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In The News
Foster Pride Recognized for Excellence
Foster Pride has received widespread recognition for its work, in the media and the community.
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Foster Pride student work featured at SPINEXPO
Foster Pride’s HandMade program, sponsored by Brilliant Global, provides the opportunity for young women in foster care to develop and launch their own line of handmade and crocheted items.
The HandMade program was born out of a simple request from a social worker at one of the Manhattan group homes Foster Pride works with: could they teach the teen girls at their residence how to crochet? In this new program the teens quickly discovered that crocheting is not just calming, but also highly creative. They began avidly consulting books and magazines and coming up with designs for their own scarves, hats, blankets and pocketbooks - and were crocheting morning, noon and night! That spring, two years ago, the girls held a sidewalk sale of their work to raise money for AIDS–and experienced their first taste of entrepreneurship. And pride–people wanted to buy the things that they had made!
Today, young women in the HandMade program not only enjoy the hands-on experience of crocheting, they have created their own store on Etsy, an online marketplace for handcrafted items. An important part of the HandMade program is the Career Component which gives participants opportunities to learn from and connect with successful professionals in creative industries. Through HandMade they participate in the job interview process, explore computer and graphic design programs; learn about marketing, basic entrepreneurship and the fundamentals of small business management; and gain self-esteem from their creative successes. Most importantly the teens in the HandMade program have discovered the joy of crocheting, creating, and of building on their experiences to develop skills that will help them on their career paths.
The work of the teens in the HandMade program will be featured at SPINEXPO NY, an exhibition featuring the most comprehensive and creative international offering of yarns and fibres, knitwear manufacturers and innovative knitwear machinery manufacturers
SPINEXPO, July 18-20, 2011
The Metropolitan Pavilion, Altman Building, 125/135 West 18th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenue).
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NBC-TV Covers Foster Pride Art Show
Foster Pride was featured on NBC-TV’s Weekend Today in New York. Our young artists talked on camera about their paintings at the Duggal Gallery.
Mayor’s Letter of Commendation:
Foster Pride received a letter of commendation for our work with the city’s foster youth from the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York.
Praise from the New York Observer
Art Critic Deborah Gimelson called the work of our young Foster Pride artists better than what she'd seen at the Venice Biennale!
The Flat Iron News
The Flat Iron News, a glossy design magazine, commissioned Foster Pride to design a three-dimensional Christmas scene which they featured on their December cover.
Student Mural Wins Award
A mural by Foster Pride students was awarded second prize in the "small hands/BIG ART" competition sponsored by Christoff:Finio Architecture
City-wide finalist
A twelve-year-old Foster Pride student was one of fifteen finalists in the city-wide "Tribute to Nelson Mandela in Celebration of Black History Month" competition. His work was exhibited at Rockefeller Center and honored in a reception hosted by Russell Simmons and covered in the press.
NYC Deaf Awareness week at Lincoln Center
Student work from Foster Pride’s art class for Deaf and hard of hearing teens in foster care was exhibited at NYC Deaf Awareness week on the plaza at Lincoln Center.
Essay Contest Winner
A Foster Pride teen mentoring student won a cash award in the "Awards for Youth in Foster Care" essay contest sponsored by the Child Welfare Fund.
Urban Heroes
Three Foster Pride teen mentoring students have been honored for their achievements as "Urban Heroes" by the Catalog for Giving. www.urbanheroes.org
TV Documentary
Long Island University students made a documentary short about Foster Pride which was featured on public television.
Radio programs
Foster Pride programs have been featured in half hour segments on Radio Disney and JACK-FM.
Senator praises Foster Pride:
"Foster Pride’s many programs not only bring hope and opportunity to disadvantaged city youth, but also offer them a chance to be a part of meaningful relationships which enrich their lives."
- Senator Christopher Dodd
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One of Foster Pride's proud young artists
being interviewed for NBC TV!
A 1,000-square foot "city" our children
created out of found objects.
Our kids' artwork featured on the cover
of a glossy design magazine.
Foster Pride's art on display in the
Park Avenue Lever House galleries.
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