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 through a variety of creative projects that help them establish positive peer relationships and develop important social and career skills. Workshops are hosted at community-based probation offices called Neighborhood Opportunity Networks (NeONs) and other nearby sites. Due to social-distancing protocols related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, these workshops are currently taking place online. NeON Arts provides funding to New York City artists and arts organizations to produce programs in partnership with the NeONs, which connect local residents to opportunities, resources, and services in their neighborhoods.
NeON Arts Fall/Winter Workshops
NeON Arts takes place online this fall and winter with workshops in filmmaking, visual arts, theater, culinary arts, and digital media.
NeON Arts Grants
NeON Arts—a free program of the Neighborhood Opportunity Network (NeON)—is seeking artists and arts organizations to lead online arts workshops for New York City based young people.
NeON Arts Research
Independent evaluators, Westat and Metis Associates, conducted an implementation and outcomes study of NeON Arts, assessing the implementation of the program and the effects on young people, the communities served, and the government and other agencies involved.
NeON Arts in Action
For more audio recordings, visit Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute on SoundCloud.
NeON Arts Asset Mapping Project
NeON Arts is a program of the NYC Department of Probation in partnership with Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute.
Lead support is provided through NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson’s Innovative Criminal Justice Programs Initiative with sponsorship by Council Members Keith Powers, Vanessa Gibson, and Jimmy Van Bramer.
Major support is provided by The Kresge Foundation.
Additional support is provided by the City of New York through Council Members Alicka Ampry-Samuel, Vanessa Gibson, Robert Holden, and Deborah Rose, the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Young Men's Initiative.