News Letter

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The Hot Springs Sentinel Record published an article about board president Martha Smither and ALTTA in the August / September 2018 edition of HER Magazine.   To read this article, please click here.

Students from Mrs. Kieschnick’s third-grade class at Jessieville Elementary perfect expression in tableaus. (Pictured from left to right Ethan Meredith, Aiden Carter, Kaydance Topham, Jackson Canale, Jacob Williams, and Caroline Whiley) Professional actor and singer, Chelsye Ginn, portrays Annette Hanshaw,…
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The Arkansas Democrat Gazette published an article about a workshop lead by ALTTA teaching artist and professional dancer Kathleen Marleneanu.  To read this article, please click here.

Arkansas Learning Through the Arts (ALTTA) Teaching Artist and Poet Kai Coggin completed a weeklong poetry residency with the students at Cutter Morningstar Elementary School last semester. Coggin spent several sessions with the students in grades 2, 4, 5 and…
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Chris James demonstrates a point to fifth-graders in Kay Menard’s class at Bryant Elementary on April 21.

A U.S. House Resolution recently designated April 9-22 as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week) to honor the contributions YA has made to schools nationwide through arts-in-education programs. Arkansas Learning Through The Arts (ALTTA) joined the Young…
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Fifth grade students at Bryant Elementary recently welcomed to their classroom poet Chris James, who introduced them to the concept of language – specifically, the language of poetry – to express sometimes intangible ideas and emotions. James, a teaching artist…
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