LeAp: Learning through an Expanded Arts Program
Welcome to LeAp
LeAp is a nonprofit organization committed to improving the quality of public education through a hands-on, arts-based approach to teaching the academic curriculum. LeAp empowers students to reach their full potential.
Samuel French, Inc. and LeAp partnered with award-winning playwright, Marsha Norman, to host a roundtable discussion with 10 of our talented playwrights in the LeAp OnStage Program!
LeAp's Public Art Program's Citywide 2012 Exhibition is drawing near! The largest student exhibition in NYC parks history is set for May 22nd at Union Square Park. Hope to see you there! Click here to learn more about this year's upcoming events.
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Educators implement LeAp programs to bring the arts into their classrooms.
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Individual donors support LeAp's efforts to improve arts education.
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Talented teaching artists and staff contribute to LeAp's ongoing success.
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Volunteers help LeAp in the office and at performances and events.
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Partners & Supporters
Partner organizations help LeAp develop innovative programs, and supportive foundations and corporations fund critical LeAp initiatives. See who's working with LeAp to deliver high quality arts education programs.
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LeAp News & Events
NYC STUDENTS SPEAK OUT ON MAJOR SOCIAL ISSUES IN LARGEST STUDENT EXHIBITION IN NYC PARKS HISTORY
May 16, 2012NEW YORK, NY—Students in 10 New York City public middle schools from all five boroughs will present their public art pieces—school lunchroom tables transformed into colorful works of art that address major social issues in their...
Read More »AUGUST WILSON COMES TO LIFE IN LEAP'S NYC STUDENT MONOLOGUE COMPETITON
April 19, 2012NEW YORK, NY – LeAp is proud to present the fourth annual NEW YORK CITY AUGUST WILSON MONOLOGUE COMPETITION, hosted by Broadway award-winning actor Stephen McKinley Henderson with a performance by Tony Award-winning actor Chuck Cooper...
Read More »AUGUST WILSON COMES TO LIFE IN NYC THROUGH LEAP'S STUDENT MONOLOGUE COMPETITIONS
March 13, 2012NEW YORK, NY – From March 14th through 27th, students from Brooklyn, Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens will compete in the 2012 preliminary August Wilson Monologue Competitions throughout the city, presented by Learning through an...
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