KVPAC's Literacy Through The Arts Program Gets Approved For 2009
By: Gabrielle Sierra Apr. 07, 2009
Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) has approved Books Alive! Literacy through the Arts for its 2009 touring roster and grants are available to schools, libraries and non-profit organizations. Books Alive! is an innovative literacy program at Katy Visual & Performing Arts Center (KVPAC), which presents a professional musical play, adapted from a featured book. It travels off-site or is available as a field trip to KVPAC.
The fall 2009 program is based on the popular book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff and is only available every Monday through Thursday in October. The grant deadline is Aug 1, 2009. Applying for a TCA grant is simple and takes less than 3 minutes - the first step is to contact Kristin Miller, Books Alive! Coordinator at: kmiller@KVPAC.org or phone 281-829-ARTS (2787).
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