Updated June 18, 2016 10:18 AM By Joe Diglio joe.diglio@newsday.com The biggest piece of advice Frances McGarry gave students over the course of her 30-year teaching career -- take risks…
"Every time my mother punished me, locked me in my room and hit me yet again, I would listen over and over again to 'The Phantom Of The Opera'…
How are the arts re-igniting your community and sparking innovation and creativity in your local schools? When I was just a kid, like second grade, my teacher assigned me the…
“I did not have a teacher that influenced me to actually pursue the arts. My decision to do so was pretty much pre-determined genetically at an early age. Music, acting,…
“The reality of the Arts as an industry is that you will be made to work hard, adapt to foreign situations, work for free (for a bit), and take your…
“These women, I give voice to, because their voice is my voice. Their voice is our voice. They have broken traditions, fought to express themselves and because they're fierce like…
The Arts continue to be cut from school curriculums across the nation. Despite arts advocacy groups’ efforts to prevent the decline of arts inclusion, the budgetary solution remains to be…
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How has your life been indelibly touched by a teacher who utilized the arts for whatever reason and acknowledge how they were instrumental in breaking the mold to allow you…
How has your life beenindelibly touched by a teacher who utilized the arts for whatever reason andacknowledge how they were instrumental in breaking the mold to allow you tobecome who…
A teacher that touched my life.....I have to say, that to choose one is an injustice as the English department of
Testimonial #2: Keith Johnston, co-founded the Creative Arts Team’s College/Adult Program My Uncle Calvin from Jamaica taught me how to play guitar and draw. He admonished me for my fear…
Frances McGarry, Edie Falco and Eve Terry"Fran McGarry and Eve Terry, perhaps unbeknownst to them, played a huge part in my path to my present career. Though I was just…
