NPF Urban Arts Initiative
Middle school students visiting the Shed Gallery during a tour of the Outdoor Museum
Noah and students during an art class at the Watts Towers Art Center
NPF Urban Arts Initiative
The Noah Purifoy Foundation provides middle school students and classroom teachers a cross-disciplinary arts curriculum about African-American artist and sculptor Noah Purifoy (1917-2004.) The Foundation's artists and board members, who were Noah's friends and colleagues, have developed a detailed, standards-based interactive curriculum about Noah's life, work and the Outdoor Desert Museum of Assemblage Sculpture in Joshua Tree, CA. In 2023 we partnered with Side Street Projects, another community based organization focusing on “the needs of artists, youth and the community at large” to provide coordination and teaching artists for in-class and field trip activities.
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If you are interested in incorporating our Noah Purifoy Curriculum into your learning program, please submit a request below.