Founded in 2006, The Time In Children's Arts Initiative, is dedicated to overcoming the academic, social and emotional iniquities of at-risk children through a far-reaching, interdisciplinary, arts-inspired curriculum which focuses on opera and 20th + 21st century art through hands-on studio work and gallery/museum visits.

As we take children out of underserved classrooms every week of the school year throughout their elementary education, Time In effectively brings with it a culture of thought, analysis, experience and action, enabling children to become not only effective and knowledgeable creators, but engaged, responsible and thoughtful participants in a larger democracy.

In a disturbing and disrupted community, Time In creates what is often the unique, safe environment for expression, questioning and enrichment in these children's lives. Time In's consistent programming promises underserved children the necessary tools to begin bridging the debilitating social, educational and cultural gaps which overwhelm their daily lives, while fusing artistic, intellectual, and emotional learning as an integral part of each child's regular school day.

Time In's pedagogical methodology is founded on structured, broad ranging parameters, anchored in sophisticated, real-world information as a means to inspire and empower children in their efforts to decipher and effect the world in which they live. At Time In children use the arts to develop the skill of experimentation: they integrate problem-solving with the pleasure of creation, and, in a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary events and activities, there is a natural enhancement to these children's lives and educations.

Regardless of their backgrounds, children are children: the world of imagination, creativity and fantasy is their most fertile ground. As educators and artists we must use this knowledge to create multi-disciplinary curricula for children of all races and socio-economic backgrounds. Time In acknowledges children's phenomenal gifts and innate abilities and, in this age of media saturation, is dedicated to developing innovative and substantive learning environments that stimulate, rather than stifle our children. Time In will continue to foster not only wonderfully conceptual thinkers, but perceptive and aesthetically sensitive individuals, each of whom will be poised to nourish our society in the days to come.

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