As we delve into the new year and slide into spring, we will continue to place much focus on the reenvisioned return of the Citywide Youth Arts Festival. We have already been hard at work sharing the roles of key partners involved in making this event a success, including Art Teaches, Art Coordinators, Festival Ambassadors, and our community artists and arts organizations. January will provide us with a little more time to firm up our venues for the different zones and also allow us to start forming our "set list" for April 15th, in which we imagine 100s of students in various grades from multiple schools in each zone performing and showcasing their art for the community in which they go to school while our community artists and businesses provide interactive art at their booths while sharing information about the services they provide for our students, families, and communities.  To read more....