Artist Directory

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Poetry Inside Out fosters imagination and builds problem-solving, critical-thinking, and literacy skills through the translation and composition of poetry. PIO has transformed thousands of students’ lives since 2000 and has helped them become lifelong learners, thinkers, and writers. Working in small collaborative groups, students progress from learning literary translation skills to studying poetic structure, form, and figurative language; and by revising, editing, and performing original work.

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PPAF opens the door for children to experience performing arts programming, which inspires, challenges, educates, and stimulates respect and understanding for all cultures in an entertaining and enlightening way. PPAF supports the creation of vibrant, high-quality, fast-paced, and accessible theatre for both young people and adults alike, presenting new and established repertoire. PPAF exists to serve its students, professional artists, and presenters from throughout the world.

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We offer art and science classes for all ages, and many classes connect the two disciplines. We also have hands-on studios: a woodshop, a ceramics studio, an art room, a theater, and a science studio. The focus of our classes is the direct exploration of many media with innovative, highly-trained instructors. We encourage experiential learning and aim to deepen participants' connection with the natural world. During school breaks, we offer highly interactive camps that cover many disciplines.

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In our Youth Education Program, we recruit, train, and place volunteer artists to teach free art classes in one of our six after-school partner programs, creating a link between practicing artists and the school community. Root Division provides free art classes to over 500 underserved students in grades K-12 each year.