On this page you can view the movies about The Overbrook Foundation grantee, DreamYard. Be patient, the movies make take a few moments to start.

In May 2005, A&E channel's nationally televised "Breakfast with the Arts" profiled the DreamYard Project and The ACTION Project, the organization's innovative, arts and civic engagement program for Bronx teenagers. Jason Duchin, Co-Executive Director, and Tanya Gallo, ACTION Program Director, discussed DreamYard and the ACTION Project's mission and the impact its arts education programs are having on Bronx public schools and local communities. ACTION participants Joseph Quinones, Virginia Barretto, Christian Toro, and Tyler Toro discussed their involvement in the ACTION project and how the arts have impacted their lives. The program concluded with the participants acting out original monologues on peer pressure.

DreamYard is an innovative organization that helps transform Bronx based schools and communities through the power of arts education. DreamYard offers programs that provide an educational pathway for students from K-12th grade, a pathway in which the arts are an integral part of how children learn. Its staff of professional artists create meaningful experiences through which students engage with the world around them, learn in new ways and think of themselves as active participants in their communities.

The ACTION Project is a 4-year arts and civic engagement program for Bronx teenagers. The ACTION Project uses the arts to develop young people as effective social leaders and active civic participants in their communities. The four-year goal is to have participants involved in the construction of community-based arts projects that educate around an issue, ask a question, provoke and inspire deep critical thinking, and elicit a change in their community. ACTION is hosted by the Bronx Museum and Lehman College. Each year takes place over 25 Saturday sessions and a five-week, intensive summer session. It is DreamYard's hope that the ACTION Project will become a replicable model for other communities and young people.

DreamYard Students
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