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Breaking News! Trawick Foundation Grant Awarded

July 16, 2010 - Class Acts Arts, with partners Gandhi Brigade and Passion for Learning, was one of two teams awarded the Jim and Carol Trawick Foundation TeamUp Grant for $150,000.  The TeamUp Grant will bring a new dynamic after-school/out-of-school program to youth at Eastern and Takoma Park Middle Schools.  The "My Story, Our Story" project will give youth the opportunity to express their stories and those of their community using the written word, film, song, dance, and much, much more.  More information on "My Story, Our Story" will be coming soon.

Project Youth ArtReach mural graces new 1200 East West apartments

Home Properties, Inc. partnered with Project Youth ArtReach (PYA) to create the mural "Maryland Blooms" for their new apartment community, 1200 East West in Silver Spring.  PYA is a core program of Class Acts Arts that introduces the arts to young people in Maryland correctional settings. A team of young men from the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, guided by PYA artist Peter Krsko, designed and painted "Maryland Blooms," a mural located in 1200 East West's serenity garden.
"The mural is really the product of tremendous teamwork by these young artists," said Don Hague, Sr Vice President of Development for Home Properties and a Class Acts Arts board member. "The program not only teaches young people the arts but also instills the value of cooperation to reach a positive end result - a lesson Home Properties is proud to share with our residents."  Read more...

Class Acts Arts brings "Music from the Crooked Road: Mountain Music of Virginia" to Maryland Schools in April
In a unique collaboration with The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA), CAA hosted two local school performances of "Music From the Crooked Road: Mountain Music of Virginia" a national tour of old-time, bluegrass, mountain gospel and flatfoot dance.  The tour celebrates the vibrant, living musical culture of Southwest Virginia.  Read more...