Target FamilyLink Program
Target FamilyLink, our most comprehensive educational arts program for families, provides the opportunity for children and their families to engage in positive shared life experiences through participation in art-making, observation, discussion and performance. This multi-faceted program links a Young Audiences residency with family arts activities thus allowing for families to participate in the arts alongside their child.
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THE GOALS OF FAMILYLINK ARE TO:
>Provide high-quality arts programming to students and families who have limited opportunities to formally participate in the arts.
>Involve parents in their children's education by equipping them with new skills and strategies for engaging in family activities centered around learning and experiences.
>Connect students and their families with the cultural resources of New York City.
>Help schools increase parent involvement using the arts and arts activities as a catalyst, thus strengthening the home-to-school connection.
TARGET FAMILYLINK PROGRAM GOALS ARE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH:
In-School Residencies
Schools receive in-school arts residencies that pair professional artists and classroom teachers to collaboratively design and implement a 12-session art curriculum which is linked thematically to the other components of the programs.
School-based Programs for Students and their Families Outside the School Day
These programs allow families to explore the arts together, in their own school building, through performance programs and workshops by selected artists and ensembles from our roster of more than 100 professional artists. Two or more family events are scheduled at each participating school.
Artist-guided Field Trips to Performances and Museums
These trips to museums and performing arts events are connected thematically and artistically to other aspects of the Target FamilyLink program, and may also include pre- and post-activity workshops for families led by our artists. Two or more trips are scheduled per school. Each program is designed in collaboration with the school administration and is based on the needs of the students and their families. The school chooses the art form in which they would like to participate and the in-school residency. Family workshops, family field trips and culminating events for families are then framed around that chosen art form. In addition, parents and teachers assist in selecting the family trips.
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