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06/24/08

What do you get when you match three ingenious kids with dozens of ingenious bui... read more

05/22/08

The Massillon Museum’s summer exhibition—“Eclectic.Everyday.Elegant.”—celebrates... read more

05/08/08

FREE noon-time concerts at The Cultural Center for the Arts. Outdoors, under the... read more

Grants in Action

Alliance City Schools

It’s pretty bad when you have to dig through the garbage for band equipment, but such was the case for one diligent scavenger associated with Alliance City Schools. - Read More

Celebrating the Arts and Remembering a Friend.

Combining traditional visual arts and uplifting contemporary music was the healing message and evening of remembrance for Alliance high school, as they remembered a fallen classmate through a program ... Read More

Alliance High School

The music and mastery of American composer, Sammy Phillip Sousa, was brought to life at Alliance High School. Students will work with Marcus Nieman, the director of “Sounds of Sousa,” a Sousa interpr... Read More

Artists and Lecturers Series at Walsh University

Since 1977, the Artists and Lecturers Series at Walsh University has continuously programmed 7-12 annual events. Over the years truly impressive artists have appeared: Anthony Molinaro (piano), Hect... Read More

ArtSyrcus

Color, dance, humor and creativity collided in a one-of-a-kind spectacle as ArtSyrcus, an annual event in Massillon to encourage local residents to explore the arts - Read More

Bethany House

Students involved in this arts outreach program, not only leaned about the principles of painting but also the principles of being a real artist. - Read More

Choosing to work with the plant cycle, members of the Botanical Garden Association made props to teach about the Amazing Garden to students in grades K-5 of Stark County schools. Through their art wo... Read More

Calvary Arts Project (CAP)

What could be more magical than skipping down a yellow brick road toward a magical green kingdom laced with lions and tigers and bears (oh my!), and looking over your shoulder for a hair-raising, broo... Read More

Students Discover the Arts in Stark County

Creating a resource and becoming a resource was the end result of a project done by middle school students involved in the Canton Arts Academy project. They set forth to produce a DVD of arts organi... Read More

Canton Ballet

The Canton Ballet’s production of “Peter and the Wolf” offers children an opportunity to experience the beauty of the ballet, the sound of the instrumentation that “speaks” the story, and the wonder o... Read More

Canton Jewish Community Center

The Canton Jewish Community Center describes their early childhood programming as being a child-centered program taught by caring, dedicated teachers. What would be a better start for a young musician... Read More

Canton Museum of Art

A database of the over 1,290 works in the permanent collection of the Canton Museum of Art designed to give viewers a Internet way to connect with the collection, was a focus of this project. Today, ... Read More

Clyde Singer's America

While it is the practice of the Canton Museum of Art to offer at least one major exhibition project every two years, Clyde Singer's - Read More

Canton Symphony Orchestra

When you’ve grown up with live music, sometimes the radio is a poor substitute. Not that NPR and WKSU don’t offer a fine selection of composers and classics, there still is just something about seein... Read More

CHAIRedible

Student artists were challenged to partner their philanthropic efforts with those of their color palettes by participating in the “Artsy Adirondack” contest, funded by ArtsinStark and benefiting Trill... Read More

CHOICES

It's okay to be different. In fact, it's more than okay. That's a core message that high school students from Choices High School and grade school students from Belden Elementary spoke loud and cle... Read More

River City Brass

Despite the prediction of a terrible snow storm, folks of all ages bundled up to be heated up by the sounds of Burning River Brass, a 13 piece ensemble that has been touring the states for 10 years. ... Read More

Creativity Café

Everybody needs a place to hang out, a refuge from the demands of the day – even if those demands involve things like multiplication tables, Spelling Bees, school lunch lines and reading groups. - Read More

Fairless Mural Project

Building on an idea that was launched in 2004, students from the Fairless Local School district completed a mural to signify the importance of community changes. Working with Massillon artist, Chris ... Read More

Girl Scouts "Inside and Out"

Middle School girls love to talk. Don't they? Well, students from Alliance Middle School and New Philadelphia Middle School worked on a 2-week program with Rainbow Repertory company to do just that.... Read More

Haines House

The love of music played a central role in the home of Sarah and Ridgeway Haines, the daughter and son-in-law, of Sammy Grant, one of the first settlers in the Alliance area. The house, which also is... Read More

Hall of Fame Chorus

Although the days of good old-fashioned barbershop singing, may have gone way of the rotary dial telephone or the ice cream social, the men of the Hall of Fame Chorus can boast of the art form’s longe... Read More

High School Musical

Once in a while you get a great idea. And such was the case with North Canton Playhouse director Lisa Payntor when she recognized the immediate potential (and success) of Disney's - Read More

Swingining the Night Away

Learning about the "swing era" and how to swing dance was part of a monthlong, cross-curricular program to teach students about swing dance and the swing era. Troy Kozee, a math teacher at Hoover, s... Read More

Kids Matter! Art Zone

Andy was a very angry boy. He had been in and out of foster care for most of his young life, and he missed his family terribly. His mother was addicted to drugs, and she had many boyfriends who were ... Read More

L.I.F.E. Garden

A gardener, it is said, must have a green thumb. But the volunteers of the Master Gardeners of Stark County, must also have a warm heart. Because it is this heart, that grows not only plants – but t... Read More

Lights. Camera. Action.

Everybody wants to direct. A few want to write. A few want to act. And others want to produce. But, the middle school students enrolled in the summer Movie Making Camp at McKinley Presidential Lib... Read More

Lion's Lincoln Theatre

While the organizers of Kids Scene first envisioned three 9-week sessions and one large Christmas production, the end result was a total of 32 classes and two complete theatrical productions. Art is a... Read More

Louisville Middle School

Dance, orchestra and original artwork came together to bring new life into Louisville Middle School during an event that displayed student and community artwork and incorporated a performance by the C... Read More

Louisville Middle School

Over 100 sixth graders participated in a music project that involved composition, performance and marketing, as their original work is available via the school's website www.midleps.sparcc.org. The ... Read More

Louisville Middle School Art Club

A semester of experiences, ranging in all aspects of visual arts, was celebrated by students of Louisville Middle School as they worked with area artists through their newly created Arts Club. Local ... Read More

When Nelly was six, the Nazis came to Poland. By the time she turned eight, the events of World War II have stolen nearly everyone she loved. Scared, lonely and running form the Nazis, Nelly hid in t... Read More

Dr. Nelly Toll, a Holocaust survivor who used her love of art and love of life to overcome the atrocities of WWII, spent time with seventh grade students at Massillon Middle School. "I wanted to teac... Read More

Math as Collage

Eighth grade students from Canton, Massillon and Alliance were challenged by outreach coordinator, Joanne Salay, of Kent State University (Stark) to link mathematical concepts with art. In her words,... Read More

The Healing Power of Music

This program was specificfally designed to assist those experiencing cancer (patients as well as caregivers) by introducing them to the restorative benefits of music and movement, self-exploration, re... Read More

Multi-Development Services

The LIFE program is not only a place to teach children, but also a learning center for the entire community. Part of its focus is music making through the Flag and Drum Corp perforamance marching gro... Read More

Native American Art and Culture Program

Our Native American Art and Culture program was a huge success. The teachers and students were very impressed with the quality of the program and the art supplies. The assemblies and games amongst t... Read More

Ohio Youth Ballet

Bringing dance to the people has been a constant goal of the Ohio Youth Ballet. And, they’ve succeeded in doing it, this year, with up close concerts at venues like the Jackson Public Library, the Can... Read More

Our Lady of Peace

About 100 seventh and eighth graders, most of whom are not musicians, learned to perform original and traditional African music from new instruments that were bought or made to enhance the learning of... Read More

Outdoor Sculptures in Massillon

Fifteen works of public art were installed throughout the city of Massillon for the Massillon Museum's "Outdoor Sculpture" exhibition.. - Read More

Pure Movement

The question posed by instructors in this program was "What if you believed in yourself?" - Read More

Rainbow Repertory Company

Many people have seen the words of Repository columnist, Charita Goshey. The controversial, tell-it-like-it-is writer shares her insights and her opinions to a readership that chuckles, laughs, cries... Read More

Boys & Girls Clubs of Massillon

Aretha Franklin isn’t the only one who wants respect. We all do. And, providing that respect, along with a safe environment, positive adult influence and fun activity, is the underlying mission of ... Read More

Salvation Army’s Music and More Program

Joey, is a nine year old boy, who likes to do everything. He enjoys baseball and bike riding, watching TV … and dance. As a student in the Salvation Army’s Music and More programs, Joey discovered t... Read More

Salvation Army

In 1865 when William Booth founded The Salvation Army in London, England the popular music of the day was brass band music. Without stereos, cd players, ipods, there needed to be mobile music and the ... Read More

St. Clement Drama Club

year of drama allowed students of rural St. Clement School, in Navarre, to take center stage in three theatrical productions. Under the guidance of Players Guild Theatre, these young thespians becam... Read More

Drama Club Project

A full season of drama, culminiating in a performance of GodSpell Jr., at the Players Guild Theatre was on the "bill" for students of St. Clement's school in Navarre, Ohio. Students involved in the y... Read More

St. Joseph School

Students in grades 1-8 were able to learn about Native American culture through literature and history, but studying and working with paints, prints, dance and sculpture. Artists from the Canton Mus... Read More

St. Mary Elementary School

As the world gets bigger, it also gets smaller. The cultures combine, instead of collide. The music and the movement weaves new tapestries with tradition. Such was th privilege of students in this ... Read More

St. Peter's School

A sprinkle of Shakespeare, a dash of dance, a bang of the drum and a dollop of paint. These were the ingredients of a successful year of arts for one elementary school. Students, at St. Peter's, we... Read More

"Such as I Have" Program

Traditionally, the music and song provided in African-American churches were provided by individuals with natural “God-given” talent and no formal training. - Read More

Summer Jazz Workshop

Even in his mother’s womb, J. Chase Williams knew how to keep a beat. - Read More

Water Jugs no More

bet you didn’t know that an empty water cooler bottle can make a pretty good drum? That’s what students at Glenwood Middle School in Plain Township had to use to learn about percussion in their world... Read More

Interpreting nature through sculpture was the catalyst of the collaboration between KSU Stark art students and the Wilderness Center. Their canvas was the Astronomy Education Building and their mediu... Read More

Wreaths for seniors

Nourishing the body, the heart and even the soul became a task of about 30 youth (grades K-8) as they made wreaths for senior citizens assisted by the area's Meals on Wheels program. The wreaths, all... Read More

YMCA

Music is an integral part of our lives. It is expressed in many ways. The Alliance Family YMCA is grateful for the grant to purchase 10 drums to enable children of all ages to experience the music of ... Read More

Youth-ful Chamber Orchestra

Are good conductors born or bred? Are the skills of a maestro something that can be mastered? Just where does one obtain that nifty little baton? And, is there a real method to the madness of all t... Read More

Grants in Action

- Calvary Arts Project (CAP)
What could be more magical than skipping down a yellow brick road toward a magical green kingdom laced with lions and tigers and bears (oh my!), and looking over your shoulder for a hair-raising, broom-wielding witch?
- Read More