Ignite Change! At an Arts and Education Benefit

Photo by Aaron Brewer

Arkansas Learning Through The Arts presents (ALTTA) “Poetry in Motion,” a production of the Hot Springs Dance Troupe, on March 11 at 5:15 PM at the DoubleTree Hilton – Hot Springs ballroom. Dance educator Amy Bramlett Turner and Hot Springs Poet Laureate, Kai Coggin, designed this collaboration of poetry and dance created and performed by members of the Dance Troupe. Honored Guest Speaker will be Janis Kearney, founder of the nonprofit Celebrate! Maya Project to promote the life and contributions of poet Dr. Maya Angelou. Arkansas Learning Through The Arts, a nonprofit organization and affiliate of Young Audiences Arts for Learning, offers literacy-based arts workshops from pre-K through high school to ignite a child’s interest in learning.

Tickets: $75, may be purchased on the ALTTA website ALTTA.org/poetry-in-motion until March 7. After that call Suzanne Kuch at 501-915-8016. There is a short video that demonstrates two teaching artists in classrooms, accompanied by testimonials by the teachers and principal.

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