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Queens Library Partnership with New New Yorkers Program
- The New New Yorkers Program is a partnership between the Queens Library and the Queens Museum of Art.
- The focus of this program is to educate recent immigrants, using art as a mechanism to accomplish this.
- Classes offered:
- Painting
- Bookmaking
- Crafts
- Photography
- Video editing
- Graphic design
- Computer literacy
- Arts literacy
- English for Speakers of Other Languages
- The classes are taught in numerous languages
- There is also a blog that is run by the students of the New New Yorkers Program; it serves as a medium for students to present their work and further build ties with one another. (www.newnewyorkers.org)