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NBC Latino Interviews Rosie Perez about Urban Arts Partnership
NBC Latino visited our office and interviewed Artistic Board chair Rosie Perez and UAP Alumni Devin Mojica and Abel Orellana about the importance of arts education. The interview spotlighted Rosie’s lifelong commitment to activism. To read the inspiring article, click here.
Rosie Perez Featured on NY Live & Discusses UAP
Artistic Board Chair Rosie Perez recently sat with the hosts of New York Live and discussed her work with UAP. Please check out clip below to learn more.
UAP Wins ‘Playlist for Learning Challenge’
UAP is proud to be one of the eleven winners of this year’s Digital Media and Learning (DML) Competition, the Playlists for Learning Challenge. As a winner of this competition, UAP will receive a grant to develop a learning playlist that helps learners close opportunity gaps and develop viable pathways to higher education and employment. […]
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NBC features UAP Community School, I.S. 528

I.S. 528, a longtime UAP partner school, was featured this November in an NBC 4 New York news piece.  I.S. 528 is a Community School that was part of the Renewal Schools Initiative. The school was hailed as a huge success in the program. The news piece features UAP’s own Alejandro Alvarez, the Community School Director for IS 528.  It also features UAP Full-time Teaching Artists Ben Rojas and dance Teaching Artist Simeon Hardin.

 

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NBC features SIA

This past October, NBC 4 New York visited UAP’s offices to see the fall 2018 launch of School of Interactive Arts (SIA). At the launch, new students received their orientation to the program and got to hear from alums.  They also jumped right in to start brainstorming their own original games! We are grateful that NBC was able to memorialize the day for us while spreading the word about SIA. 

 

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