Target grant supports DCCA Arts in Education

Darke County Center for the Arts was recently awarded a grant from Target for their Arts in Education Outreach program. “DCCA and its sponsors have always been committed to the mission of brining arts into our schools”, shared Keith Rawlins, Artistic Director. “we would like to express our gratitude to Target and our local sponsors for making this possible,” concluded Rawlins.

DCCA's Arts In Education series annually takes high quality performing artists into each Darke County and Greenville City public school where programs reach students in all grade levels at no cost to the students. This week students in grades K-3 have leared about American roots music with the folk duo Wild Carrot. Upcoming presentations include innovative chamber music group Carpe Diem performing for high school students, pianist Alpin Hong playing at Henry St. Clair Memorial Hall for those in junior high, and “Mr. Blue Shoes” examining blues music with fourth through sixth graders.

Also sponsoring DCCA’s Arts in Education progams are DP & L Company Foundation, Vectren Foundation, Greenville Federal, Maid Rite Sandwich Shoppe, The Andersons, Edison State Community College, Darke Rural Electric Trust, BASF, Family Health, Littman-Thomas Agency, and Mercer Savings Bank sponsor DCCA's Arts In Education series. Additional funding is provided from DCCA memberships and the schools. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. DCCA also receives operating support from the Harry D. and Esther Stephens Memorial as well as funding from the Ketrow Foundation and Lydia E. Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund.

For more information on DCCA and their Arts in Education Outreach program contact Executive Director Andrea Jordan at (937) 547-0908 or visit their website online at www.centerforarts.net.