DreamYard Project

🎙️ 💕 What an incredible June! We're thrilled to share highlights from our collaboration with Rashid Johnson's "A Poem for Deep Thinkers" at the Guggenheim. #DreamYard #RashidJohnson #Guggenheim #Poetry #YouthVoice #CommunityArt #FirstPerformance

✨We’re making headlines — and history.✨ DreamYard’s Rad(ical) Poetry Consortium is taking over the @Guggenheim this Thursday for Late Shift: A Poem for Deep Thinkers, and @NYTimes, @EBONY, and @TimeOutNewYork are all talking about it. Join us: secure.guggenheim.org/events/c728784…

We’re honored to be featured in @CityLifeOrg for our work on the @Guggenheim’s Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers performance series. 🎤✨ Proud to uplift Bronx youth and artists on this iconic stage. 📖 Read more: #google_vignette" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thecitylife.org/2025/06/07/the… -- #NYC #DreamYard #Guggenheim

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the first day of DreamFest on Saturday! But we're just getting started. Join us for the Visual Arts Opening this Wednesday, May 21, at the DreamYard Design Center from 4:30–6:30 PM. You won't want to miss it! 🎨 📸: DFlo/DreamYard

🎮 🎲 🕹️ Join us every Tuesday and Thursday from 2-5 PM for epic game nights at The DreamYard Art Center (1085 Washington Ave)! -- And don't forget that the fun continues on Wednesday evenings with Game Night at the DreamYard Design Center from 4-6 PM (337 E 162nd St)!

🎨✨ Creativity in full bloom at MS 95! Our amazing young artists have been bringing their visions to life in visual arts class. Check out some of their impactful work here. -- #DreamYard #DYBX #VisualArts #LiberateYourMind

💃✨DY Community, it’s time to DANCE IT OFF 2025!✨🕺 Move, groove, and feel the joy of dancing together! This is your chance to nurture your body, mind, and spirit—for FREE! Just register: bit.ly/42emnrP #DanceItOff2025 #DreamYard #FreeDanceIntensive #Bronx

Shoutout to The Bronx Defenders for visiting our Saturday program and empowering our youth with knowledge on immigrant defense, policy, and knowing their rights! 💪🏽📚 -- #KnowYourRights #YouthEmpowerment #TheBronxDefenders #SocialJustice #DYBX #DreamYard

🎙️ ✊🏾 DreamYard is excited to present a Rad(ical) Poetry Consortium Workshop & Open Mic with Jessica Diaz on February 27th! This is open to poets of all ages -- come one, come all! docs.google.com/forms/d/1GY17J… --- #OpenMic #Bronx #Poetry #NYC #Workshop

🎙️💕 Join us on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at Joe’s Pub for an inspiring evening of poetry! After months of hard work, Bronx elementary and middle school students are ready to shine in the final round of slam competitions. 🔗 RSVP now: dreamyard.com/event/2025-bro…

The Activated Fashion Class is busy deconstructing clothing, learning pattern-making, and reconstructing their own creations! 👟 🔥

👐 🎙️ DreamYard is excited to announce that it has been approved by the @NEAarts for a $25,000 Grants for Arts Projects award. This grant will support in-school poetry residencies for students.

🌟 Join us for DreamYard's Arts and Social Justice Conference Day on Wednesday, January 29! Enjoy new tools, uplifting ideas, and a light breakfast and lunch. RSVP by January 24 to secure your spot:docs.google.com/forms/d/1NT9dF… 📍 DreamYard Art Center #DreamYard30 #ArtsAndSocialJustice

🖤 🎇 As the year comes to a close and we say goodbye to 2024, we’re wrapping up our celebration of DreamYard’s 30th anniversary. Today, we honor alumni like Jay Julien, whose journey embodies the power of creativity, community, and opportunity: bit.ly/49IALuw

☁️💛 Celebrating 30 years of DreamYard's impact, we proudly feature alumni like Keanu Menendez, whose journey is a testament to the transformative power of the arts. Read his full story and/or donate: bit.ly/3ZHkEJ9

☁️ 💙 As we celebrate 30 years of DreamYard, we’re proud to highlight alumni like Rafael Villa, whose journey showcases the transformative power of the arts. Read his story: bit.ly/3ZMWZIs Donate to our Year-End Appeal: DreamYard.com/Donate

🎤 🎙️ Guess what, DreamYard?! The year might be coming to an end, but the fun is just starting! Join us on December 12th at the Art Center for an afternoon filled with an abundance of talent and creativity with our very own Ellen Hagan! #OpenMic #Poetry #WritingWorkshop #Bronx

🧡 🦃 This year, we’re grateful for our incredible community—our students, staff, teaching artists, and friends—who make DreamYard what it is. Each of you brings creativity, passion, and love to everything we do, and we couldn’t be more thankful to grow and dream together.

Council Member @Althea4theBX visited DreamYard’s Art Center last Saturday, where she had the opportunity to engage with our young artists. It was a fantastic moment of connection and community! -- #AltheaStevens #CouncilMember #NY #NYC #Bronx #DreamYard #ArtCenter

Join us at our annual Holiday Giveaway! This year, thanks to Krasdale Foods, we are giving out 1 (one) free pernil or turkey per family beginning at 2 PM on Wednesday, November 20 while supplies last. Come early! 🍗 😋 🧡