YOUNGSTOWN
SHOWS ITS SMARTS
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WALLACE-READER'S DIGEST FUND HELPS OHIO SOARIn the fall of 2001, the Ohio Arts Council
will unveil the results of the State of the Arts Report (SOAR), a
three-year study addressing how people participate in the arts and what
arts and cultural opportunities exist for Ohioans. The groundbreaking
study is the most extensive research effort ever conducted by the OAC.
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In 1997, a group of 45 individuals in
Youngstown, recognizing the importance of the arts in education, came
together with the dream of transforming their community through children
and the arts. The result was Students Motivated by the Arts (SMARTS), an
arts education partnership with Youngstown State University, the
Youngstown City Schools, Youngstown Area Arts Council and the other
Youngstown arts organizations. SMARTS, funded in part by the Ohio Arts
Council, works to give children access to experiences in the arts they
would not otherwise have. The organization involves the community in
cooperative projects designed to enrich the school environment and to
encourage achievement through the arts. Projects have included a
children's
illustrated book, a literary and art magazine, a photo documentary and a
dance performance for minority health month. Recently, SMARTS ambitiously
created an opera with third- and fourth-grade students at Martin Luther
King Junior Elementary School. The children created their own opera
company, the Kids Club Opera Company, and wrote, produced and performed an
original opera. |
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