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"CURRICULUM, MUSIC, AND COMMUNITY" PROJECT
School of Education, CB #3500 University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, NC 27599
The Curriculum, Music, and Community (CMC) project uses local music and musicians to invigorate classroom instruction across the elementary curriculum. Not simply a series of "one-shot" performances or a rehashing of the "artist-in-the-schools" model, CMC offers a model through which teachers design a site-specific curriculum centered on local, vernacular music.

AFRO-AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER
401 North Myers Street - Charlotte, NC 28202
A multidisciplinary cultural organization located in the restored, historic, century-old, former Little Rock AME Zion Church, with well-established visual arts, performing arts, and school/neighborhood education departments.

ARTS TOGETHER, INC.
114 Saint Mary's Street - Raleigh, NC 27605
Arts Together is a non-profit community arts school with a unique teaching philosophy that emphasizes personal creativity and expression. Classes in dance, creative drama, visual art, voice, theatre production, preschool and more are offered for students of all ages and skill levels.

ARTSCHOOL AT THE ARTSCENTER
300 G East Main Street - Carrboro, NC 27510
The ArtsCenter is Orange County's most comprehensive non-profit resource for continuing education in the arts on a non-degree, community basis, where students of all ages--toddlers to seniors--can try their hand at a variety of artistic media or increase their skills in advanced classes.

CHILDREN'S THEATRE
6106 Winged Elm Court - Charlotte, NC 28212
Children's Theatre of Charlotte has been making magic for over half a century, delighting children, young adults and parents with award-winning professional productions, classes that enrich, educate, and entertain, and one of the most highly regarded touring companies in the country, Tarradiddle Players.

EDUCATION INSTITUTE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA BLUMENTHAL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
P.O. Box 37322 345 North College Street - Charlotte, NC 28202
The Education Institute of the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center develops and executes needs-based programs and teaching materials for the children and schools of the Charlotte metropolitan region, including full-time in-school partnership programs, extra-curricular programs, professional development for educators, and community programs.

HANDMADE IN AMERICA
111 Central Avenue - Asheville, NC 28801
HandMade in America focuses on the region's cultural heritage of the handmade object as a change agent by using craft-related and asset-based resources in 23 counties of Western North Carolina. HandMade in America brings together crafts people, artists/art educators, entrepreneurs and community organizations to enrich community through craft and to establish Western North Carolina as the geographic center of the handmade object.

MARTHA CONNERTON/KINETIC WORKS
1609 Nassau Boulevard - Charlotte, NC 28205
Kinetic Works is a new, multifaceted dance company that offers a spectrum of programs including educational "Active Learning Performance" by Kinetyx Ensemble, and "KinetiKids" school residencies, which integrate dance with math, science, literacy and multicultural studies.

AFRO-AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER
401 North Myers Street - Charlotte, NC 28202
A multidisciplinary cultural organization located in the restored, historic, century-old, former Little Rock AME Zion Church, with well-established visual arts, performing arts, and school/neighborhood education departments.

ARTS TOGETHER, INC.
114 Saint Mary's Street - Raleigh, NC 27605
Arts Together is a non-profit community arts school with a unique teaching philosophy that emphasizes personal creativity and expression. Classes in dance, creative drama, visual art, voice, theatre production, preschool and more are offered for students of all ages and skill levels.

ARTSCHOOL AT THE ARTSCENTER
300 G East Main Street - Carrboro, NC 27510
The ArtsCenter is Orange County's most comprehensive non-profit resource for continuing education in the arts on a non-degree, community basis, where students of all ages--toddlers to seniors--can try their hand at a variety of artistic media or increase their skills in advanced classes.

CHILDREN'S THEATRE
6106 Winged Elm Court - Charlotte, NC 28212
Children's Theatre of Charlotte has been making magic for over half a century, delighting children, young adults and parents with award-winning professional productions, classes that enrich, educate, and entertain, and one of the most highly regarded touring companies in the country, Tarradiddle Players.

EDUCATION INSTITUTE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA BLUMENTHAL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
P.O. Box 37322 345 North College Street - Charlotte, NC 28202
The Education Institute of the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center develops and executes needs-based programs and teaching materials for the children and schools of the Charlotte metropolitan region, including full-time in-school partnership programs, extra-curricular programs, professional development for educators, and community programs.

AFRO-AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER
401 North Myers Street - Charlotte, NC 28202
A multidisciplinary cultural organization located in the restored, historic, century-old, former Little Rock AME Zion Church, with well-established visual arts, performing arts, and school/neighborhood education departments.

ARTS TOGETHER, INC.
114 Saint Mary's Street - Raleigh, NC 27605
Arts Together is a non-profit community arts school with a unique teaching philosophy that emphasizes personal creativity and expression. Classes in dance, creative drama, visual art, voice, theatre production, preschool and more are offered for students of all ages and skill levels.

ARTSCHOOL AT THE ARTSCENTER
300 G East Main Street - Carrboro, NC 27510
The ArtsCenter is Orange County's most comprehensive non-profit resource for continuing education in the arts on a non-degree, community basis, where students of all ages--toddlers to seniors--can try their hand at a variety of artistic media or increase their skills in advanced classes.

ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM
2. S. Pack Square - Asheville, NC 28801
Located in the center of town in a 1926 Italian Renaissance style building, the Asheville Art Museum, its collections of American art since the 20th century and its programs are a vital force in Western North Carolina, providing life-long opportunities for education and enrichment through the visual arts.

CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS
200 North Davie Street Box 13 - Greensboro, NC 27401
The Center for Creative Arts offers unique opportunities for visual arts education to the residents of the Greensboro/Guilford County, NC community.

EDUCATION INSTITUTE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA BLUMENTHAL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
P.O. Box 37322 345 North College Street - Charlotte, NC 28202
The Education Institute of the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center develops and executes needs-based programs and teaching materials for the children and schools of the Charlotte metropolitan region, including full-time in-school partnership programs, extra-curricular programs, professional development for educators, and community programs.

HANDMADE IN AMERICA
111 Central Avenue - Asheville, NC 28801
HandMade in America focuses on the region's cultural heritage of the handmade object as a change agent by using craft-related and asset-based resources in 23 counties of Western North Carolina. HandMade in America brings together crafts people, artists/art educators, entrepreneurs and community organizations to enrich community through craft and to establish Western North Carolina as the geographic center of the handmade object.

LITERACY THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY
The Center for Documentary Studies 1317 West Pettigrew Street - Durham, NC 27705
Literacy Through Photography is a project in Durham, North Carolina, public schools in which students use simple cameras to photograph scenes from their lives and create images which become the catalyst for subsequent written investigations of self, community, family and dreams.

MINT MUSEUM OF ART
2730 Randolph Road - Charlotte, NC 28207
Students, teachers, and families can explore works of art as windows to world history and cultures through the programs, exhibitions, online learning opportunities, and outreach of the Mint Museum of Art.

MINT MUSEUM OF CRAFT + DESIGN
220 North Tryon Street - Charlotte, NC 28202
The Mint Museum of Craft + Design is only the third museum in the country devoting its mission to craft. It opened in 1999, as a sister museum to the Mint Museum of Art, the oldest museum in North Carolina.

PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS
P.O. Box 37 - Penland, NC 28765
Penland School of Crafts is a national center for craft education located in western North Carolina. The school offers one-, two-, and eight-week classes in books and paper, clay, drawing and painting, glass, iron, metals, photography, printmaking, textiles, and wood. The school also sponsors artists' residencies, a community education program, and a craft gallery.

SAWTOOTH CENTER FOR VISUAL ART
226 North Marshall Street - Winston-Salem, NC 27101
The Sawtooth Center for Visual Art is a community-based art and craft educational institution. With the assistance of grants, the curriculum was expanded to include an outreach program that provides interdisciplinary art-based projects and teacher workshops that travel to schools primarily in the Piedmont area of North Carolina.

ARTSCHOOL AT THE ARTSCENTER
300 G East Main Street - Carrboro, NC 27510
The ArtsCenter is Orange County's most comprehensive non-profit resource for continuing education in the arts on a non-degree, community basis, where students of all ages--toddlers to seniors--can try their hand at a variety of artistic media or increase their skills in advanced classes.

EDUCATION INSTITUTE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA BLUMENTHAL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
P.O. Box 37322 345 North College Street - Charlotte, NC 28202
The Education Institute of the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center develops and executes needs-based programs and teaching materials for the children and schools of the Charlotte metropolitan region, including full-time in-school partnership programs, extra-curricular programs, professional development for educators, and community programs.

LITERACY THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY
The Center for Documentary Studies 1317 West Pettigrew Street - Durham, NC 27705
Literacy Through Photography is a project in Durham, North Carolina, public schools in which students use simple cameras to photograph scenes from their lives and create images which become the catalyst for subsequent written investigations of self, community, family and dreams.

"CURRICULUM, MUSIC, AND COMMUNITY" PROJECT
School of Education, CB #3500 University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, NC 27599
The Curriculum, Music, and Community (CMC) project uses local music and musicians to invigorate classroom instruction across the elementary curriculum. Not simply a series of "one-shot" performances or a rehashing of the "artist-in-the-schools" model, CMC offers a model through which teachers design a site-specific curriculum centered on local, vernacular music.

AFRO-AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER
401 North Myers Street - Charlotte, NC 28202
A multidisciplinary cultural organization located in the restored, historic, century-old, former Little Rock AME Zion Church, with well-established visual arts, performing arts, and school/neighborhood education departments.

ARTS TOGETHER, INC.
114 Saint Mary's Street - Raleigh, NC 27605
Arts Together is a non-profit community arts school with a unique teaching philosophy that emphasizes personal creativity and expression. Classes in dance, creative drama, visual art, voice, theatre production, preschool and more are offered for students of all ages and skill levels.

ARTSCHOOL AT THE ARTSCENTER
300 G East Main Street - Carrboro, NC 27510
The ArtsCenter is Orange County's most comprehensive non-profit resource for continuing education in the arts on a non-degree, community basis, where students of all ages--toddlers to seniors--can try their hand at a variety of artistic media or increase their skills in advanced classes.

CHILDREN'S THEATRE
6106 Winged Elm Court - Charlotte, NC 28212
Children's Theatre of Charlotte has been making magic for over half a century, delighting children, young adults and parents with award-winning professional productions, classes that enrich, educate, and entertain, and one of the most highly regarded touring companies in the country, Tarradiddle Players.

EDUCATION INSTITUTE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA BLUMENTHAL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
P.O. Box 37322 345 North College Street - Charlotte, NC 28202
The Education Institute of the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center develops and executes needs-based programs and teaching materials for the children and schools of the Charlotte metropolitan region, including full-time in-school partnership programs, extra-curricular programs, professional development for educators, and community programs.

JAM (JUNIOR APPALACHIAN MUSICIANS)
Mountaineer Millennium - JAM c/o Sparta School 450 North Main Street - Sparta, NC 28675
JAM reintroduces Appalachian children, grades 5- 12, to traditional mountain music through structured after-school instruction on string band instruments and visits to performances by noted traditional artists.



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Please note: Thirteen/WNET New York compiled these profiles using information supplied to it in June, 2001, by the individual organizations. Thirteen is not responsible for the accuracy of this information, is neither affiliated with nor does it endorse these entities, and is not responsible for any advice or other services provided by them.

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