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The Art & Design Alumni Association is a dynamic networking organization founded to mentor and support students of High School of Art & Design to ensure their continued success. The A&DAA offers scholarship awards, career guidance, portfolio advice and more. It raises funds through membership dues, donations, and by organizing fundraising events such as Draw-A-Thon and the Urban Arts Show.
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Stomping Ground Photo works with NYC schools to make picture day special by capturing moments that reflect each kid’s unique personality.
Animei Gamer Zone is a dynamic community dedicated to fostering connections among fans of anime, comic books, and video games. Our mission is to create both digital and physical spaces that bring people together and provide them with exciting opportunities to engage in their favorite hobbies. At our booth, we offer a wide range of gaming PCs and consoles featuring the most popular games. Additionally, we provide an impressive selection of anime merchandise, including affordable wall scrolls featuring beloved characters from popular anime franchises. We are also thrilled to be hosting a set of gaming competitions at FanfaireNYC with the chance to win some awesome prizes.
Adobe is the premier software company for the design industry. Adobe creates the tools to help users of all levels of expertise discover and express their creativity through photography, design, video, animation, web and mobile user experiences, and more.
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Since 2002, the East Midtown Partnership has worked to improve the quality of life and promote commercial activity in one of the world’s most vibrant, diverse communities. They keep our streets clean and safe, beautify the community, and create a variety of programs and special events to strengthen local businesses and engage the public.
GKIDS is the producer and distributor of award-winning feature animation for both adult and family audiences. Since 2010, the company has scored an astounding 12 Best Animated Feature Oscar® nominations with The Secret of Kells in 2010, A Cat in Paris and Chico & Rita in 2012, Ernest & Celestine in 2014, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya and Song of the Sea in 2015, Boy and the World and When Marnie Was There in 2016, My Life as a Zucchini in 2017, The Breadwinner in 2018, Mirai in 2019, and Wolfwalkers in 2021.
GKIDS also handles North American distribution for the famed Studio Ghibli library of films, one of the world’s most coveted animation collections with titles such as Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke and others; as well as the critically-acclaimed television series, Neon Genesis Evangelion. GKIDS recently launched ANIMATION IS FILM, an annual LA-based film festival. ANIMATION IS FILM embraces the highest aspirations of animation as a cinematic art form and is a vocal advocate for filmmakers who push the boundaries of their work to the fullest range of expression of which the medium is capable.
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Blick’s mission is to support artists at all stages of their artistic journey. As a leading art supply company, they provide artists, educators, students, and their associates with the tools, assistance, and training needed to grow, innovate, and reach their creative potential. BLICK Art Materials is family-owned and has been serving artists since 1911.
Founded in 1875, The Art Students League of New York is a nonprofit art school dedicated to making high-quality fine arts education accessible to everyone. ASL offers month-to-month classes in drawing, painting, comics, printmaking, sculpture, mixed media, and more, taught by world-class instructors in historic studios at their midtown Manhattan building. Alumni include artists such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, Will Eisner, Ai WeiWei, Norman Rockwell, and more.
The Art & Design Alumni Association is a dynamic networking organization founded to mentor and support students of High School of Art & Design to ensure their continued success. The A&DAA offers scholarship awards, career guidance, portfolio advice and more. It raises funds through membership dues, donations, and by organizing fundraising events such as Draw-A-Thon and the Urban Arts Show.
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Shadow Architects is a NYC-based Architecture and Interior Design studio creating warm, modern, and enduring environments.
The Society of Illustrators’ mission is to promote the art of illustration, to appreciate its history and evolving nature through exhibitions, lectures and education, and to contribute the service of its members to the welfare of the community at large.
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Custom Ink is the leading provider of custom apparel and accessories for groups, teams and occasions. They believe that custom products bring people together and strengthen their communities. Custom Ink recently opened a Showroom on NYC's upper east side on the corner of 61st and 3rd avenue.
Fanfaire NYC was created to benefit the High School of Art & Design,
New York City's leading public high school for the commercial arts.
FanfaireNYC promotes creativity, entrepreneurship, and technology
in the arts, reflecting all of the High School of Art and Design’s eight majors — animation, architecture, cartooning, fashion design, film, graphic design, illustration, and photography.
Fanfaire NYC is our PTA's most important fundraiser of the year with
proceeds supporting vital school programs and initiatives not covered by
the DOE budgets, benefiting all our students.
Help us reach our fundraising goals with a generous sponsorship today!
Please consider making a donation to our school to help support our aspiring young student artists!