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AnnouncementJuly 2026By The Canvas Team

Welcome to the new canvasinstitute.org

A new home for the work: clearer programs, real impact stories from our session reports, a photo gallery, a store, and one place to book Canvas for your school or organization.

A facilitator writes CommUNITY on a digital board while students complete a classroom activity.

We rebuilt our website around a simple promise: show the work. Not stock photos, not vague claims — the actual classrooms, the actual theater, the actual numbers from our own session reports.

What you'll find

Every Canvas program now has its own page — from Compassionate Systems in Schools to the Youth Empowerment Summit — with what sessions include, who they're for, and how to bring them to your school or site. The Impact page carries real session snapshots from P.S. 20, Tottenville, Port Richmond, I.S. 51, YouthBuild, and our Brooklyn community sites, plus our international work through Canvas Institute Nigeria.

There's also a new photo gallery with collections from the Summit and our school programs, a store where every purchase supports youth programming, and a single Book Canvas page for workshops, training, speaking, space rental, and partnerships.

Stay close to the work

This blog is where our team will share program updates, event recaps, and community stories. Subscribe to the newsletter in the footer to get them a few times a year — never spam.

Bring this work to your community.

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