Pictured above is Allyson Jacobs, Fashion Director of Art For Progress in the New York Daily News
Art For Progress was featured in the New York Daily News today! Read the write-up about AFP supporting emerging artists and art education within New York City below, if you didn’t pick-up a copy today.
-Heather Liggins
We are all artists.
Art shapes everyone’s life, from fashion to language. Accept your new title as an artist, as I’m accepting a new form of expressing my art as the new Editor for Art For Progress Blog.
I’ve been working with the Art For Progress team since 2007. My initial role was a PR intern, smooth-talking editors and media to attend AFP’s amazing fashion and art shows, highlighting tomorrow’s leaders in the art world-from fashion to film. After completing my stint as an intern, I became part of the AFP family taking on several projects thereafter for a couple of years while completing my undergrad at Parsons the New School for Design.
Fast-forward to 2011, and I am reconnected to AFP after taking a two-year adventure, to pursue a master’s degree in New Arts Journalism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the brutally cold, Chicago. This city—Chicago—is saturated with public art. For those who haven’t seen this Midwest City, almost everywhere you turn there’s a massive sculpture taking over the street. But, New York offers art in a different, more seductive way. It’s unfiltered and plastered on streets and any open spaces. With NYC being the hub for any and all artists and fashion radicals, the return was organic. The AFP offers a home to those emerging artists to unify and express their own art in our community, New York City.
As the new Editor for AFP Blog, I will offer the same source for emerging artists of all genres-visual art, fashion, music, and film, on an online platform. I am obsessed with contemporary, provocative art and respect the forebears who paved the way for the leaders of today. With that said, I am excited to shed light and provide a voice to those making a noise in the art world, while keeping you abreast about art events. Join us as we feature and interview artists, post about upcoming events, and much more!
Welcome to the future of the arts.
-Heather Liggins
We are excited to bring you our new AFP Blog, with a new editor to boot! As AFP grows and moves forward, it is important to keep everyone updated on the latest news about the organization, AFP artists, and the Arts Education Program. Our new blog editor is Heather Liggins. She has worked with AFP in the past, volunteering and interning for both fashion and art events, and we welcome her back. She most recently received her Masters of Arts in New Arts Journalism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in May, 2011. She now resides in NYC.
Stay tuned for all the current news and information from AFP. We look forward to working with Heather again, and to a fabulous new blog!
-Allyson Jacobs
Art For Progress will be hosting a fun, educational family music performance featuring Jon Samson and special guest Jammin Jenn on Sunday October 2nd. Read the press release for more details.
We’re pleased to announce that fimmaker Daniel Maldonado’s fundraising project for his first feature film has reached its goal of raising $18,000. Congratulations go out to Daniel and his crew! AFP is the fiscal sponsor for this project!
AFP is gearing up for its 5th school year and we’re very happy to be working with a new school, Bronxdale HS!
We’ll be launching a new monthly artist feature focusing on our students in both visual arts and music. Not only will these new features focus on the work of the students, we’ll also discuss students progress and how AFP’s programs have impacted our featured students.
We hope you’re all enjoying the summer!
Join AFP on Monday night for a special post LAMC event featuring music performances from Pablo Malaurie and Nutria NN.
Special screening of Daniel Maldonado’s award winning film, “Lalo”, 7PM
DJ sets from Gatto – More Information Here
The warm weather is finally here. Actually Summer weather is here. It’s very hot already, but everyone at AFP will be chilling out for a bit. It was a very busy couple of months.
Our art education programs are winding down as the school year comes to a close. We’ll be working with a new school, Bronxdale H.S; when the new school year begins! AFP will be providing visual art and music programming for this new school. This will provide new teaching opportunities for our artists and we’re excited to get started.
We still have an active agenda of events for the remainder of the year. We’re planning a children’s music event for August which will be followed by NY Fashion Week and also in the works is a Miami, Art Basel event.
The Sansom Foundation awards Art For Progress a $15,000 grant in support of AFP’s Art Education Program!
