5/2/2022
Education and Outreach
Villalobos-Cardenas says her students’ participation in the Ballet Folklorico master class was more than just about learning dances and steps. “The experience gave the students a taste of Mexico’s cultural diversity,” she says. “In turn, this helps to grow the students as a community and invest in each other as dancers.”
4/5/2022
Education and Outreach
“Our schools are only as good as our teachers,” says Glenn Cook, executive editor of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, media partner for The Smith Center’s Heart of Education Awards since 2016.
3/30/2022
Education and Outreach
Through a collaboration with The Smith Center’s Education and Outreach Department, Barragan and his artist collective Raow Raow gave a special, in-person performance at Valley High School in early 2022.
1/14/2022
Education and Outreach
The Smith Center offers a variety of valuable programs and experiences to advance arts education, not just for students in schools, but also for some of our youngest community members.
12/22/2021
Education and Outreach
Putting a creative a spin on a classic tale, the “Charlotte’s Web” virtual student matinee tells the treasured story of Wilbur, a livestock pig, and his friendship with Charlotte, a barn spider.
12/1/2021
Education and Outreach
Now taking on the new role of lead teaching artist program manager at The Smith Center, Vergo looks back on the inspiring journey that brought her here.
11/4/2021
Education and Outreach
The Smith Center kicked off its education outreach for the 2021-2022 school year in September with the crowd-pleasing, virtual student matinee of “Grimmz Fairy Tales.”
9/30/2021
Education and Outreach
The Smith Center just announced the opening of nominations for its seventh-annual Heart of Education Awards, honoring outstanding Clark County School District (CCSD) teachers.
8/30/2021
Education and Outreach
Elementary music specialist Anna Stein gets invited to a lot of theater productions. That’s because they all feature her former students, who continue performing through middle school, high school and even college.
8/12/2021
Education and Outreach
“I stayed in teaching because there aren’t a lot of Black teachers, and there aren’t a lot of Black male teachers,” explains Lang, technology teacher with Laura Dearing Elementary School. “Black males in particular need to see a role model in classrooms who looks like them and dresses the way they dress, and speaks the way they speak.”