Tim Lord

The Bold Idea:

DreamYard is committed to helping transform Bronx public schools and communities through the power of collaborative, project-based arts learning. As the largest arts-education provider in the Bronx, DreamYard impacts the social and intellectual growth of thousands of Bronx youth through safe, positive and creatively challenging programs. DreamYard’s team of professional artists partner with classroom teachers and educators to help students learn how to express, write and perform their own stories. Through year-long programs offered during the school day, after-school, on weekends and during the summer, DreamYard supports youth development, enhances life-long learning skills and promotes creative thinking and expression.

Biography:

Tim Lord co-founded DreamYard in 1994 with Jason Duchin. He is a graduate of Brown University, from which he received a B.A. in Political Science. Tim also received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) in San Francisco, California. He was a member of the acting company at A.C.T. before moving to New York City. Since co-founding DreamYard in 1994, Mr. Lord has taught in public schools, in after school programs and in social service organizations. Tim was a 1993 echoing green fellow with his Co-Director, Jason Duchin. Tim has spoken on education reform panels at the Harvard Business School, serves on New York City Chancellor Joel Klein’s Task Force on Quality Arts Education and has served on funding panels for the New York State Council on the Arts and the Center for Arts Education. DreamYard recently received a three-year research grant from the Ford Foundation to learn from and measure best practices in its Bronx Arts Learning Community schools.