We welcome corporations to procure public art created through our youth employment program, transforming lives while activating spaces.
CAW’s Public Art Youth Employment program provides NYC teens and young adults with work experience and job skills as well as creative skills development. Our apprentices are guided by professional Teaching Artists and executive staff from initial concept development through client presentation, to final brush stroke and public unveiling.
Noteworthy clients have included: 72andSunny, AXA Equitable, BDO North America, BXP, Center for Justice Innovation, Columbia University, Dock 72, Harlem Community Development Corporation, Hope Community, L+M / Invesco, NYC Administration for Children's Services, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, NYC Department of Transportation, NYC Parks, NYS Family Court, NYS Office of Parks, Police Athletic League NYC, RBC, Rockefeller Group, Savills, Shake Shack, Trader Joe’s, West Harlem Group Assistance, and Whole Foods.
Other supporters and longtime stakeholders include a myriad of prominent real estate companies such as BXP, Structure Tone, Gensler, MKDA, Cushman & Wakefield, CBRE, RXR, Tishman Speyer, and Hudson Yards. Art partners have included MoMA, The Studio Museum, El Museo del Barrio, and Art in Flux Harlem.
If you are interested in similar opportunities, please email Brian Ricklin, President, at brian@creativeartworks.org.
Noteworthy commissions
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A virtual tour of CAW public art can be found on on our web-based map app HERE.