A Teacher's Take on smART stART

Art! Reading! Teachers! Students! See how all of these ingredients and best practices combine to improve students' literacy skills. Veteran teacher Ms. Moore, from Cook Elementary, gives us her take on the smART stART program. Teachers and specialists helped us tailor the program and without their help, smART stART would not be the program it is today. Students re-telling stories through art!

Thank You to our smART stART Sponsors!

On behalf of Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center, we wanted to take a moment to recognize all of the great support we have received from Target, Sprint, Macy's, Norfolk Southern, Junior League of Atlanta and The Harland Foundation. It's through their generous financial support that we have been able to once again deliver smART stART. We sincerely appreciate their commitment to arts in education.

First/Second Session at Cook Elementary with TA Roelna Bashew

Another snippet of a Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center Teaching Artist hard at work. Visual artist, Roelna Bashew, is working with the kindergarten students at Cook Elementary. Using elements of sculpting and puppetry, Roelna is helping the students retell stories.

First Session at Scott Elementary with TA Emily Kent

Our first video! We are doing our best to document the process and are proud to share with you our first video. Here is a quick glimpse into the first session at Scott Elementary with teaching artist Emily Kent. In her first session, Emily begins working with movement vocabulary and sequencing of movement.

For more about Emily Kent and her work with Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center be sure to click here.