Turnaround Arts: Providence is part of Turnaround Arts, a Kennedy Center Program and a signature pro
Turnaround Arts: Providence is part of a national public-private partnership that leverages the arts to help turn around the nation’s lowest performing schools. Turnaround Arts: Providence is run by the City of Providence’s Department of Art, Culture + Tourism and the Providence Public School Department and is one of 17 localities from across the nation selected by the Kennedy Center and President
01/13/2020
2020 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge Opens for Submissions Washington, DC—Calling all high school songwriters! Beginning today, January 13, the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Theatre Wing are accepting submissions to the 2020 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge.
01/03/2020
Next Stop Broadway® | Providence Performing Arts Center Next Stop ® is a week-long performing arts program consisting of classes, workshops, and rehearsals focused on classic Broadway shows and taught by Broadway professionals. Participants (“cast members”) learn songs and choreography from two hit shows from the “Golden Age of Broadway” and c...
12/01/2019
Deadline to Register for the Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest is Friday, December 20th! Poetry Out Loud is a national arts education program that encourages the study of great poetry by offering free educational materials and a dynamic recitation competition to high schools across the country. This program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about literary history and contemporary life. The competition is a state to national event held in early spring.
Register by contacting Martha Lavieri, Poetry Out Loud Rhode Island
Program Coordinator at 401-282-0304.
09/03/2019
Whatever Your Classroom, Please Teach More Living Poets “Get poetry into the high schools!” Shortly before he died in 1963, Robert Frost told Marie Bullock, founder and president of the Academy of American Poets, that not merely poetry, but poets belong…
08/30/2019
It's time to change the conversation around music education It's time to change the conversation around music education to its positive impact on student success in academic subjects.
08/29/2019
High School Students Do Better In Science, Math And English If They Also Take Music Lessons A new study shows that students who take music lessons in high school perform better in science, math and English.
08/26/2019
08/22/2019
Human Resources | Positions The City of Providence is participating in Turnaround Arts, a signature program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to bring integrated arts education into three Providence public middle schools. The Turnaround Arts partnership leverages its network and coordinates with national an...
08/20/2019
07/29/2019
Turnaround Arts Middle School Musicals grow partnerships – Art, Culture + Tourism About Turnaround Arts Middle School Musicals grow partnerships July 29, 2019July 29, 2019 Salkind This spring, Providence After School Alliance (PASA) and the AfterZone partnered with Trinity Repertory Company, Boys and Girls Club of Providence, Fountain Street Creative, The Gamm Theatre, several ...