Arts in our Schools – It takes a Village Here’s to the village! March is Arts in our Schools month. Have your child hug their music teacher. I would suggest that your child hug their visual art teacher, but most likely they don’t have one. According to Tennessee state law, all students are to have [...]
Autism Mural Shines Awareness On A Community Story and photographs by Tammy Faulkner-Smith “Children with Autism worked together with parent volunteers to create a vibrant mural. “Autism Shines” was sponsored by Chattanooga’s Department of Education, Arts and Culture and was led by parent volunteer, Tammy Faulkner-Smith.” The American population is growing at 16% while Autism [...]
This is a test By Billy Baker Photo courtesy of the Jukebox Junction I’m a professional clown; I’ve been doing it all my life. If I ever have to grow up, I’m going to be out of a job. In God’s job description, he allows clowns to be a 3- or 4-year-old child at a [...]
Hats off to heroes Three Chattanooga children write about the adults who inspire them By Melissa Turner The arts impact learning. We know from research and personal experience that when we use the arts in education—music and math; sculpture and physics; poetry and grammar—we learn faster and we retain the information longer. The City of [...]
The improvised kid by Janis Hashe Chattanooga’s Shaking Ray Levi Society frees kids’ creativity If you have never heard of the Shaking Ray Levi Society—despite its more-than-20-year history here in Chattanooga—you are not alone. The SRLS is a prime example of the old proverb: “A prophet is a stranger in his own land.” Though the [...]
Chattanooga-area teaching artists Not all children are lucky enough to have access to art lessons through their schools. For other children, the hour a week they may spend in school art class just isn’t enough to satisfy their creative spirit. And then there are the children who want to learn something a little different from [...]
The art camp gallery Forget the TCAPs. Here’s a real progress report By Laurie Perry Vaughen Following art camp this summer, I converted my living room into a gallery space showcasing the emerging artist known as Jared—age 10. Along the mantel we strung watercolors, pastels and a study of human figures that morphed Transformers, Bionicles, [...]
Beautiful music together One talented family plays multiple roles in Chattanooga’s youth orchestras By Katie Wilson Photo courtesy of the CSOYO Since 1949, hundreds of young people have gained confidence and honed their musical skills performing with the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Youth Orchestras, which provide orchestral training and performance opportunities for aspiring young musicians [...]
In search of a better ear worm Dave Loftin finds music that your kids will love—and that won’t make you crazy By Allison Gorman Sure, there are some things we all give up when we have little kids. Like uninterrupted sleep. Alone time in the bathroom. The ability to push a shopping cart without “help.” [...]
Got a weekend? We’ve got the place. Fabulous family fun—close to home By Janis Hashe Many—if not most—families are rethinking the family vacation this year. But lucky Chattanooga families have lots of fun, affordable weekend escapes available to them. Take a look at these three—we’ll be very surprised if there isn’t something here to tickle [...]
