What Kids Want For Homework

When: November 2024

Where: The Queens Public Library at Corona

Who: Children ages 4-14

Facilitated by: Ari Wolff and Cristina Ferrigno

What: What Kids Want for Homework

This publication was created during What Kids Wish Homework Was, a three-part workshop series at the Queens Public Library in Corona, Queens, in November 2024. The workshops invited children aged 4-14, sometimes joined by caregivers, to explore what homework could look like through drawing, collage, and typewriting. Each week, 20-30 young artists attended, with some joining for all three sessions and others for just one or two. On the final Friday, children and families gathered to fold, bind, and celebrate this publication together. The theme of standardized testing emerged from discussions with librarian Rosemary Kiladitis, who believed the focus of a previous Citation Needed project, State Taste, would resonate with her branch’s community. The workshops began with a guiding question: If you were a teacher and could assign any homework, what would it be?