Citizen Arts & Education

09/23/2026

Citizen Arts and Education was thrilled to co-produce From Sky to Earth as part of the Citizen Arts International Festival, bringing James Brandon Lewis and Antoine Le Menestrel together at MADE Bush Terminal for a one-of-a-kind encounter between music, movement, and the industrial architecture of Brooklyn’s waterfront.

We’re so grateful to James, Antoine, the Cie Lézards Bleus artistic team, the MADE Bush Terminal operations and event staff, Villa Albertine, The Zankel Music Fund, the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, the Theatre and Performance Program @ the CUNY Graduate Center, and, of course, everyone who joined us for the performance.

We are already planning to take From Sky to Earth to other places and other landscapes in 2027. Stay tuned.

09/09/2026

So proud to see our upcoming presentation of From Sky to Earth at MADE Bush Terminal with James Brandon Lewis and Antoine Le Menestrel of Cie Lézards Bleus featured in Jazz Times. Thanks Robert Sutherland Cohen for the photo.

J ust in time for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first back-to-school September, the 2026 Citizen Arts International Festival debuts across New York’s five boroughs with free … Read More "Citizen Arts International Festival Brings Free Interdisciplinary Performance and Jazz to New York"

09/07/2026

JOIN US TODAY IN ASTORIA PARK TO CELEBRATE THE FIRST DAY OF THE INAUGURAL CITIZEN ARTS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL.

So much to be grateful for . . .

08/18/2026

Citizen Arts + Education is thrilled to be co-producing the world premiere of FROM SKY TO EARTH as part of The Citizen Arts International Festival. This dynamic project brings together esteemed US jazz composer and saxophonist James Brandon Lewis and French vertical dance pioneer Antoine Le Menestrel (Cie Lézards Bleus), in a new interdisciplinary work commissioned by Citizen Arts International.

The piece unfolds as a live conversation where improvised music meets vertical dance and architecture in public space.

Date + Time: Saturday, September 12 @ 5pm
Location: NYCEDC's MADE Bush Terminal (Sunset Park)
FREE!!

From Sky to Earth is supported by FUSED, a program of Villa Albertine and Albertine Foundation. Additional support is provided by the The Zankel Music Fund and the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment.

08/01/2026

We’re thrilled to see the inaugural Citizen Arts International Festival come to life this September, and we’re proud to be a co-producer of this exciting new celebration of international performance, participatory art, and cultural exchange in New York City. www.citizenartsinternational.org

Through this collaboration, Citizen Arts and Education is helping bring bold, interdisciplinary work from artists around the world into the everyday spaces where New Yorkers live, gather, and connect.

Featuring seven projects across New York City, the festival will transform parks, plazas, streets, and civic spaces into places for extraordinary artistic experiences—free and accessible to all.

We believe art has the power to bring people together, activate shared spaces, and create new possibilities for connection across communities. We can’t wait to welcome audiences throughout New York City this September.

www.citizenartsinternational.org

02/10/2026

Citizen Arts has revamped its website and we're excited to share it with you! Exciting things are on the horizon for 2026 and forward. *Please sign up for our mailing list on our Contact page, so we can keep you updated on all that is going on!

09/01/2025

Citizen Arts wants to send its support and lift up the work of the inaugural DOWN TO EARTH Festival () happening this week. Our Artistic Director, Meg Araneo, is part of the creative team. Check out this beautiful work by the Senegalese company SenCirk that will be performing at Laguardia Community College (9/3) and Marcus Garvey Park (9/5). Support the work of this great project. Please follow the festival on Instagram

08/19/2025

As the summer draws to a close, we at Citizen Arts are looking back on our recent project as we look ahead to the future and the exciting plans we have for the 2025-2026 season.

Here are some shots from our presentation of Salomania as part of our residency at the Catwalk Institute.

Thanks Mikey Mullen, David Skeist, Tony Torn, Jess Applebaum, Edison Hong, Chance Kester.

05/19/2025

We're back from our residency at the Catwalk Institute where we did a work-in-progress presentation of a new work, Salomania, conceived and written by our Co-Artistic Director Meg Araneo. It was a beautiful experience. We are so grateful to the Catwalk Institute family (Shiela, Victoria, and Chuck); the Thomas Cole National Society House; our creative team Tony Torn, David Skeist, Michael Mullen, Jess Applebaum, Edison Hong, and Chance Kester; and the those who came up to the Hudson Valley to support us. Here are a few photos of the event and our time at Catwalk. More to come . . .

Photos courtesy of Preston Rescigno.