Guggenheim Arts Education Program, Learning Through Art, Presents A Year with Children 2025

The Guggenheim New York’s long-standing artist-in-residence education program, Learning Through Art (LTA), presents A Year with Children 2025. On view through June 15, 2025, the exhibition features over 200 imaginative artworks—including collages, drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures—by students in grades two through six from New York City public schools across all five boroughs.

In LTA classroom residencies during the 2024–25 academic year, educators and teaching artists explored themes of identity, community building, experimentation, storytelling, agency, and more. Students engaged in a wide range of practices and techniques, drawing inspiration from artists featured in the recent exhibition Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930, including Marc Chagall, Robert Delaunay, Sonia Delaunay, Albert Gleizes, František Kupka, and more.

“New York City is a wonderfully creative place. For over 54 years, the Guggenheim has invested in young people who are our future artists, leaders, and visionaries. We’re proud to share their work with all our visitors in our galleries. Come check it out!” said Cyra Levenson, Deputy Director and Gail Engelberg Director of Education and Public Engagement.

Support

Learning Through Art and A Year with Children 2025 are generously supported by Lavazza Group and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.

Additional funding is provided by Wendy Fisher; The Keith Haring Foundation; Guggenheim Partners, LLC; Gail May Engelberg and The Engelberg Foundation; Libby and Daniel Goldring; The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; Anna Kovner and Seth Meisel; JPMorgan Chase & Co.; The Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc.; and Con Edison.

The Leadership Committee for Learning Through Art and A Year with Children 2025 is gratefully acknowledged for its support.

LTA Leadership Committee

Cochairs

Libby Goldring; Anna Kovner; Elizabeth Wolfe

Honorary Cochairs

Gail May Engelberg; Wendy L-J. McNeil

Members

Mary Elizabeth Catala; Bobbi and Barry Coller; Karen Frome; Maria Fuster; Tara and Joseph Gendelman; Dan Goldring; Marian Goodman Gallery; Peggy and George W. Hebard III (Geordie); Alice Lutz; Linda and Arthur Meisel; Seth Meisel; Sarah E. Needham; Brett O’Brien and Alex Pfaffenbach; The Plotch Family Charitable Fund; Pamela Fontaine Salvatore; The Schuzter Family; Vivian Serota; Dora Cortes Stoudemire; Lisa and Jeffrey Thorp; Sandy Thoyer; Bianca Turetsky; Kim Vinnakota; Steve and Kristina Weller

About Learning Through Art

A Program of the Gail May Engelberg Center for Arts Education.

Learning Through Art (LTA) is the Guggenheim’s hallmark artist-in-residence program. The program sends experienced teaching artists into New York City public schools, where they collaborate with classroom teachers to develop, facilitate, and integrate art projects into the school curriculum. During the twenty-week, in-school residencies, students throughout the five boroughs examine, discuss, and create works of art. Visits to the Guggenheim support the residencies, offering new insights into art and challenging students to think critically about art and ideas. At the end of the residency, selected student works are presented in the annual A Year with Children exhibition held at the Guggenheim New York.

LTA was founded in 1970 by Natalie K. Lieberman in response to the elimination of art and music programs from New York City public schools. Over the past 54 years, LTA has served over 150,000 students from diverse economic and cultural backgrounds in all five boroughs of New York City.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation was established in 1937 and is dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of modern and contemporary art through exhibitions, education programs, research initiatives, and publications. The international constellation of museums includes the Guggenheim New York; the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; Guggenheim Bilbao; and the future Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. An architectural icon and “temple of spirit” where radical art and architecture meet, the Guggenheim New York is now among a group of eight Frank Lloyd Wright structures in the United States recently designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. To learn more about the museum and the Guggenheim’s activities around the world, visit guggenheim.org.

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