Social Impact

NeON Arts
NeON Arts—a free program of the Neighborhood Opportunity Network (NeON) that is open to the entire city—offers young people in seven New York City communities the chance to explore the arts.

Youth Truth
Monthly interactive conversations among youth, designed to increase social awareness and use the arts as a vehicle to prompt social change.

CreativityWorksNYS
CreativityWorksNYS is a partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts that funds Hudson Valley and North Country organizations to engage youth who are justice-involved through arts enrichment projects.
Lullaby Project
The Lullaby Project pairs pregnant women and new mothers and fathers with professional artists to write and sing personal lullabies for their babies.

Big Note, Little Note
New music classes for families with babies offer experiences with musical play, singing, songwriting, instrument exploration, and more.

Musical Connections
Men at Sing Sing Correctional Facility create and perform music with visiting artists.

Explore our Research
Exploratory papers and research on Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute programs
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Create Justice
From 2017–2019, Create Justice brought together a diverse group of artists, young people, policymakers, funders, nonprofits, and researchers from across the country to share ideas and work side-by-side to leverage the power of the arts for youth justice and reform.