Sequential Art for Kids was initiated by one artist, Diane Postion, in one school, P.S. 130 in Chinatown, Manhattan in 1985. It continues to be a literacy program taught in New York City public schools by artists who use sequential art media--artists' books, performance art,
photography, film, animation and video--to enhance literacy and
cognitive development among children. The methods artists traditionally use as a matter of course, hands-on learning through the manipulation of materials, are now embraced by educational psychologists. Franklin Furnace has long been committed to employing professional artists in New York City schools because art-making is one of the "multiple intelligences" that takes its place alongside the three Rs as a subject in which many children may find their greatest strengths. Since 1997, Franklin Furnace's SAK program has been developed in partnership with P.S. 52 in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.

We are grateful to the current and past supporters of SAK: The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; the New York State Council on the Arts' Arts-In-Education Program, the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Consolidated Edison, J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation, The Martin Wong Foundation, New-Land Foundation, Norman & Rosita Winston Foundation, The Howard Gilman Foundation, and Library Power.