programs
From Dance, Drama, Media, Music, Spoken Word, Visual Art and More
THE DORILL METHOD
The Dorill Method is an arts education philosophy created by our founder, Tareake Dorill, which holistically merges rigorous artistic training with brave and safe spaces while cultivating authenticity, vulnerability, and confidence within the creative process for young citizen artists.
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SATURDAY ARTS
Saturday Arts Dorill is a FREE weekend program focused on building community artists who use their artistic compositions as a catalyst to spark dialogue in their local neighborhoods and ignite tangible change. Saturday Arts operates in two sites in the Lower East Side in partnership with The Lower Eastside Girls Club/Center for Wellbeing & Happiness and Grand St. Settlement.
Program Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Orientation: September 9th, 2023
Fall Session: September 16th – December 16th, 2023
Winter Arts Workshop Showing: December 16th, 2023
Spring Session: January 20th – June 8th, 2024
Spring Arts Final Show: June 8th, 2024
SHAPING
Conscious, Community, Emerging and Professional Artists
Dorill delivers high-caliber artistic training through our four interdisciplinary arts education programs by teaching our young citizen artists how to devise artistic compositions to reflect their authentic stories and address issues that impact their lives artistically, academically, professionally, and most importantly, personally.
IN-SCHOOL ARTS
In-School Arts Dorill is a 15 to 17-week public school program designed to mold conscious artists by introducing artistic technique and self-esteem awareness to elementary and middle school students. This transformative program is provided at a highly subsidized rate to ensure equitable access to all underestimated and overlooked schools throughout New York City.
SUMMER ARTS
Summer Arts Dorill is a 5-Week Intensive program centered on shaping pre-professional artists who connect with their potential to be global influencers through entrepreneurship and advocacy.
Program Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Orientation: July 3rd, 2024
Summer Session: July 8th – August 10th, 2024
Summer Arts Final Show: August 10th, 2024
AFTER-SCHOOL ARTS
After School Arts is a youth development training program developed around cultivating emerging artists who become thought leaders in the global conversation around the intersection of arts, education, healing justice, technology and social change.
NextGen Knights Project (NGK)
NGK is a mentorship program seeking to reimagine chivalry in the next generation of young men while building character and developing them into socially conscious leaders. We tap into their limitless creative potential through numerous forms of artistic expression and redefine preconceived notions of masculinity. We will aid in their personal and professional growth as multifaceted artists and self-actualized free thinkers. This special project is sponsored by Boys’ Club of New York and The Joyce Theater.
Orientation: September 20th, 2023
Fall Session: September 27th – December 12th, 2023
Spring Session: January 17th – June 5th, 2024
Spring Arts Final Show: June 8th, 2024
CATALYST ARTS PROJECT
CataylstArts Project (CAP)
CAP is an artpreneur program seeking to advance artistic leadership through skill-building, mentorship, networking, and community practice for social change. This special project is supported by the New York City Council and Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts.
