Adding another school? McEver Mustangs are on board!

Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center is proud to announce the addition of McEver Elementary to the smART stART program! We want to thank principal Rosa and her staff for committing to the program and being open to using the arts as a catalyst for learning. Teaching artist Karin Mervis and YAWAC staff are diligently working to prepare a unit plan that is sure to knock their socks off. Stay tuned for more updates and news from McEver Elementary.

Info on McEver Elementary;

McEver is located in Gainesville Georgia and is part of the Hall County School system. The school has about 415 students enrolled. Click HERE to go to their homepage.

"Focus Atlanta" airs a segment about smART stART

A special thanks to our friends at The CW Atlanta and their show "Focus Atlanta" for the coverage of the segment on smART stART! Young Audiences Associate Director Myrna Lubin and Teaching Artist Emily Kent are interviewed in this segment.

For more info on the show "Focus Atlanta" click HERE.

Friends from Target!

No time like the present to thank our friends from Target! We here at Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center had the luck to sit down with Bernard Boudreaux and Alison Thurner - community relations representatives from Target. Pictured above (from left to right) is Bernard Boudreaux, Alison Thurner, Tony Kimbrell (YAWAC Executive Director), and Edwin Link (YAWAC Staff).

Target's commitment to the community is outstanding. Target proudly supports schools with innovative giving programs, volunteering efforts and partnerships with educational organizations. There support has been instrumental in helping YA deliver the smART stART program. For that we are eternally grateful!

We are also happy to report that the weather down here in Atlanta was a far cry better than that of Minneapolis. We hope they enjoy it while they have it!

For more on Target's commitment to community and education. Please click HERE.

Brockett's Photo Finish

The students at Brockett have been working on retelling through visual arts and dramatic play. Don't take our word for it, check out what Ms. Harris has to say.

We think the staff and administration at Brockett Elementary are top notch! It has been a pleasure to work with them all.

All Good Things... Emily Completes smART stART at Scott

We are pleased to have worked with Teaching Artist Emily Kent and the students, teachers and administrators of Scott Elementary. Please take a moment and get Ms. Musto's take on smART stART. It's been a blast!

smART stART on the cover of the living section of the AJC!

The Atlanta Journal Constitution has published an article about Young Audiences' smART stART program! Be sure to check it out.

We greatly appreciate their coverage of the program. We especially apprecaite the administration and faculty of Brockett Elementary that made this all possible. Without all of the wonderful schools we work with this program would not be possible.

To see the article online, click HERE.