So, my name is Dennis Hickey and I'm the Executive Director of Young Audiences
of Oregon. I've spent my entire life working in education dedicated to arts,
education, and children and this is what I've noticed that I see young children
have no fear. When it comes to arts they will try anything. They will mix pain in
any way. They will create beautiful pieces of work they don't hold back. Young
Audiences is a fabulous nonprofit that connects professional artists with
classrooms to bring meaningful arts experiences to students around our
region. Young Audiences offers a huge range of arts programming from Latin
American music to African drumming to dance to making puppets and performing
in a puppet show.
Young Audiences also offers workshops, it offers performances, it offers
teachers professional development, it offers consultation and consulting
around arts programs in schools. When when I'm enjoying something I'm more
engaged in it. I'm willing to work harder at something. I might be willing to push
myself and when you combine maybe arts with a core curriculum it's a really
nice relationship.
Young Audiences is all about arts and kids. We want every student in our region
to have valuable meaningful and inspiring experiences with art in their
classroom in their schools and in their communities. There's certainly room for
more people to join us in this endeavor.
