CAP unites students and teachers with specially trained Teaching Artists – assembled from among outstanding professionals in New York City – who share their knowledge and artistry in classroom lessons tailored to the culture being studied. In addition to their professional arts careers, all Teaching Artists have extensive teaching experience.

Teacher involvement is very important! Teacher orientation workshops introduce participating teachers to the Teaching Artists and to curriculum-specific resource materials, enabling teachers to become active CAP partners.

CAP provides a rich selection of visual and performing arts experiences, occurring over several months and thematically linked to the cultural and geographic regions under study. Programs are currently offered in the following curriculum areas:

American History | African Studies
Asian Studies | Native American Studies

As part of CAP's visual arts component, students visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of the American Indian and other fine museums and historic houses throughout New York City.

For the culminating event of each curriculum program, CAP brings students and teachers to thrilling concerts of curriculum-related music and dance at Peter Norton Symphony Space, a professional performing arts center known for the high quality of its cultural events.