POSTPONED: Educator Day | Who Counts: Exploring the Census through Identity and Art

When: Sunday, April 5, 2020, 9:00am

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Map describing languages spoken in NYC. Click to go to interactive webpage.
"Languages of NYC," 2019. Jill Hubley. Courtesy of the artist.

Please note that this program has been postponed. All registered participants will be contacted directly. 

In this free, all-day event for educators, celebrate Census Day 2020 by exploring the impacts of this year’s count and participating in creative workshops that utilize the power of data to explore questions of identity.  Examine the city and its residents at the intersection of data and art through hands-on art-making and primary source workshops, guided tours of Who We Are: Visualizing NYC by the Numbers, and inspiring dialogue sessions.

This interdisciplinary event includes workshops that target curriculum standards for elementary, middle, and high school educators.

Free. Registration Required. 5 CTLE Hours. 

Map of New York City, including outer boroughs. Colored sections mark different languages spoken in each location.

Related Exhibition - November 22, 2019 - October 18, 2020

Who We Are

To mark the 2020 census, artists and designers demonstrate the power of numbers in helping us understand New York and New Yorkers.

Education programs featuring Who We Are: Visualizing NYC by the Numbers are made possible in part by The New York Community Trust. 

Who We Are is made possible in part by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, An Anonymous Family Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Bloomberg Philanthropies, The New York Community Trust, Zegar Family Foundation, Charles H. Revson Foundation, and Blair and Cheryl Effron.

Professional Learning programs are made possible in part by …a chance… fund, inc.

The Frederick A.O. Schwarz Education Center is endowed by grants from The Thompson Family Foundation Fund, the F.A.O. Schwarz Family Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Endowment, and other generous donors.

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