Young artists abound in the 49th state and next time on Kids These Days! we’re celebrating the singing, painting, acting, sculpting, poetry-slamming, music-making, writing, dancing lot of them! Throughout the hour we’ll meet a few of Alaska’s talented young people while our guests, Annie Calkins and Suzie Gaffney from the Alaska Arts Education Consortium, fill us in on the state of arts education in our state.
ALSO THIS HOUR – We’ll hear about Sitka Fine Arts camp from two recent, happy campers. And, heads up all you aspiring young essayists 10-20 years old anywhere in Alaska – be sure to tune in because together with 49 Writers’ Write Young Alaska we’re putting on a contest that we’ll announce on the air. The winners will be featured on Kids These Days! in November.
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