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Photography by Alex Kent

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...

Thea Foundation

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...

Words by Stacey Bowers / Photography by Mark

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

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...

Stacey Bowers / Photos by Mark Fonville and

One Big Way Thea Brings the Arts to Schools Near You

In 2014, Thea Foundation launched a new program, called Arts Reconstruction, to create new and augment existing arts programs within...

Words by Stacey Bowers / Photography by Mark

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...

Words by Stacey Bowers / Photography by Kat Wilson

Art, The Unifier: Rogers Heritage High School Finds Funds to Further an Arts Program that Draws on A

Together, Nakia Brener and Allen Sullivan, both teachers at Rogers Heritage High School in Rogers, Ark., have posted six projects to...

Stacey Bowers

Registration for Thea Foundation’s 2017 Scholarship Competitions Is Open

As of Monday, August 15, 2016, Thea’s annual scholarship competition are open for registration, which will close the Monday before each...