Art Ready (Smack Mellon's Art Ready)

About Art Ready Art Ready is a Mentorship Program designed to give high school students the opportunity to experience first hand what it is like to be a professional working in a visual arts discipline. Participating students will meet a wide range of artists from emerging to well known. Students who complete Smack Mellon’s Art Ready program will be well informed, educated and prepared to make a decision about pursuing a future career in the arts. Art Ready is led by Kathleen Gilrain, Smack Mellon’s Executive Director. Ms. Gilrain is an artist and is certified in New York State to teach art K-12. Ms. Gilrain has teaching experience at the elementary school and high school level as well as several years teaching at Brooklyn College. Meetings will take place on Wednesday afternoons from 4-6pm from October through January. During this time Ms. Gilrain will lead the student group on studio visits to 12 Artist Mentor studios. Art Ready has mentors in the fields of public art, film, painting, interior design, sculpture, landscape design, decorative painting, architecture, installation art, video and photography. Eligibility The program is open to high school sophomores and juniors living in all areas of NYC who are interested in pursuing a career in the visual arts. Selection Process Finalists will be interviewed and 20 students will be selected with these criteria in mind: their interest in pursuing a career in the arts; their ability to attend the Artist Mentor visits and to complete an internship; and the quality of their application.