About the Tapestry
of New York
Created in honor of America’s 250th anniversary, the Tapestry of New York is an online gallery of artwork and media from students across the state exploring the theme, “We the People.” New York elementary, middle, and high school students are invited to submit creative works that reflect their unique perspectives on the history of the American Revolution and ongoing “unfinished revolutions.”
For more information on submitting to the Tapestry, view our Call for Submissions, information For Educators, and FAQs.
The Tapestry of New York is a project of the New York State 250th Commemorative Commission and The WNET Group. The Educator Toolkit was created by Studio in a School in collaboration with Daniel Sigward
Honoring Student Voices
The Tapestry of New York project uplifts the voices of New York students as part of our commemoration of America’s 250th anniversary. The project recognizes both the promise of the American Revolution and the unfinished work of ensuring that all New Yorkers can fully share in the founding ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Some submissions may address complex, sensitive, painful, or contested topics in New York’s history and civic life. Viewers are encouraged to engage with this work through a lens of culturally responsive and sustaining education, respect, curiosity, and thoughtful dialogue, recognizing that students are inspired and impacted by a wide range of individuals and experiences. Parents, caregivers, and educators are encouraged to preview content and use the accompanying resources to support meaningful conversations with students.
Through this project, we seek to honor student voice, deepen understanding across communities, and celebrate the history and unity we share across the state of New York.
About NY250
New York 250 commemorates the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution by honoring New York’s pivotal role in the nation’s founding and inviting all New Yorkers to reflect on the unfinished revolution—the continuing effort to extend the promises of liberty, equality, and opportunity to all. Through education, storytelling, and community engagement, NY250 celebrates our shared history while looking ahead to the next 250 years of expanding life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for every New Yorker.
About Studio in a School
Studio in a School is the largest arts education organization in New York City to focus exclusively on visual art. In its over 47-year history, Studio has provided over $100 million in services to nearly 1,200,000 students. Our programs are taught by working artists with technical skills, creativity, and passion for art making. These Artist Instructors provide process-based visual art instruction in classrooms, modeling an artist’s way of thinking. From our start in 3 schools, Studio has grown to serve 27,000 children at 150 sites annually with a corps of ~100 professional artists. Studio prioritizes serving schools with higher than 61% Economic Need Index.
About Kids’ Media & Education
The WNET Group Kids’ Media & Education team has produced numerous award-winning multiplatform video and gaming projects for children, families, and educators, including Cyberchase, Mission US, Oh Noah!, Let’s Learn, Camp TV, and Youth Collective. WNET is a leading producer for PBS LearningMedia, the free online platform that offers curriculum-aligned, video-based resources for teachers and conducts media-based community engagement campaigns that reach thousands of educators and families locally and nationally.
About WNET
The WNET Group creates inspiring media content and meaningful experiences for diverse audiences nationwide. It is the community-supported home of New York’s THIRTEEN – America’s flagship PBS station – WLIW, THIRTEEN PBS KIDS, THIRTEEN WORLD and WLIW Create; Long Island’s only NPR station WLIW-FM; ALL ARTS, the arts and culture media provider; newsroom NJ Spotlight News; and FAST channel PBS Nature. Through these channels and streaming platforms, The WNET Group brings arts, culture, education, news, documentary, entertainment, and DIY programming to more than five million viewers each month.
Tapestry of New York Project Credits
Executive Producers: Jill Peters, Sandra Sheppard
Senior Producer: Michelle Chen
Education Director: Sandy Goldberg
Lead Content Producer: Norah Jones
Educator Toolkit:
Arts Curriculum and Piloting: Studio in a School
Social Studies Curriculum: Daniel Sigward
Website design and production: Bluemarker, LLC
Director of Technology: Brian Lee
Logo Design: Brian Whitehill
Budget Controller: Jayne Lisi
Attorney: Jane Pennebaker
Marketing and Communications: Lindsey Horvitz
Vice President, Programming: Stephen Segaller
© 2026 THIRTEEN Productions LLC and New York State Education Department
