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As one of the newest and youngest members to join the campaign, I have been asked the same question a dozen times: “What brought you to SMARTS?” I have found that my answer varies each time, falling somewhere between “It fills an internship requirement for school”, “I’m from the area and a nonprofit looks great…

SMARTS and the community coming together to offer hands-on activities for children of all ages. Street painting to be done by professional artists and children. Read More >>

In my 20, short years of life, I have found three things to always be true: Family is all one really has Travel is a necessity because there is no substitute for breathing the air of somewhere new for the first time The world would not survive without the arts There would be no history,…

(WASHINGTON)—The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has chosen Warren, Ohio as the 20th site and first school district in Ohio for Ensuring the Arts for Any Given Child, a program that creates a long-range arts education plan for students in grades PreK-8. The program will incorporate existing resources of the Warren City…

SMARTS, Students Motivated by the Arts, Your community art school SMARTS PRESS RELEASE/For Immediate Release December 9, 2014 SMARTS, Students Motivated by the Arts announced today that that programming has begun—less than one year after Youngstown State University closed the program due to budget cuts. SMARTS Beats is an educational drumming program for students (PK…

The SMARTS Beats is a SMARTS Rhythms program that is an outgrowth from a SMARTS pilot project in 2011. SMARTS Beats is a percussion-based learning program for PK-12 (and up to the age of 21) students with developmental and behavioral challenges. SMARTS Beats uses hand drums and other percussion instruments to engage students by promoting…

For Immediate Release Contact Information: Becky Keck, SMARTS Executive Director, Cell: 330-507-0688 July 17, 2014 SMARTS, Students Motivated by the Arts—Your Community Art School continues to transition to the community under the leadership of Becky Keck, SMARTS Executive Director and the SMARTS Circle, a 7-member Advisory Board. SMARTS Circle members include Ronald C. Faniro, Dan…

SMARTS Press Release May 20, 2014/Jewish Community Center/3:30 pm For Immediate Release Contact: Becky Keck, SMARTS Executive Director, 330-507-0688 There was a public announcement today of SMARTS—Students Motivated by the Arts transition into our region’s only Community Art School. Since 1997, SMARTS─Students Motivated by the Arts program at Youngstown State University has provided quality arts…