The Pixel: Urban Arts Newsletter February

LET’S GOOOOOOOO! THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE IN MIDTOWN!

The Urban Arts Color Ball is happening on April 16th, 2024! Our annual gala brings together powerbrokers from tech, media and entertainment with inspired students from Urban Arts. Go out for good and secure your ticket today! For more information, email Richard Morin richard.morin@urbanarts.org
Buy tickets here.
Podcast Alert! The EdUp Experience

Urban Arts’ CEO Philip Courtney and Cynthia Williams, President, Wizards of the Coast & @Hasbro Gaming were recently on The EdUp Experience podcast. Check it out!
Thank you to The EdUp Experience — Elvin Freytes and Joe Sallustio — for having us on! And a massive THANK YOU to Cynthia Williams for taking part. Urban Arts is grateful to have amazing partners like Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast to collaborate with. Listen in!
Golf for good!

Coming up June 18th is the annual Urban Arts Golf Classic at Old Westbury Golf and Country Club, sponsored by PACOA President and Urban Arts Board member Steven Geismar. Come out and golf for good!You can join as a solo golfer or with a foursome. If golf isn’t your thing, attend the incredible dinner and enter the stacked raffle with a presentation by Urban Arts students. There are also plenty of sponsorship opportunities to support the event and Urban Arts. For more information, email richard.morin@urbanarts.org |
Video Games: The Great Connector

Student and alumni designers from Urban Arts’ Mastery program showcased their digital game prototypes (Curupira, Minds Eye, and In A Snap) at “Video Games: The Great Connector” exhibit at the Harlem School of the Arts (HSA). Nearly 50 students from Urban Arts took a field trip to explore the exhibit.
The winter 2024 pop-up exhibit “Video Games: The Great Connector” is a free, time-ticketed exhibit, open six days a week for both school visits and the general public. It is running from Saturday, February 3rd to Saturday, March 30th at the 60-year-old Harlem School of the Arts (on St. Nicholas Ave, just down the hill from the City College of New York).
Tickets are free and open to the public but make sure to reserve in advance!