Enhancing Public Education with Art & Community, featuring Tiffiney Davis

Tiffiney Davis is a civic entrepreneur and community leader who created an afterschool arts and culture curriculum to fill the gaps within our public education systems.  She is the Executive Director and co-founder of Red Hook Art Project, an organization that offers free programming for kids at all stages of their learning journey. Her model helps students feel safe, seen, and heard, which allows them to foster their unique, creative potential. While the program supports students who are pursuing the arts as part of their professional trajectory, Tiffiney shares how arts curriculums in general help students develop their emotional awareness. Art and safe spaces help surface underlying issues that would otherwise be lost in a classroom environment, that are often preventing students from moving forward within the system. A mother herself, Tiffiney's programs bring together neighbors, parents, and students in healthy, positive, healing environments.  We believe organizations like Tiffiney’s can and should be replicated in every neighborhood.