Featured Stories
Art Corps’, Alayna Wool, Empowers Women Through Art
Except for an early morning routine that consists of awakening to crowing roosters, making coffee, and preparing for the 30-minute bike ride to the nearest community, no single day is ever the same for Alayna. Philadelphia native and San Juan, Puerto Rico adoptee, Alayna Wool, is one of four ArtCorps artists to return for a second year in 2009. A 2005 graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art with a major in general sculptural studies and a minor in photography, Alayna began working with ArtCorps partner World Neighbors Guatemala in 2008. Read More »
Music National Service Launches MusicianCorps
The civic value of music in America is far greater than entertainment alone. Music can help youth to develop "the imagination to create," as well as discipline, perseverance, teamwork and other critical skills needed to succeed in the 21st Century. Read More »
Arts and Argiculture Allow Children to Grow and Blossom
Cultural Crossroads of Minden, Inc. has been filling a void in our city and parish where the arts had been eliminated from the school cirriculum. With virtually no arts cirriculum in our schools, I established the first afterschool program in Minden and the only program to offer art classes. Read More »
The Arts gave these “Maybes” a “YES!” through Musical Theater
My name is Susie Therese Rios. I am 22 years old, pursuing my B.A. As a Musical Theater Major at Columbia College Chicago, I found it imperative that I bring back my talent and influence to where my interest in the arts originated, my High School, Queen of Peace, in Burbank, IL. I am continuing to study, but found the best way to learn while pursuing my undergraduate degree is not only to be active in MY acting community, but by being active in a production aspect as well. Read More »
One Ton of Food Donated in First Arts Community-wide Effort to Fight Hunger
Orange County arts community collected over one ton of food during last month’s Arts Can food drive. Local artists and arts venues united to fight hunger through a three-week food drive, and 24 arts organizations in 12 Orange County cities participated. The campaign was coordinated by Arts Orange County in tandem with the Community Action Partnership of Orange County, which operates the Orange County Food Bank. Read More »
A New Kind of Stimulus Package: Children Leveraging Art for Money for Change in New Orleans
Renowned artist Mel Chin initiated the Fundred Dollar Bill Project after accepting an invitation to post-Katrina New Orleans to explore rebuilding the social, cultural, and physical infrastructure of the city. Read More »
Wynton Marsalis Dedicates Time to Jazz Education
Every year, Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center Wynton Marsalis dedicates countless hours to keeping the spirit of jazz alive through Jazz at Lincoln Center's education initiatives. At the forefront of the organization's mission is educating younger generations about jazz, America's unique art form, which is imperative not only to continuing the music's legacy but also understanding the values it represents. Read More »
Volunteering in the Puppetry Arts
Elaine Grogan Luttrull has volunteered with Puppetry Arts to complete tasks as varied as preparing budgets with accompanying charts and graphs for Puppetry Arts' annual report, reviewing text for grant proposals and press releases, and selling tickets and accepting donations during Puppetry Arts' annual Halloween Carnival. Read More »
Volunteering and Dancing for a Good Cause
For more than nine years, Alison Schwartz has joined her friends and other volunteers to serve as crew and event staff for the Fire Island Dance Festival, a summer benefit produced by Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA), a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BCEFA). Read More »