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For over twenty years Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts (FCCA) has been delivering innovative educational opportunities to youth, adults, and seniors throughout the Borough of Queens. We focus on providing quality arts education programming that nurtures all levels of artists and deepens the artistic experiences of every age and cultural group in our community.
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Arts Education for Students :
FCCA currently serves approximately forty schools and over 6700 students annually in New York City. We offer workshops and/or residencies with qualified teaching artists who bring their expertise in visual arts, music, dance, and theater into the classroom. Student groups frequently come to Flushing Town Hall to view our visual arts gallery, enjoy a workshop, or take an interpretive walking tour of local landmarks that hold both local and national significance in American history. FCCA also provides a spectacular school-day performance series of award-winning music, dance, puppetry and theater artists from around the world that supports NYS Learning Standards and the NYC Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts. Tickets are only $6.50 per student and include a free chaperone ticket for every 10 students tickets purchased, interactive Q&A between artists and students after each show, and free pre-show info packets to help prepare your students before they visit.
All of our educational programs and activities support the NYS Learning Standards in the Arts and vary, depending on content of the offering, in their ability to support English Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, Science, and Technology, and Physical Education. Our programs can also support the NYC Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts in Dance, Theater, Music, and the Visual Arts.
If you are a teacher or school administrator interested in receiving a brochure that lists all our school programs and performances or would like to book a class, please send your request and contact info to: education@flushingtownhall.org
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Professional Development for Educators and Artists:
Flushing Town Hall can craft an appropriate training or trainings for your teachers and administrators that will provide rich learning experiences through the arts to inspire creativity, develop arts-based classroom activities in core subject areas, and build your staff community. We also periodically offer free or low-cost professional development opportunities for educators, teaching artists, and professional artists. For more information contact the education department at: education@flushingtownhall.org
Senior Programs:
Group rate tickets are available for seniors to enjoy any of our morning matinee, evening or weekend performances. We also offer a limited number of free performance events for seniors-only throughout the year. FCCA Teaching Artists can be booked to facilitate fee-based workshops and/or residencies at senior centers in dance, music, visual arts, and East Asian arts.
If you are a Center Director or administrator interested in booking tickets for your senior group, please use the registration form below. For more information about our senior arts programs or booking a teaching artist send your contact info and requested dates to: education@flushingtownhall.org
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Family Programs:
For our 2010/2011 season we will be offering weekend performances of family-friendly shows that are preceded or followed by an Interactive Arts workshop. In most cases these exciting workshops are led by professional artists from the show and will provide an engaging, hands-on exploration of the forms and themes of each production.
If you are a parent or a community member interested in learning more about our performances, workshops, and free community events please send your request and contact info to: education@flushingtownhall.org
Emplyoment Opportunities :
Flushing Town Hall employs teaching artists from all professional art disciplines to work with every age group in a variety of settings. If you want to be considered for future opportunities at Flushing Town Hall please send a cover letter stating your interests and a resume that outlines your professional teaching and artistic experience to: education@flushingtownhall.org