Visual Arts - P.S.197 Kings Highway Academy

We are delighted to inform you that we are celebrating a partnership in the arts with Amas Musical Theatre. Twice a week, beginning the week of February 24th- April 10th, your child will participate in a Broadway Babies Residency with accomplished Teaching Artists Amelia Nickles (M.F.A. in Acting, Harvard University) and Abigail Galleta Canafe (B.A. in Music, University of California, Berkeley) to learn foundational musical theatre and drama performance skills in singing, acting, and dancing and rehearse group numbers from Broadway shows!

At the end of the learning series, we will be hosting a culminating event you will be invited to; where our children will showcase their new theater skills.

Below are some of the skills Broadway Babies will focus on with students:

Strengthened socioemotional skills–collaboration, confidence, patience
Physical abilities – flexibility, control, coordination
Cognitive functioning –ear training, mathematics in rhythms, story analysis

Your child’s teacher will let you know which day the residency will be visiting their classroom. We encourage students to bring water bottles to school so that they stay hydrated while dancing and singing.

The culminating Grade 1 performance will take place on April 10th in our school auditorium. More details will be forthcoming.

Visual Art

The Visual Arts Program at P.S. 197 strives to provide all students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through Fifth grade with a diverse range of visual arts experiences from drawing and painting to printmaking, sculpture and textile work. Students are given foundational skills in art practices, concepts and techniques that scaffold from year to year.

Ms. Alfredson has been teaching at P.S. 197 since 2012. She hold a Masters Degree from NYU and is also an actively exhibiting artist.

Art Exhibitions

Each year the Spring Art Exhibition transforms the school into a gallery to showcase outstanding student artwork.

Student artwork is also exhibited on Artsonia.com year-round.

Over the years, P.S. 197 students have had their work shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through PS Art, Brooklyn Borough Hall and the Brooklyn Children's Museum through the Brooklyn Borough Arts Festival, and at the yearly District 22 Arts Show.