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Band Builds Confidence, Community and Creativity at Little Rock School

Photography by Alex Kent

Nov 20, 2018
4 min

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 starting, and Hall’s brass band is fine-tuning the music they’ll perform to pep up the audience and the players tonight. Band instructor Rojay Moore leads the musicians, stopping them every now and then to pinpoint where they could make changes. “Being in the band helps students develop the discipline needed for success in and out of other cl

Striking a Chord: Ukulele Club Brings Music and Culture to Springdale School

Words by Stacey Bowers / Photography by Kat Wilson

Feb 9, 2018
4 min

Striking a Chord: Ukulele Club Brings Music and Culture to Springdale School

Springdale, Ark., is about as far from a tropical island as you can get, but if you listen closely near Monitor Elementary School, you might hear the mellifluous sound of ukuleles. Educator Julia Crane’s ukulele club is a class and community favorite, traveling to local art festivals and performing at school functions. “I wrote my first grant asking for ukuleles in the spring of 2014 because in my field, I work with a student body that is about 30% Marshallese on average,” M

Laying a Foundation: Local Architect Supported Career with Art

Words by Stacey Bowers / Photography by Katie

Nov 14, 2017
3 min

Laying a Foundation: Local Architect Supported Career with Art

As a teen, Caleb Tyson knew exactly what career he wanted. When he graduated from Jacksonville High School in 2009, he planned to go to college and study to be an architect. “Knowing that I wanted to be an architect and knowing the financial baggage that comes with that, I knew it was going to be difficult to pay for it all,” he says. “I knew that I was going to have to take it one year at a time, and that’s what I did… Since I was paying for most of my college out of pocket,

Melting Pot: Little Rock Educator Teaches Science, History Through Pottery

Nov 10, 2017
3 min

Melting Pot: Little Rock Educator Teaches Science, History Through Pottery

“Awesome feet!” Middle school art educator Jordan Wolf compliments a students on the little clay “feet” she’s added to the bottom of her pinch pot, a type of accessible hand-built pottery that’s a perfect jumping-off point for working with clay. “This is the first time most of these students have worked with clay, so we’re spending a lot of time learning how to use our hands. Students have spent several classes just practicing pinch pots and rolling coils,” Wolf says. “I try

On Exhibit: Works by Arkansas Children's Hospital Patients

Thea Foundation

Oct 4, 2017
2 min

On Exhibit: Works by Arkansas Children's Hospital Patients

Through the month of October, Thea Foundation will exhibit works by patients at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in our newly renovated gallery space located at 401 Main Street in North Little Rock, Arkansas. A reception will held from 5-8 p.m. Friday, October 20, during Argenta Art Walk. During the reception, Arkansas Children’s Hospital’s artists-in-residence will be present to share about the works and their program at the hospital. Arkansas Children's has two artists-in-resid