Greenwich House Arts and After School

Greenwich House has been known for over 100 years as the place to go in the Village for ceramics and music instruction. Thus, it is a natural fit for the Visual Arts Summer Camp and the After School Program previously run through the Children’s Aid Society.

Following the recent sale of the building that housed the Children’s Aid Society’s Philip Coltoff Center, the rich programming available to thousands of Greenwich Village children age 8-14 in lower Manhattan, was destined to see its final season. Now, children in the community will continue to learn and explore at these vibrant arts programs through Greenwich House. The Greenwich House Pottery and Greenwich House Music Schools will house much of the program’s After School and Summer Arts curriculum, along with Greenwich House’s main building at 27 Barrow Street.

The programs will officially transfer to Greenwich House on July 9, 2012, with the beginning of the Summer Camp program. The full After School Program commences the following fall.

The Children’s Aid Society has been serving New York for more than 150 years and will continue to operate programs in other centers throughout the city that more directly fulfill its mission of helping children in poverty to succeed and thrive.