Effect invites the public to attend the official art unveiling of a new public sculpture created and designed by Poughkeepsie teens on a vacant lot overlooking the Fall Kill Creek on November 20, 2019. The event will start with the unveiling and ceremony at 4:00pm at 85 Pershing Avenue, and a reception will follow from 4:45-6:00pm at The Art Effect Pershing Studios at 45 Pershing Avenue, Poughkeepsie. This event is free and open to the public and members of the press.Over the past two years, local youth from The Art Effect’s arts-based youth workforce development program, MADLab (Media, Art, Design Lab) have implemented creative placemaking projects to revitalize a vacant area on Pershing Avenue. Teenagers from the City of Poughkeepsie organized public cleanups of the Fall Kill Creek and incorporated what they collected into a series of found-object sculptures. These sculptures, along with native shrubs and a large steel sculpture spelling “EARTH,” aim to beautify the location and prevent pollution in the Fall Kill Creek. Judah, a sophomore from Poughkeepsie High School, believes that this will impact the location in a positive way; “If you see people really caring for one thing, it kinda makes you want to care for it. You second guess throwing trash into it.”The public art was designed and built by a collaborative process from over 30 students and many community partners and organizations, including the City of Poughkeepsie, Scenic Hudson, Northside Collaborative, MASS Design, Dutchess County, Bank of America Charitable Foundation, New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, Hudson Estuary Trees for Tribs Program, 4th State Metals, Lowes, and West Hook Sand and Gravel. Zion, a teen MADLab participant, has been with the project since its inception: “I’m really excited to see how the final product comes out. We spent so much time on this. It’s for the people, and I can’t wait to see people interacting with this.”For more information, please call 845-471-7477 or email david@thearteffect.org.
Posted October 4th, 2019 — Filed under Uncategorized
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When The Art Effect, which participates in Shared Insight’s Listen4Good initiative, analyzed student feedback data along with demographic information, we saw and acted on opportunities to improve our cultural competencies and the inclusiveness of our art and college-prep classes. The feedback process changed the perspectives and led to new programming, like the Media & Arts Advancement Program (MAAP), that has given students a better chance to fully benefit from The Art Effect’s offerings.
Check out The Fund for Shared Insight’s article about the impact participating in Listen for Good has had on The Art Effect. Click here to read the article.
Make sure your voice is heard! We will be closing the current Listen4Good survey on Monday, October 7. Take The Art Effect’s survey here y en español aqui.
Posted May 13th, 2019 — Filed under Uncategorized
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Above: Best in Show winner Andralyn Lagattuta and Executive Director Nicole Fenichel-Hewitt.
On May 10th, 2019, The Art Effect hosted the 16th annual Exposure Photography Exhibition, celebrating the work of local and national teen photographers. We were pleased to announce the winners of the exhibition during our Artists Reception towards the end of the night.
Here are the 2019 winners and honorable mentions!Best In ShowWraith, by Andralyn LagattutaJunior, Liberty High School, Ulster County, NYPrize: $1,500 Scholarship to Maryland Institute College of Art’s pre-college program and $400 cash.1st Place WinnerJonas, by Leslie OstronicSenior, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, KSPrize: Full tuition scholarship to The Art Effect’s Art Institute and $300 cash.2nd Place WinnerPaper, by Evan TeplenskySenior, North Salem High School, Westchester, NYPrize: $500 Scholarship to The Art Effect’s Art Institute and $125 cash.3rd Place WinnerMore Than Ordinary, by Amani JamalSophomore, John Jay High School, Poughkeepsie, NYPrize: $300 Scholarship to The Art Effect’s Art Institute and $75 cash.
Twisted, by Alexa Vincento Senior, John Jay High School, Poughkeepsie, NY – Prize: $200 scholarship to The Art Effect’s Art Institute and $40 cash.
Don’t Kill Her Dreams, by Caitlynn Kliem Senior, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, KS – Prize: $200 scholarship to The Art Effect’s Art Institute and $40 cash.
Denial, by Olivia Weinstein Junior, Roundout Valley High School, Ulster County, NY – Prize: $200 scholarship to The Art Effect’s Art Institute and $40 cash.
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the exhibition!
Posted May 6th, 2019 — Filed under Uncategorized
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In 2019, MADLab students are taking on the ravages of pollution in their community. As part of the NYS Pollution Prevention Institute, students will create public art and develop clean green spaces along the Fall Kill Creek, an overlooked waterway in downtown Poughkeepsie.This is the only youth-led arts project that contributes to the city-wide goal of improving the Fall Kill Creek. The Art Effect hopes to raise $10,000 in support of the program. Funds raised will provide youth with the resources to design and install public art sculptures, organize litter clean-up days, create anti-littering educational materials such as video and radio public service announcements, and host community feedback and outreach sessions.In the process, youth participating in the program will gain useful job skills in areas such as photography, video, landscape design, sanitation, construction, graphic design, radio broadcasting, and community organizing. Community members interested in supporting the efforts of students can make a donation between now and May 15th through our fundraising campaign, and after May 15th through our website. Students interested in participating in the program should register for our summer program, MADLabs.
Posted April 17th, 2019 — Filed under Uncategorized
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The Art Effect is pleased to present our 2018 Annual Report, celebrating our first year as a merged organization. Formerly Mill Street Loft and Spark Media Project, the two organizations officially joined as The Art Effect on January 1, 2018. The Art Effect is now the largest art education organization in the region, directly serving over 2,000 people through a variety of programs, with a focus on underserved youth in Poughkeepsie, New York.
The Art Effect was awarded Hudson Valley Magazine’s “Best Art Program for Youth” last year, but perhaps most impressive are the awards won by our students at The Art Effect: in 2018, over 100 Scholastic Art Awards and over $3 million in scholarship offers were received.
In 2018, over 2,000 individuals were directly served by The Art Effect, creating over 1,000 works of art. 100% of students in the Art Institute program graduated high school and were accepted into college with scholarship offers, and 83% of Media, Art, and Design Lab (MADLab) students reported that they feel fully ready to enter the job market in the arts field.
Through these impactful programs for young people throughout the Hudson Valley, The Art Effect helps students explore their passions and prepares them for their future.
Posted March 26th, 2019 — Filed under Uncategorized
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Stage & Screen Program for Poughkeepsie Middle School Students!
For 6th, 7th, & 8th graders • Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:00 – 5:00pm
at Poughkeepsie Middle School, 55 College Ave., Poughkeepsie
EXPLORE the worlds of film and theatre!
CREATE original films and plays!
LEARN video editing, improv acting, directing, scripting, and staging!
To register, fill out these forms and return to either your school’s main office, to The Art Effect at 45 Pershing Avenue, POK NY 12601, or digitally to maryellen@thearteffect.org.
Posted March 18th, 2019 — Filed under Uncategorized
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Friday afternoon, The Art Effect received a $1,000 grant from The Poughkeepsie Awesome Foundation at our studios in The Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory. These generous funds will support increased participation by Poughkeepsie youth in the annual Exposure national high school photography competition. The Exposure exhibition is a unique opportunity to showcase the talented photography of local and national high school students, nurturing and giving attention to young people’s creative voice. Emerging photographers have the chance to share their unique perspective on the world through incredible images, from classic black-and-white darkroom photography to digitally manipulated images. The exhibition is one of very few juried student photography exhibitions in the Hudson Valley. Professional photographers judge over 750 entries from across the USA and choose approximately 70 pieces for the Poughkeepsie-based exhibition and select winners of several prizes, including a full scholarship to the Summer Art Intensive at The Art Effect, one full-tuition scholarship to Maryland Institute College of Art’s Summer 2019 pre-college program, and cash awards. The Poughkeepsie Awesome Foundation support will enable Poughkeepsie high school students to enter the competition for free and encourage their participation through event attendance. Poughkeepsie youth in The Art Effect’s after school arts and workforce development programs, Spark Studios and Media, Art, and Design Lab (MADLab), will be encouraged to use The Art Effect’s studio equipment and mentors to create photography to be considered for the Exposure exhibition. This funding has provided these students with an opportunity to compete in this national photography competition. “On behalf of The Art Effect and our students, we would like to thank the Poughkeepsie Awesome Foundation for this generous grant,” states Nicole Fenichel-Hewitt, Executive Director of The Art Effect. “These funds will make the Exposure exhibition more accessible and encourage larger participation and voice from young artists in the City of Poughkeepsie.”The deadline for submissions to Exposure is Friday, April 5, 2019 at 5pm. Entries can be submitted via our website, and Poughkeepsie students can enter for free with the code PKawesome. The Exposure exhibition will held in Poughkeepsie and open to the public in May 2019.
Posted February 11th, 2019 — Filed under Uncategorized
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We’re excited to announce that twenty students from The Art Effect’s Art Institute program received recognition at the 2019 Hudson Valley Regional Scholastic Art and Writing Award. Presented by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards recognize exceptional and artistic talent in students from across the United States.
By entering their work in 29 different categories of art and writing, middle school and high school students over the age of 13 from all over the country in grades 7–12 have the chance to win scholarships and receive national recognition. All of those that have received regional Gold Keys will be forwarded to the national level of the Scholastic Awards, where they will be considered for National Medals. Student work is on display at SUNY New Paltz from Friday, February 8th through March 3rd, 2019.
Students of The Art Effect’s Art Institute program received 1 American Vision, 52 Gold Keys, 56 Silver Keys, 1 Silver Portfolio and 50 Honorable Mentions. These students include:
Arlington High School: Alison Hoyos Kyla Holland Ashley Pink Lauren Ricci Benjamin Solliday Eric Yen
Buckeley Middle School: Jadyn Stafford
FDR High School: Michael Kaake
Goshen High School: Ben Pahuki Cora Pahuki
The Harvey School: Nina Ansaldi
Homeschool: Amelia Audette-Diaz – Highland, NY Audrey Poteet – Red Hook, NY
John Jay High School: Melanie Moore Grace Padgett
Kennedy Catholic High School: Emma Schmidt
Kingston Senior High School: Emily Dooley
Marlboro High School Wislianie Valdez
New Paltz High School: Juliette Crisafi Pilar Duvivier James Hyland
Our Lady of Lourdes: Alyssa Santacroce
Poughkeepsie High School: Lamar Wint
Rhinebeck High School: Molly Stark
Rondout Valley High School: Isabella Cristian-Fernandez Olivia Weinstein
“These awards, as well as seeing their art hanging in a professional show, validate our students’ hard work and countless hours spent in the studio,” states Todd Poteet, Director of Visual Arts at The Art Effect. “For some, it means scholarships to college, a pathway to success, or an opportunity to express their voice, but for all, what I see is The Art Effect.”
Check out the some of the work that made it to the Scholastic Awards below! Can you recognize any of our artists?
Best In Show
1st Place Winner
2nd Place Winner
3rd Place Winner
