March 7, 2008 – Atlanta, GA – Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center (YAWAC) is proud to host Soar Into Spring, an afternoon of storytelling and craft fun for the entire family. On March 29th, 2008, the Woodruff Arts Center’s Galleria will be filled with children from ages three to eight and their parents for lunch, storytelling by Young Audiences’ artist, Holly Stevenson, and numerous craft stations for hands on activities lead by volunteers from all over Metro Atlanta. The theme for this event is Peter Rabbit with Holly Stevenson doing a theatrical interpretation of one of Beatrix Potter’s wonderful tales.
Families from all over the city will have the opportunity to experience one of Young Audience’s entertaining and educational performances. Children will enjoy participating in many of the crafts that range from cookie decorating to kite making and will go home with goodie bags full of treats and, of course, a book for their home library.
Young Audiences is dedicated to providing quality educational arts experiences to the children of Georgia and is excited about the opportunity to bring the joy of Beatrix Potter to more children.
About Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center
Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center (YAWAC) is Georgia’s leading provider of arts-in-education programming. Part of the prestigious 31 chapter national Young Audiences organization, YAWAC brings the power of live arts experiences to Georgia students from pre-school to high school. From a small organization of nine artists in 1983, YAWAC is celebrating 25 years of service and has grown into a force in arts education, comprising more than 65 professional artists and ensembles that reach nearly 700,000 students each year in over 50 counties statewide. We fulfill our mission – to improve and enrich the lives and learning of children through high quality arts experiences – by providing a dazzling and culturally diverse array of curriculum-based assemblies, workshops and residencies in music, dance, theatre, literary and visual arts. For more information, please visit www.yawac.org.
About Woodruff Arts Center
The Woodruff Arts Center is the largest arts center in the Southeast as well as one of the four largest in the nation. The Woodruff is unique in that it combines five visual and performing arts divisions on one campus as one not-for-profit organization. Opening in 1968, the Woodruff Arts Center is home to the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the High Museum of Art, Young Audiences and the 14th Street Playhouse.
Contact:
Jihan François
(404) 733-5308