YSU’s SMARTS arts program wins national recognition
Youngstown
Youngstown State University’s program, Students Motivated by the Arts, was selected for the second time in four years as a semifinalist for the 2010 Coming Up Awards.
The program was one of 50 chosen from nearly 500 nominations. The award recognizes outstanding community arts and humanities programs for America’s young people,
SMARTS is an arts education program created in 1997 that gives students in kindergarten through 12th grade free classes in visual arts, music, dance, theater and creative writing.
Award finalists will be announced in June. SMARTS was also named a semifinalist in 2006.