Band Builds Confidence, Community and Creativity at Little Rock School
It’s game night, and inside the band room at Hall High School in Little Rock, student are buzzing with excitement. Basketball season is...
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Photography by Katie Childs
- Nov 13, 2018
- 4 min
How a School Dance Program Changes Lives with Help from the Community
“Students who dance have a reason to come to school,” North Little Rock dance instructor Christen Pitts says. “They can express...
Thea Foundation
- Nov 5, 2018
- 1 min
Help Thea Restock the Closet This #GivingTuesday
This #GivingTuesday, Thea Foundation and Arkansas teachers have a great need. Just two months ago, we made the big announcement that we...
Photo by Mark Fonville
- Aug 14, 2018
- 2 min
Thea Foundation Adds 6 Arts Scholarships for 2019 Graduates
Thea’s annual scholarship competitions are open now to high school and homeschooled seniors across Arkansas, and this school year we’ll...
Thea Foundation
- Aug 13, 2018
- 2 min
Thea Foundation to Match up to $50,000 in Grants for Arkansas Teachers
Thea’s Art Closet, a program of Thea Foundation which awards funding for art supplies and other creative materials to Arkansas...
Words by Stacey Bowers / Photography by Alex Kent
- Nov 20, 2017
- 4 min
Self-Constructive: Working with Power Tools Builds Confidence in Parkview Students
The stage at Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School is abuzz two weeks before the opening of the school’s fall play, Arsenic and...
Stacey Bowers
- Jul 7, 2017
- 2 min
Firing Up Fine Arts in Arkansas Schools
Do you know about Thea's Arts Reconstruction program? Through Arts Reconstruction, Thea Foundation implements new and augments existing...
Words by Stacey Bowers / Photography by Mark
- Mar 23, 2017
- 2 min
Not Just Child's Play: Creative Collaboration in the Classroom
A group of third graders huddles around a table at Seventh Street Elementary School, their arms weaving over each other and brows...
Stacey Bowers / Photography by Mark Fonville
- Mar 16, 2017
- 2 min
Shaping Young Minds: How a Little Rock Teacher Funds Sculpture in the Classroom
Elena Petroukhina, an art teacher at Mann Arts Magnet Middle School in Little Rock, is a Thea’s Art Closet veteran. Over the years, she’s...
Words by Stacey Bowers / Photography by Mark
- Feb 22, 2017
- 2 min
Making School a Magical Place to Be
Take a stroll through White Hall High School, and you’ll see it couldn’t be more aptly named. The walls are stark and bare, unless it’s...
Stacey Bowers
- Dec 12, 2016
- 3 min
Building Bright Futures on a Budget
In the fall of 2016, Brad Wreyford, a teacher at Arkansas School for Math, Sciences and the Arts (ASMSA) in Hot Springs, took his...
Stacey Bowers
- Apr 4, 2016
- 3 min
Teaching Philanthropy with Puppies and Paint
When Stephanie Darnell, an art teacher at Maumelle Middle School, comes up with a new project she knows will really excite and engage her...
Stacey Bowers
- Mar 30, 2016
- 4 min
For Conway Students, Science is Music to Their Ears
Patty Oeste, a seventh grade teacher at Ruth Doyle Middle School, located in Conway, Ark., didn’t know what to expect when she launched...
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