We have many exciting things in the works here at Uproar, the latest of which is our partnership with The Project Collective. The Project Collective aims to build stronger communities through art and music throughout Brooklyn and the entire New York City. Their curated events promote dialogue and awareness, while supporting local Community Based Organizations. The Project Collective has chosen to partner with us for their upcoming event at the Dekalb Market in Downtown Brooklyn on the weekend of May 18th. The Project Collective is also hosting a booth at the Dekalb Market every weekend leading up to the event so make sure you stop by and say hello!

On Saturday, May 5th, we’re celebrating Earth Day at the Go Green! Greenpoint Earth Day Celebration in McCarren Park from 11am to 5pm.  We’ll have a table, where you can visit us and make fun recycled egg carton planters with us.  There will even be a raffle!  Come and celebrate spring, our Earth, and art-making.

More information on the festival can be found here: Go Green! Greenpoint Earth Day Celebration.

Uproar Art is entering GOOD Magazine’s Art Everyday Contest to win $500 to bring art to our community, and you can help us!  The contest runs from March 22-30, and the art class or event proposal with the most votes wins the $500.  We are entering to continue to bring high quality, innovative art education to local public schools, through our Visiting Artists Program.  Please help us out by clicking here and voting!  This $500 will fund the next Visiting Artist Program in Brooklyn public schools with artist educator Cody Pickrodt.  Cody will be doing a collaborative comics workshop, we’ll apply funds to buying pencils and paper and other supplies, and an artist stipend.  Any leftover funds would go towards future Visiting Artist workshops and organizational costs.  You can see pictures from our recent Visiting Artist workshops in other Brooklyn schools in our gallery.  So far the program has been a resounding success, and we want it to continue.  Thank you for your support!

We had so much fun last week at PS 84 in Brooklyn for our second workshop in the launch of our Visiting Artist Program.  Multi Media Artist Thomas Carroll worked with 4th and 5th graders to introduce them to surrealism and juxtaposition.  Then, each class added on to two large scale surrealist collages.  As has been our theme, we focused on collaboration, and teaching students an art form they could easily continue at home.  Thanks to everyone at PS 84 for making us welcome, and most of all thanks to the students for making this a success.  Check out the images below, and more in our Student Gallery!

Last Wednesday we had our first Visiting Artist Program workshop at P.S. 165 in Brooklyn, with our intrepid Cody Pickrodt taking four classes through comics and storytelling exercises.  It went fabulously!  The children and teachers enjoyed his projects so much there were many requests for  Cody to come back next week.  Please check out the photos on our Student Gallery page.  This week, Thomas Carroll is coming with us to P.S. 84 to make a collaborative Surrealist collage.  It should be great fun, and informative.  Do you know of a school, community center, or other place where you want to see us?  Let us know at uproarart@gmail.com.

As you know, we are always looking for new venues to bring dynamic art education to the New York region.  We rely on your donations to be able to do that.  Remember that donations are tax-deductible!  To make a donation, please go to the Donate page, and thanks as always for your support.

Uproar Art was recently featured in NYMetroParents!  You can check out the article here.  It talks about the upcoming visiting artist program with local public schools, here in Brooklyn.  Thanks for all your continuing support!

Greetings!

We are moving well into in new year hear at Uproar Art and we have some exciting things to report!  Beginning in February, our Visiting Artist program will be hosted in 3 local public schools. If you are or know of any schools, museums, organizations or summer camps that are looking to partner with our program, please contact us via email at uproarart@gmail.com. We are also working on some fantastic community partnerships for the coming months.

We thank you so much for your continued support. Do remember, Uproar is always fundraising for our Visiting Artist program as well as many other community projects in the arts. if you wish to help, please click the donate button on our website.  Please be sure to check back to our site and for more updates and announcement follow us on twitter at www.twitter.com/uproarart

Hi everyone!

What a fantastic year it’s been, thanks to our studio partners at Spacecraft and Manor Arts for hosting some fantastic classes! Also thanks to all you young art makers for keeping us inspired and reminding us what art making is all about.

The new year finds Uproar branching out, launching a new Visiting Artists Program for local schools. We’re still looking for schools to partner with, and can offer 3 full days of visiting artist programming free of charge – so send schools our way!

In addition, this year finds us happily enjoying our status as a non-profit 501-(c)-3 organization. You can support Uproar and all the great things we do for the community by using the donate button on this page today. Help Uproar keep offering low cost classes, free visiting artists programs and free workshops at community events like Maker Faire and Williamsburg Walks. Remember that your donation is tax deductible and that the annual tax deadline is December 31st.

Here’s hoping for a fantastic 2012!

We’re looking for interns for the winter and spring! Check out the job description below, and please pass it along to anyone you think might be interested!

Uproar Art is a non-profit 501-(c)-3 organization dedicated to providing art education in NYC metropolitan area schools and communities. Uproar is growing fast, with burgeoning course offerings and many new teachers, despite only having incorporated this year.

We are looking for an Intern with a background in the arts, art education or non-profit management. We’re a start up, and we’re small, we need someone who can be versatile and work autonomously on a number of tasks at once. You should be comfortable researching grants, summarizing programs, and savvy with computers and online marketing. We’ll never leave you on your own, we work collaboratively, and your opinion and contribution will be valued.

What will you get out of it? Free lunch, and all the coffee you can drink (Intelligentsia, people!) College credit, if you like. Experience working in a fast paced, art education environment. A stellar recommendation for that perfect job, and no resentment if/when you leave us for it. Real world experience working with a non-profit and in the education field. And, most importantly, if you can help us find funding we will hire you full time as quickly as humanly possible! We are growing, and we need all hands on deck. Are you the hands we’re looking for?

Some nitty gritty details:

Hours: More or less up to you, but we’d like to meet in-office for at least 3 hours a week. Some work you’ll be able to do from home, a cafe, etc. We can be flexible for the right candidate, but right now we’re thinking Mondays before 7 pm.

Necessary Skills and Qualities:
- Mac user
- A decent writer – please send a writing sample for extra credit! A lot of our job is communicating with parents, teachers and prospective donors, and you need to be able to communicate with them in a way that doesn’t make us look ridiculous.
- Flexible
- A self-starter

Bonus points for these skills/qualities:
- Grant writing experience
- Non-profit managerial knowledge or experience (coursework counts)
- Photo-shop knowledge
- web design knowledge
- education experience (especially certified teachers)
- BFA or fine arts education
- Other language fluency, especially Spanish

Please contact us with a cover letter explaining why you’d like to work with Uproar, as well as an up-to-date resume. If you’re in school tell us a little about what you’re studying. Let us know if you’d eventually like to work for us as a full-time employee, or if you’re just looking to gain a little experience as an intern. Wow us with your story, and explain why you’d be the perfect intern, or future employee, for a budding organization like us.