How we help
• Partnership Art in a Box works closely with non-profit organizations to build partnerships
that help children and their families through art and education. Together we
help people—often the least visible, most vulnerable, and poorest people—to find the dignity and beauty of their own self expression.
• Art Resources Art in a Box delivers art supplies and resources in a portable box to
communities in need around the world. Each box contains art supplies to sustain
an ongoing art program and can be utilized almost anywhere.
• Art Classes We conduct art classes that support literacy and empowerment for children at
risk or in need.
• Curricula Development Art in a Box designs and implements curricula; including Art & Literacy for Children at Risk Curricula and Environmental Art Education Curricula. The lessons combine traditional and emerging art forms so the children can gain
skills that enable them to envision a future while honoring their traditions.
• Teacher Training Our teacher training workshops enable local teachers to continue the art
programs at their schools, clinics and community organizations.
• Peer-to-Peer Art Mentoring Through mentoring activities, older students to gain leadership experience and
younger students to gain mentors from within their culture.
• Community Involvement We involve the local community and the business community in the art programs.
• Art Exhibitions Art in a Box organizes on-site and and on-line exhibitions of art by children
and young people at local and international venues. The art exhibitions and
public art projects are presented in collaboration with our local partners and
include the community, educators and local artists.
• Public Art Projects Art in a Box produces public art projects, such as student murals in local
communities
• Publication projects Art in a Box publishes books of art and testimony through our imprint, Heron-on Hudson-Press. The publications support student literacy, celebrate creative expression, and
include untold stories in the historical record.
Art in a Box class, Guatemala