OTHER LINKS
Circus Day Foundation/Circus Harmony
Circus Harmony is a confluence of tumbling, juggling, balancing, and aerial artistry performed by children and set to a medley of melodies from various cultures. The youth circus performers present eight shows a week at the City Museum, building confidence and bringing together children from different socio-economic backgrounds.
Gitana Productions
Gitana brings diverse communities together through music, dance and drama. This year’s play My Heart is Always Shaking: Afghan Women Refugees in St. Louis was based on interviews conducted with 20 women who escaped the Taliban and now live in St. Louis. Gitana runs Global Education Through the Arts, a community-based multicultural arts program for at-risk youth in South St. Louis.
Professional Theatre Awards Council
Continuing its mission to promote and celebrate excellence in local professional theatre, PTAC presents the 3rd Annual Kevin Kline Awards in March of 2008. The Awards honor directors, designers, actors and more from dozens of theatres around St. Louis.
The Joy Foundation
Jazz for Joy, Jr. is a concert series combining live jazz performances and creative activities for young cancer patients. The program brings hope and joy to families impacted by cancer, using the arts as a powerful tool for healing.
River Styx
Big River Association publishes St. Louis’ oldest literary magazine, River Styx. The three yearly issues highlight local and national poets, writers, and visual artists. The multicultural publication also hosts a lively local reading series and adult and youth educational outreach programs.
Springboard
A series of ten semester-long, in-school arts programs, taught by professional artists and serving more than 1250 underserved children. All programs are hands-on to allow the children to create and develop their own body of work as they learn. Topics include visual arts, folk dance, ethnic music, drama, and creative writing.
St. Louis ArtWorks
ArtsWorks Summer Program offers paid apprenticeships to more than 100 youth in multiple disciplines taught by professional artists. Through a combination of arts education and job training, ArtWorks teaches young people valuable workplace skills including creative thinking, teamwork and articulating the meaning of their work.
St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
VLAA provides affordable training programs for small and mid-size nonprofit arts organizations. VLAA will also offer Brown Bag Financial Seminars, a series of basic training seminars for fledgling organizations in the new Centene Center for Arts and Education.
UMSL KWMU – FM Cityscape
This weekly program informs and educates KWMU – FM 90.7 listeners about the artistic and cultural topics that impact the St. Louis community.
Viva Vox
The IMAGINE Arts Mentoring Program is a year long, after-school program for underserved youth. The sturctured, goal-oriented program builds confidence, discipline and artistic excellence while introducing the students to the possibilities of a career in the arts.
lWarren County Arts Council
“Arts In Schools” is a project designed to expose over 4500 students in two school districts and 3 parochial schools to all disciplines of art through music and theatrical assemblies, master classes an a summer fine arts program.
Webster University – Film Series
Now in its 27th year of continuous operation, the Film Series has become the location for many national tours of international cinema, often acting as the only venue in MO. This season’s year round screenings include week-end children’s matinees, filmmaker workshops, international films, outdoor screenings of classic films and more.
