what we do

Urban Wildlife Arts was started in 2015 in Brooklyn, NY. We are a fiscally sponsored, after-school performing arts program for children of all ages. Our young artists have created over 35 original works including modern dance, physical theatre, plays, storybooks, animations, video art and film. Our art is inspired by the animals we love.

about the director

dana leigh snyder

Dana Leigh Snyder (a.k.a. Ms. Dana) is a teaching artist, award-winning animated filmmaker, and animal lover, located in Brooklyn, NY.

Originally from Sacramento, Dana holds a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre from The New School (The Actor’s Studio, NYC), and a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Theatre from UC Davis. She is the Director of Drama at SLDTA, and holds teaching residencies at Village Community School (Manhattan), Salvatore Larussa Dance Theatre (Middle Village, Queens), Columbia Grammar School and The Spaceworks Williamsburg Library (Brooklyn). Her animated work has won awards at the New York International Women Festival, the Paris International Short Festival, and the American Filmatic Awards.

We are a Fractured Atlas 501(c)(3) Fiscally Sponsored Program.

Charitable donations to Urban Wildlife Arts are tax-deductible through Fractured Atlas.

Collaborating artists and teachers

Stavros Pavlides (Illustrator/Musician)

Andrew Malozemoff (Musician, Lucky Cat Music)

Salvatore Larussa (Choreographer/Director)

Janna Naylor (Dancer)

Margret Seema Takyar (Film Director/Photographer)

Christopher Rota (Scientist/Ecologist)