After-school enrichment to support children's physical, creative and academic needs for children ages 7 - 12. Arts and Crafts, Stories, dance, and homework help. Snacks and Dinner will be provided.
Dance, art, and literacy are combined in this one-hour program to provide students with an interdisciplinary experience of dance, literacy, arts, crafts, and storytelling.
Learn the fundamentals of West African Dance with live drumming. This is an excellent opportunity for community members to gather, dance, and get to know one another. Great exercise too!
NECS partners with 100cameras to provide an 8-week photography workshop. This program is designed to inspire young people to “exercise their eye” with the camera.
AfroFusion Dance is a unique blend of traditional and modern day African derived movement. Students will learn popular Afrobeats moves and classic West African steps from dances like Kuku, Manjani, and Sunu.
Details coming soon.
Program dedicated to inspire children and youth to become social agents by engaging with the magic of theatre. We maintain a commitment to develop in each child a keen sense of moral leadership alongside their artistic achievements. Look forward our show coming up in February 2024!
Promoting health and well-being through yoga!
Join us every 4th Tuesday of the Month in this free workshop.
Students will acquire real world technical skills collaborating on a film crew and will be able to continue to develop their craft to have an internship, or create their own stories and get them seen in the world.
This program is a hands-on creative exploration of seed to table activity. Playing, planting, and observing in a nurturing environment, is at the center if each session.
In this program, the students will learn to utilize repurposed materials and engage in process-based art making.
During this 10-week workshop, students will be creative and make dialogue prompts and improv to create an act.
In this acting workshop students will work together to create their own 10 minute one acts using dialogue prompts, improv, and their own imaginations.
Revitalize your youth chorus experience with NECS! Our exceptional program breaks boundaries, nurturing creativity and growth. Immerse in original and popular music arrangements, explore body beats, and perfect harmonies for an imaginative and resourceful journey!
Nature Connection program offers our young explorers hands-on opportunities to explore nature and develop their skills as artists and scientists.
Eco-art programs will align students with eco-art and eco-artistic lifestyles. Mediums of printmaking, paper making, clay construction, mobile and wire sculpture design, watercolor technique, pigment making, and collage are all examples of session exploration.
Students will acquire real world technical skills collaborating on a film crew and will be able to continue to develop their craft to have an internship, or create their own stories and get them seen in the world.
During this workshop, the students will learn and develop projects including room decor, hand and machine sewing.
A program dedicated to inspire children and youth to become social agents by engaging with the magic of theatre. We maintain a commitment to develop in each child a keen sense of moral leadership alongside their artistic achievements. Look forward to our show coming up in March 2025!
This program is designed to inspire young people to “exercise their eye” with the camera and teach students to tell their stories through photography in a way that impacts how they view themselves and their role in their community.
Mixed media- Students will work with various mediums in combination with various types of surfaces. The basic idea is to combine and layer materials to create unique works. This class will help students to discover their own 'visual language.'
A Slow Flow Yoga class, led by Elana Master, complete with breath work, yoga postures, short meditation, and ending with sound healing.
Mixed media- Students will work with a variety of mediums in combination with various type of surfaces. The basic idea being to combine and layer materials to create unique works. This class will help students to discover their own ‘visual language’.
In this class you will experience a creative, dynamic, and grounding yoga practice that uses the breath to connect to movement. Join us every 4th Tuesday of the Month in this free workshop.
In this class, students will create zines, poems, journal comics, and character designs, while exploring the work of other creators.
NECS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that operates with limited resources, relying on support from the community to sustain our programming. Because we know there are families in need, we offer a sliding scale for program fees. While we don’t require supporting documents to demonstrate financial hardship, we do ask that families pay as much as they can afford. This is what enables us to offer our programs to families in more difficult financial situations.
NECS’ program fees help to cover the expenses of running the program and allow us to provide scholarships and sliding scale fees. We will not be able to offer honor-based sliding scale discounts to those in need if those who can afford the fee choose to pay a discounted amount. When registering for a program, please select the highest fee your family can afford.
NECS will never turn away a family due to an inability to pay. If you require additional financial assistance beyond the sliding scale, please email us or contact Ridvan Foxhall at (914) 930-1777. Para asistencia en español, envíenos un correo electrónico o llame a Carolina Egas A. al (914) 930-1777.
