NEW YORK, July 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Sotheby's is
pleased to host a summer program for students participating in the
Prep for Prep program at its York Avenue headquarters. Prep for
Prep is an educational leadership development organization that
prepares and places New York
City's most able students of color into leading independent
schools.
The four-week course, which started on 10 July, is designed to
help participants deepen their knowledge and understanding of the
art world through direct engagement, academic inquiry and art
creation. With a curriculum focused on a range of art-related
experiences, the program will include visits to museums,
opportunities to interact with professionals from across the art
world, and a series of workshops, panel discussions, and talks with
Sotheby's specialists and executives.
"We are thrilled to have the opportunity to introduce some of
the city's brightest and most promising high school students to the
art world and to provide them with access to engaging and
illuminating experiences that will help foster an interest in the
arts," commented Elyse Dreyer,
Sotheby's Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate Social
Responsibility.
"Thanks to the generosity and vision of Sotheby's, Prep for Prep
is taking a giant leap forward in exposing its students to the
transformative power of the arts and all that they have to offer
personally and professionally. We could not have a better partner
than Sotheby's guiding them on this journey of exploration," added Aileen
Hefferren, Chief Executive of Prep for Prep.
About Prep for Prep
Prep for Prep develops leaders from under-represented communities
through access to a superior education and life-changing
opportunities. Since 1978, Prep has identified New York City's most able students of color
through a highly selective admissions process and, following 14
months of rigorous academic preparation, placed them at leading
independent schools in the City and boarding schools throughout the
Northeast. Once placed, Prep offers its students a sense of
community, peer support, critical post–placement services, and a
host of leadership development opportunities through college
graduation. The results are compelling: More Prep students have
graduated from Harvard than any other
institution; nearly 90% of Prep's 2,829 college graduates have
earned degrees from the most competitive colleges in the country.
They are emerging leaders in every field from business and law, to
education and the arts, to science and medicine. Prep shares its
best practices with like-minded organizations through an initiative
called Smart Connections.
About Sotheby's
Sotheby's has been uniting collectors with world-class works of art
since 1744. Sotheby's became the first international auction house
when it expanded from London to
New York (1955), the first to
conduct sales in Hong Kong (1973),
India (1992) and France (2001), and the first international
fine art auction house in China
(2012). Today, Sotheby's presents auctions in 10 different
salesrooms, including New York,
London, Hong Kong and Paris, and Sotheby's BidNow program allows
visitors to view all auctions live online and place bids from
anywhere in the world. Sotheby's offers collectors the resources of
Sotheby's Financial Services, the world's only full-service
art financing company, as well as the collection advisory services
of its subsidiary, Art Agency, Partners. Sotheby's
presents private sale opportunities in more than 70 categories,
including S|2, the gallery arm of Sotheby's Global Fine Art
Division, and two retail businesses, Sotheby's Diamonds and
Sotheby's Wine. Sotheby's has a global network of 80 offices in 40
countries and is the oldest company listed on the New York Stock
Exchange (BID).
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| +1 212 606 7176 | Lauren Gioia |
Lauren.Gioia@Sothebys.com |
Dan Abernethy |
Dan.Abernethy@Sothebys.com |
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