NYC

VTS has a long history in New York City, with its roots beginning at MoMA. Since 2006, the establishment of VTS programs in city public schools is gaining momentum.

With the support of a wonderful group of VTS Lead Teachers, three schools; PS 159 in the Bronx, The Amagansett School on Long Island, and Redwood Elementary School in West Orange, NJ are moving into their 2nd year of VTS implementation. We are also grateful to the New York State Council on the Arts, and Bill and Lisa Westheimer of NJ for their ongoing support of PS 159 and Redwood Elementary School, respectively.

This year, thanks to a gift from Jodie and Louise Eastman, we began our first middle school VTS program at the Urban Science Academy, in the Bronx. And six more elementary schools began VTS programs in November thanks to outreach efforts by Bill Kasuli of the Community Learning Support Organization, Hawley Hussey of the BRIC/Rotunda Gallery and Eva Pataki of the Integrated Curriculum and Instruction LSO.

These schools include:

  • PS 119 (Brooklyn)
  • PS 31 (Brooklyn)
  • PS 123 (Brooklyn)
  • PS 110 (Brooklyn)
  • PS 30 (Harlem)
  • PS 212 (Jackson Heights, Queens)

We are developing VTS trainers in this region and nationally by providing Professional Development Institutes and Lead Teacher Institutes in New York City each year. Participants in these institutes hone their skills facilitating VTS discussions throughout many of the city's cherished art collections, including:

  • The American Museum of Folk Art
  • The Brooklyn Museum of Art
  • The Bronx Museum
  • The Museum of Modern Art
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art.


Amy Chase Gulden
Regional Director, VTS New York City
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VTS in New York is partially funded by the New York Department of Cultural Affairs