Join us for this exhibition of more than 35 young artists! Teen Visions showcases the artistic accomplishments of students at The Art Effect to the community. This year, the Poughkeepsie Trolley Barn will feature Teen Visions as the first exhibition in its newly renovated space.
The Teen Visions exhibition features more than 70 works of art, from drawings, photography, paintings, and mixed media, created over this past summer’s Art Institute. It is an incredible accomplishment to be chosen for the Teen Visions exhibition. The work in the show represents 71 number of pieces out of over 1,500 created.
Experience the Trolley Barn for the first time as you enjoy the exhibition from January 4th to January 18th, Tuesday to Friday from 11:30 am – 4:00 pm. This exhibition is free and open to the public.
In addition to the two-week exhibit, we invite you to our Art After Hours closing reception on January 18th from 5:30 – 7:30pm, during which artists will be honored in a family-friendly, happy hour-style event. Art After Hours is a signature fundraising event for The Art Effect, featuring unlimited tastings from local craft breweries and amazing food vendors as well as live music. Art After Hours is open to the general public for $40/ticket which can be purchased here.
Please join us this Saturday, December 15th from 4:00-6:00pm for the opening reception of the Senior Project exhibition!
Senior Project is the most intensive program offered at The Art Institute. Modeled after a senior thesis college course, Senior Project challenges high school seniors to be career-minded and think seriously about their art as they develop a portfolio of artwork around a personal theme. After the twelve week course, students finish Senior Project with twelve finished works in their portfolio.
The Fall 2018 Senior Project class was a unique one – the class was made up of only female students for the first time ever! This created an exciting dynamic between seven young painters who discovered how to tie personal themes into their professional artwork. The final work created by Senior Project students will be on display in a month-long exhibition, open for free to the public Monday through Friday from 9:00-5:00pm at the Carole J. Wolf Gallery at The Art Effect’s Pershing Studios (45 Pershing Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY.)
The seven artists featured in the exhibition include:
Wislianie Valdez – Marlboro High School
Nina Ansaldi – Yorktown High School
Ashley Pink – Arlington High School
Lauren Ricci – Arlington High School
Melanie Moore – John Jay High School
Emma Schmidt – John F. Kennedy Catholic High School
Molly Stark – Rhinebeck High School
A panel discussion will be held during the reception and moderated by Rick Price. This event is free and open to the public!
Tariq on set at Spark Studios
Tariq and MaryEllen, Director of Education and Experience Programming, shortly after telling us he was accepted into NYU!
Join us on November 27th to reach our goal of raising $6,000 in 24 hours and help students like Tariq realize their dream of attending college.
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Tariq gave us a tour inside the Tisch Building at NYU! He’s enjoying all of his classes as a freshman so far.
On September 25th, 2018, The Art Effect held its inaugural Art After Dark at The Henry A. Wallace Center at The FDR Presidential Library and Home, honoring Michael J. Quinn and Niki Pagones Quinn, Creative Breanna Lee Nussbickel, and Amina Kearney.
140 guests enjoyed a wide variety of immersive arts experiences, including digital art created by students of The Art Institute and Junior Art Institute, as well as an interactive projection that had them jumping for joy!
Our youth volunteers in A Light in the Dark painted guests with colorful light sources during a photoshoot to create beautiful, bright images in a room that was otherwise pitch black! Thank you to Jen Kiaba, one of our teaching artists, for being our painting with light photographer.
Meanwhile, in the FDR Inks & Drinks room, guests tasted our signature cocktail “A Mead Buzz” donated by Salt Point
Meadery and tried on custom temporary tattoos while watching youth-produced historic documentaries.
Missed it at Art After Dark? Here’s how you can make A Mead Buzz at home:
2 oz. Honeymoon mead from Salt Point Meadery
2 oz. club soda
1 lemon wedge, squeezed
1 lemon wedge, garnish on rim
Sprig of thyme
Stirred
Guests received the star treatment in Quiet on the Set! Our youth production crew directed our guests to act in various scenes using props on a faux movie set. The big surprise: these scenes were later used in the evening’s feature film The Art Effect: An Origin Story. You can view the film here! Note: the password to view the video is ‘art’.
Preceding our film screening, our honorees were presented with their 2018 Art After Dark awards, personalized tunnel books handcrafted by Art Institute Alumni Eleanor Milkowski Dahlgren.
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We would like to extend a thank you to our music for the evening, Basestation68, our youth jazz band, as well as our event sponsors: Mill House Brewing Company, Nostrano Vineyards, Poughkeepsie Wine & Liquor, Queen City Lofts, Salt Point Meadery, Vanikiotis Group: Daily Planet Diner, Red Line Diner, Table Talk Diner, and Hyde Park Marina and Tinkelman Architecture!
What was your favorite part of the evening? Be sure to tag us and let us know on Facebook by using the hashtag #thearteffect!
Liz is a multi-disciplinary Art Director specializing in boundary-pushing digital creative for gen-z and millennial audiences. Extensive experience defining brands’ visual identities and telling 360-degree stories that engage and empower consumers.
Currently Art Director @ Sweet
Clients include: TBS, School of Doodle, The Georges Malaika Foundation, No Big Deal PR, Clover Letter,Time Out Magazine, Hard Candy, Reebok, Smuggler Films, Greencard Pictues, Eyeball Records
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MC Wolfman (aka Dan Betro) is a New York born artist working as an Illustrator and Background Artist, creating work for clients like Red Stylo Media, Print Syndicate, SBC Advertising, Viceland, Thrillist, McGarryBowen, MC CHRIS, and Cartuna.
mc-wolfman.com
Domino Bliss is an illustrator and tattoo artist currently working at Revenant Gallery in Hopewell Junction, NY.
instagram.com/dominotwist
The Art Effect is proud to announce our 2018 Art After Dark honorees: Michael J. Quinn and Niki Pagones Quinn, Creative Breanna Lee Nussbickel, and Amina Kearney. Distinguished honorees will be celebrated at the first annual Art After Dark event on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, from 5:30-8:00 pm at the Henry A. Wallace Center at The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Home in Hyde Park, NY.
Michael J. Quinn, President and CEO of Rhinebeck Bank has held several roles in the Bank, starting as a management trainee upon his graduation from the University of Notre Dame in 1984. During his career with the Bank, he has held the positions of Branch Manager, Treasurer, and Senior Lending Officer. In 2004, he was appointed President and CEO.
Michael is a Board Member and former Chairman of the Board for Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress, a not-for-profit policy, planning, advocacy and research organization whose mission is to promote regional, balanced and sustainable solutions that enhance the growth and vitality of the Hudson Valley. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Family Services Inc., and previously served on the Board of the Bardavon 1869 Opera House, Inc. Michael is also a Board Member of the New York Bankers Association. He is passionate about economic growth in the communities that Rhinebeck Bank serves.
Niki Pagones Quinn began her practice of law at the firm of Pagones, Cross and VanTuyl, PC, in Beacon, New York. She was a senior associate there until 1999, at which time she established her own practice. At Pagones, Cross and Van Tuyl, PC, and thereafter at her own firm, she handled real estate transactions, both residential and commercial, for buyers/borrowers, sellers and builders, as well as foreclosures, wills and estates. She practiced law as a solo practitioner until 2017, when she merged her practice with Robert S. Levine and Dale J. Lois and the firm of Levine & Levine, PLLC. Niki is the managing partner of the residential real estate department at Levine & Levine, PLLC and also handles other matters at the firm including foreclosures, wills, trusts and estates. Niki also represents many local and national mortgage lenders.
Niki graduated from Villanova University in 1984, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree and received her Juris Doctor from the University of Bridgeport in 1987. She is admitted to the New York State Bar Association.
Niki has served on the Rebuilding Together Dutchess County Board of Directors and the Go Red For Women Campaign. She has been on the committee for the Dutchess County Real Estate Charity Golf Tournament beginning in 2007 and since 2015, she has served as its Tournament Coordinator. The Dutchess County Real Estate Charity Golf Tournament annually raises funds for charities in the Hudson Valley Area. Originally from northern New Jersey, and a first-generation daughter of Greek immigrants, Niki speaks Greek fluently.
Creative Breanna Lee Nussbickel is a fashion designer and entrepreneur, and a 2005 alumna of The Art Effect (when it was Mill Street Loft). Her experience at The Art Effect cultivated her art skills and passions, which led her to a career in the fashion industry. She received her BFA from the Fashion Institute of Technology majoring in Fashion Design and was the recipient of the 2009 FIT Cotton Incorporated Grant. Her studies also include an Illustration Art focus at the Design School Polimoda in Florence, Italy.
Breanna worked for nine years in the fashion industry as a designer for Victoria’s Secret and Laura Ashley, and launched her own international luxury lingerie collection, Rococo Dessous. She recently returned to the Hudson Valley and is the creator and owner of The Honey Drop, an online and mobile boutique for handmade crystal jewelry, organic candles, and ethically-created artisan goods from around the world. Breanna currently works with renowned Rhinebeck designer Haldora on the design and the product development of her new collections. Breanna and her designs have appeared in media outlets around the world, and she has been featured in publications such as Harper’s Bazaar, Wall Street Journal, and Women’s Wear Daily. She says, “Mill Street Loft (The Art Effect) was pivotal in launching the trajectory of my studies and career. Their classes trained me to approach all things in life with creativity; not just in my career. I am very excited to be involved in this year’s event!”
Amina Kearney is a community collaborator and filmmaker, and a 2009 alumna of The Art Effect (formerly Spark Media Project). Amina currently teaches media production to local youth at The Art Effect. A SUNY Purchase graduate holding degrees in both Media Arts and Screenwriting, Amina is very active in our community, serving on Arts Mid-Hudson’s Folk Arts Advisory Board and facilitating various filmmaking groups in the Hudson Valley. She also serves as outreach coordinator at Masjid al-Mutakabbir in Poughkeepsie, and is passionate about poverty alleviation, childhood education, animals, social injustice, and protecting the arts. In her free time Amina enjoys photography, filmmaking, and spending time with her cat.
The Art Effect is proud to celebrate the work of these four honorees. Join us for a night to remember at Art After Dark on Tuesday, September 25, 2018. Tickets for Art After Dark are on sale now.
We are seeking an engaging, experienced Program Manager for our Empire Programs. The Empire Programs Manager is responsible for directing, coordinating, overseeing, and evaluating the successful implementation of The Art Effect’s anticipated 12 Empire programs.
This position supervises between six and eight Teaching Artists/Assistant Teaching Artist teams. This is a full-time (40 hrs/week) position with health benefits and 401k option. Salary commensurate with experience. Applications will be accepted up to and including October 1st, with interviews occurring the week after, with an anticipated program start date of October 15th.
Responsibilities and Tasks
- Designing learner-centered, constructivist project-based learning units focusing on visual arts and media arts.
- Developing curriculum and assessment materials to create a reusable lesson archive.
- Leading teams of teachers in planning, implementing, and evaluating media/arts education curriculum for elementary and middle-school aged students and subbing in for teachers when needed.
- Managing program interns to oversee all production/post-production in programs.
- Assisting with professional development for teachers.
- Maintenance of attendance records, activity logs, and other administrative duties that may be relevant to program, along with liaising between parents, administrators, and The Art Effect.
- Grow the program’s reach and potential to better fulfill The Art Effect’s mission.
- Coaching teachers with regard to The Art Effect pedagogy and reflective/adaptive self-directed improvement.
- Upholding and training teachers in following site-specific disciplinary policies.
- Meeting weekly with teachers to help them gather supplies, paperwork, fine-tune day by day curriculum, answer questions, brainstorm big-picture directions.
- Meeting with on-site school literacy coaches to confer about linking after-school program to in-school curriculum/best practices for using media education to reinforce/strengthen literacy skills.
- Compiling/inputting/filing student paperwork, assessments, enrollment, and attendance info.
- Drafting outcomes reports, session-by-session, overview as well as site-by-site.
- Writing copy/organizing pictures for web updates and social media posts.
Requirements for Position
- A Bachelor’s degree in education, arts education, media arts, filmmaking/video production, visual arts, or a related field is required (a Master’s degree in education, arts education, or media production is preferred)
- The ability to juggle multiple overlapping high-stakes priorities at once
- A minimum of two years coordinating and directing a team, particularly teams working with children or youth
- Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills
- A demonstrated track record of effectively teaching a diverse range of learners
- A vision for sustaining and expanding The Art Effect’s transformative pedagogy across all Empire Programs
To Apply:
Please send cover letter, résumé, and work samples or sample lesson plans to sarahtimberlake@thearteffect.org
The Art Effect is Listening for Good!
“Last year we provided some feedback about the state of the Art Institute… I wanted to thank you for making so many improvements, including the suggestions we made. We were impressed by the year over year improvement. It shows you listened and are an organization that listens.” — Art Institute parent
Here at The Art Effect, we value the input of the students and families we serve. This past year, we initiated the first of what will become many organization-wide feedback loops through the Listen for Good grant, made possible by the Fund For Shared Insight.
For our first round of Listen for Good, we created a survey and kept it open from December 12th 2017 through March 30th 2018, sending it to over 400 past and present program participants for a selection of The Art Effect’s programs: Dutchess Arts Camp, Art Institute, MADLab, and Spark Studios. We heard back from 160 people about a wide variety of issues, including schedule and structure of programs and classes, effectiveness of different teaching/learning strategies, and more.
Here’s what you told us:
- When responses are viewed as a whole, we’re doing an above average job on all questions….
The Net Promoter Score (NPS) system is a standard feature of the Listen for Good survey, enabling The Art Effect to compare results to an industry baseline to get a sense of how we’re doing when compared to other arts and education organizations across the country. A high NPS means that our constituents are highly likely to recommend The ARt Effect to a friend, and, by extension, they are satisfied with our program services. The Art Effect netted an overall NPS of 68 (above the national benchmark). Our NPS score of 68 means we have more people who actively promote our organization than the average arts organization.
In addition, half of respondents say we meet their needs extremely well. 135 of 160 respondents say our staff always treat them with, and a majority of respondents (130 of 160) say it’s extremely easy or very easy to get services at our organization. We are very proud of this!
- Our program audiences are segregated across racial lines and higher-income groups are overrepresented.
Cross-tabulation reveals our program audiences are diverse, but separated by how clients racially identify as well their relationship to our organization. For example, we found through this survey that our Arts Institute and Dutchess Arts Camps programs serve audiences who are primarily white, and our Spark Studios and MADLab programs serve audiences who are primarily people of color. The Art Effect stands for diversity, inclusion, and so we plan to use this feedback as an opportunity to ensure that our programs are equally accessible to all people, regardless of race, class, gender, and other demographics.
This information also helps us realize the nuances of how this programmatic segregation plays out and helps us to learn more about the people we serve and how their situations influence how they rate The Art Effect. For example, when counted as an average, our NPS is 68, above the national benchmark. However, when the results are cross-tabulated by race, it emerges that white respondents rated us an NPS of 74, Latinx respondents rated an NPS of 63, and Black/African-American rated NPS of 52. We first interpreted this to mean that the white folks we serve are largely enthusiastic “promoters” of our work, while most people of color we serve are largely passive. However, because our programs are also predominantly segregated by race, this could also mean that some programs are much better than others. In fact, neither of these assumptions are exactly true. When we closed the loop with Spark Studios and MADLab program youth (who are predominantly Latinx and Black/African-American) and asked for insight as to why they gave us such a low NPS, it turned out that, contrary to what we’d thought, they said they were unlikely to recommend the program because they viewed it as theirs and wanted to keep it for themselves. Though the NPS was low, we now understand that the wording of the question (likelihood to recommend) signified something to students that we had not considered.
- Small logistical improvements can make a huge difference to how an overall program flows and feels.
If you participated in any Dutchess Arts Camp, Art Institute, or community program such as MADLab or Spark Studios in 2018 we want to hear from you! Please take the following anonymous survey. It should take no more than 5 minutes to complete: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PWRCLVF. If you have any questions, please call 845.471.7477 and someone can assist you.
