National Endowment for the Arts

Cultural Experience Program Kicks-off with APS and Partners

talkupaps12 Sep 20130

On September 9th, the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs announced the 9th year of the Cultural Experience Program as it kicked off at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Through this program, every APS student from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade has an opportunity to visit an arts or cultural venue during the school year […]

Maynard H. Jackson High School kicks off ‘The Big Read’

talkupaps10 Feb 20101

This year APS high school students will read the classic Zora Neale Hurston novel Their Eyes Were Watching God as part of the annual “The Big Read,” an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literary reading in American popular culture. In partnership with Public Broadcasting Atlanta, the […]