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On the next episode of Kids in the Arts...Summer camp isn’t what it used to be. Many of today’s “camps” offer a diverse curriculum, specializing in a focus on creativity and improving technique. Kids in the Arts visits four unique summer programs taking place in the Tampa Bay area designed to bring young students together in an arts environment. Featured in this episode are: American Stage Theater in St. Pete; the Ringling School for the Arts in Sarasota; the Leepa-Ratner Museum in Tarpon Springs; and the Tampa Theater.
 
On the next episode of Kids in the Arts, some of Hillsborough County’s best and brightest young musicians come together to perform in the All County Senior High Symphonic Bands. The 9th and 10th grade and the 11th and 12th grade Symphonic bands are featured. We also show you how the Tampa Museum of Art reaches out to the community to help young people explore their creative side. Their after school and weekend programs make sure students go beyond art appreciation to art creation. Japanese stab books and three dimension art are just two of the ways young people make art a hands on experience.
 
January 29th, 2009
Kids in the Arts is back with another inspiring show featuring young people in the art community. This month’s episode takes a behind the scenes look at local high school choirs performing for an upcoming television special with world renowned musical artist, Tim Janis. Tim has produced and performed several specials for PBS and his latest creation is a tribute to American Veterans. The artists are local, young aspiring singers pulling out all they have to honor others and to perform their best. Over 14 local schools and nearly 1000 students participated in the television taping session. The program was recorded at the WEDU studios and will air later this year on WEDU as a special titled “Celebrate America.” Kids in the Arts is made possible with the support of the Arts Council of Hillsborough County and the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners.


October 9th, 2008 Episode

 
Celebrating 17 years of inspiring children from Kindergarten to 12th Grade, ITE A PLAY Program is the focus of Kids in the Arts - WEDU’s newest half-hour local television special.


Produced in high-definition, Kids in the Arts provides you with an insider’s look at the Florida Studio Theater’s 2008 Young Playwrights Festival, and the moving performances and inspiring stories of the young playwrights themselves who tell us firsthand the changes they have experienced through their participation and witnessing their written word come to life.
 


 Florida Studio Theater’s WRITE A PLAY program is an in-school arts initiative designed to inspire students to be creative and to write plays. It has reached more than 1,000,000 students since 1991, and culminates annually with the Young Playwrights Festival. This year’s festival received more than 9,000 entries from young playwrights from the state of Florida and around the world including Sarasota sister cities in Russia, Israel and Scotland. Join Kids in the Arts host Gabriel Ortiz for this inspiring and enlightening journey into the world of young authors.

Kids in the Arts has been funded by a generous grant from Ann and Alfred Goldstein with a vision of promoting the arts throughout Florida’s west coast. Kids in the Arts is an exclusive production of WEDU; the station’s Vice President of Content, Jack Conely, served as the Executive Producer; Ken Cherry as the Producer.

Florida Studio Theatre (FST) has been in operation in Sarasota since 1973. During its history, FST has grown into a theatre with a budget of over $4 million and 20,000 subscribers a year, more than any theatre its size in the country. FST produces world premieres and contemporary works which have been produced on or off-Broadway within the last five years. By focusing on the works of contemporary writers, FST has been able to offer plays to its audiences that are not normally produced by other area theatres. FST is comprised of six main programs: Mainstage, Cabaret, the Gompertz Theatre, Education, Touring and New Play Development. For more information visit www.floridastudiotheatre.org, or click here to view the Press Release.