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By Lauren Bouvier, AES student and HeART of the Garden Intern...

Immersed in Experience: Working with Organizations as an AES Student
By Grace Vo, Arts Extension Service Student and Work-Study Employee

An update from Dee Boyle-Clapp, Director of Arts Extension Service...

Arts Programming teaches students how quality arts programming is at the core of all arts and culture organizations. One assignment in the course asks students to find connections and note the contrast between an organization’s program values and the student’s personal values. Leea Reese Russell, who was enrolled in Arts Programming last semester, explored her history with public schools and the role they play in her current career at the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge.

The Arts Extension Service is excited to announce, HeART of the Garden, a collaboration with UMass Permaculture Initiative to integrate the arts into the Franklin Permaculture Garden. The partners...