Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art,
And Young Audiences To Partner For New Teen Initiative
Program To Kick Off With Teen Night On Saturday, August 25
The
Woodruff Arts Center has announced the launch of the Wells Fargo Arts
Vibe Teen Program — a new initiative to engage metropolitan Atlanta
teenagers as active participants in the arts, made possible through a $2
million donation to the Woodruff Arts Center from Wells Fargo. The Arts
Vibe program is a collaborative effort between all of the divisions of
the Woodruff Arts Center: the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art, and Young Audiences.
The program will kick off with a Teen Night at the High Museum of Art on Saturday, August 25, 2012. The inaugural Teen Night will include performances by local high school students from the Alliance Theatre’s Performing Arts Camp of an original theatrical piece inspired by the High Museum’s “Rising Up: Hale Woodruff's Murals at Talladega College” exhibition — another teen experience supported by the Arts Vibe project.
The
program, which is designed to meet the needs of arts-oriented teens as
well as those who are less familiar with the arts, will offer a
combination of paid and free events for students in grades 6–12. Arts
Vibe is expected to reach more than 10,000 teens in its inaugural year
and to establish the Woodruff Arts Center as a premier destination for
metropolitan Atlanta teens.
Programs
and events will offer focused and multidimensional exploration of the
arts for teens, and will include designated “Teen Nights” on campus,
music lessons, poetry slams, acting classes, behind-the-scenes access to
rehearsals and productions, and performances by teens for teens via the
Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra and Alliance
Theatre students, among other activities. Discounted tickets to select
Woodruff Arts Center events and reduced MARTA and parking rates will
also be offered to students.
“This
is an incredibly innovative and exciting program,” said Virginia
Hepner, CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center. “The Arts Vibe Teen Program
will demonstrate the positive impact that can be made in young people’s
lives when leading arts organizations combine talent and resources to
provide relevant high quality arts education for our youth. This program
is unique to Atlanta, and I look forward to seeing the growth of the
program over the next five years.”
For more information about Arts Vibe, visit facebook.com/ArtsVibeTeens.
About the Alliance Theatre
Founded in 1968, the Alliance
Theatre is the largest regional producing theatre in the Southeast,
creating the powerful experience of shared theatre for diverse people on
two stages for youth and adult audiences. Under the leadership of
Susan V. Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director, the Alliance
Theatre received the Regional Theatre Tony Award® in recognition for
sustained excellence in programming, education and community
engagement. Known for its high artistic standards and national role in
creating significant theatrical works, the Alliance
has launched three Tony Award-winning hits to Broadway: Alice Walker’s
"The Color Purple," Elton John and Tim Rice’s "Aida" and Alfred Uhry’s
"The Last Night of Ballyhoo." The theatre has premiered more than 60
works including adaptations of Carson McCullers’ "The Heart is a Lonely
Hunter," Pearl Cleage’s "Blues for an Alabama Sky," and Stephen King and
John Mellencamp’s musical "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County." Further
evidence of the Alliance’s commitment to new work and education is found in its nationally recognized Alliance/Kendeda
National Graduate Playwriting Competition, a cutting-edge program
introducing student playwrights to professional networks while producing
the world premiere of the winning student’s play. The Alliance
Theatre also offers extensive education and outreach programs such as
the Institute for Educators and the Collision Project for high school
students. The Alliance continuously brings Atlanta the finest talent and finest art—above all else, the Alliance values excellence, pursued with integrity and creativity, and achieved through collaboration. alliancetheatre.org
About the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra,
preparing to enter its 68th season, consistently affirms its position
as one of America’s leading Orchestras by performing great music,
presenting great artists, educating, and engaging… (more)
About the High Museum of Art
Founded
in 1905 as the Atlanta Art Association, the High is the leading art
museum in the southeastern U.S. With more than 12,000 works of art in
its permanent collection, the High Museum of Art has an extensive
anthology of 19th- and 20th-century American and decorative art;
significant holdings of European paintings; a growing collection of
African American art; and burgeoning collections of modern and
contemporary art, photography and African art. The High is also
dedicated to supporting and collecting works by Southern artists and is
distinguished as the only major museum in North America to have a
curatorial department specifically devoted to the field of folk and
self-taught art. The High’s media arts department produces acclaimed
annual film series and festivals of foreign, independent and classic
cinema. In November 2005 the High opened three new buildings by
architect Renzo Piano that more than doubled the Museum’s size, creating
a vibrant “village for the arts” at the Woodruff Arts Center in Midtown
Atlanta. For more information about the High, visit www.High.org.
About Young Audiences
Young
Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center (YA) is Georgia’s leading provider of
arts-in-education programming. Part of the prestigious 30-chapter
national Young Audiences organization, YA brings the power of live arts
experiences to Georgia students from pre-school through high school.
Young Audiences is celebrating 29 years of service and has grown into a
force in arts education, with more than 73 professional roster artists
and ensembles that reach over 400,000 students each year in 50 counties
statewide.
We
fulfill our mission – to transform the lives and learning of young
people through the arts – by providing a dazzling and culturally diverse
array of curriculum-based assemblies, workshops and residencies in
music, dance, theatre, literary and visual arts. Young Audiences has
made a commitment to impacting literacy in K-12th grades by
providing supplemental programs that align to Georgia Performance
Standards. Our Literacy Suite comprised of smART stART, Arts for
Learning and Digital Storytelling is designed to provide students with
opportunities to increase literacy, writing skills and overall language
development through in-depth engagement in the arts. For more
information, please visit www.yawac.org.
About Wells Fargo
Wells
Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a nationwide, diversified,
community-based financial services company with $1.3 trillion in assets.
Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo
provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and
commercial finance through more than 9,000 stores, 12,000 ATMs, the
Internet (wellsfargo.com and wachovia.com),
and other distribution channels across North America and
internationally. We want to help all of our customers succeed
financially and create long-term economic growth and quality of life for
everyone in our communities. In 2010, the Company invested a record
$219 million in grants in 19,000 nonprofits, and team members
contributed more than 1.3 million volunteer hours around the country.
For more information, please visit: www.wellsfargo.com/about/csr.
