Abrakadoodle-NW Florida is a proud partner with the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Emerald Coast, delivering visual arts classes, camps and programs to benefit the children and teen members of the Club. “At the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Emerald Coast, we work every day to change lives. Abrakadoodle helps not only by…
When producers began research on a new HBO children’s special about families and divorce, they reached out to Abrakadoodle. The documentary, which will be completed sometime in 2011, will feature interviews with young children along with kids’ drawings and writings about divorce. According to Christine Turner, Associate Producer, “We are very excited about collaborating with…
Abrakadoodle’s artist-in-residence Leonor Brazao brings the richness of her heritage and life experiences in Portugal and Brazil to our global art education program. Abrakadoodle’s multi-cultural art education programs exceed national standards for visual arts education and offer students the opportunity to learn from the styles and techniques of a vast array of classic and contemporary…
Abrakadoodle Co-founders Mary Rogers, MA.Ed and Rosemarie Hartnett, CFE presented a hands-on creativity workshop for more than 100 attendees at the Foundations thirteenth annual Beyond School Hours Conference held February 17-20 in Florida. During their session, Jumpstarting Creativity in Your Afterschool Programs, the Abrakadoodle duo guided teachers, administrators and others in creative exercises that enabled…
WSVN Channel 7 of Miami, Florida recently filmed an Abrakadoodle class. Check out kids’ creativity in action! Watch the YouTube video.
A big star to our Abrakadoodle-Texas locations for helping to promote and importance of having quality after school programs! Abrakadoodle-Austin was in attendance to help support the Central Texas Afterschool Network Breakfast of Champions 10th Annual Event on October 16th in conjunction with the Afterschool Alliance’s Lights On Afterschool campaign. More than 130 attendees took…
President Barack Obama issued a proclamation in honor of National Arts and Humanities Month for October 2009. An excerpt: “Every American deserves an opportunity to study, understand, and contribute to the arts and humanities. This must begin in our schools, where children may have their first and most important exposure to these disciplines. Working on…
