Welcome to KID smART
KID smART’s mission is to work with the arts to engage children in learning about themselves and the world in which they live. We strive to teach positive life skills and increase student learning in all subjects by teaching the visual and performing arts. Working with professional arts educators, KID smART presents high quality, intensive arts education through Artist in the Classroom, After School, and Community-based programs. The instruction is challenging and dynamic, allowing children to think in new ways, explore new media and investigate themselves and their world.
KID smART rebuilt stronger than ever after Hurricane Katrina, working to create systemic change in 11 public schools, and creating Arts Experiences in Schools (AXIS), a collaborative professional development program on arts integration.
KID smART is a Kennedy Center Affiliate.
Latest News
KID smART Named a Winner of a Governor’s Arts Award!
KID smART is the recipient of the 2008 Governor’s Arts Award in the Arts Education category. We are extremely proud of our Board of Directors, our teaching artists, our committed principals and teachers, our generous supporters and, most importantly, our fabulous students. Thanks to all of you for making this award possible!
The Governor’s Award recognizes KID smART’s success in transforming public education in New Orleans by infusing the arts into schools’ curricula.
In other news…
We’re very excited to announce the second phase of our collaboration with the Dreamcatchers Foundation of Mumbai, India. In June, Sonali Ojha trained artists and members of the 7th Ward community in Dreamcatchers’ method of bringing healing to children and renewal to their communities through intergenerational dialogues. In December and January, our team will work with those processes to create “My Story” books with children in the 7th Ward.
Our team will continue their blog at http://kidsmart.wordpress.com.
The Dreamcatchers project is funded by the Global Fund for Children and is conducted in partnership with the Porch and Xavier University, Department of Visual Arts.
Recent Publications
Read our 2007-2008 Annual Report.
Our Fall 2007 Newsletter is also available, highlighting our 2005-2007 program evaluation.
Community Arts Award 07 w/Video
Community Arts Award
KID smART was the recipient of a 2007 Community Arts Award, sponsored by the Arts Council of New Orleans! Click here to watch a video created by the Arts Council for KID smART.