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Memphis arts groups present youth programming; council members pledge support, ask for funding details
Summary
Young Actors Guild, Memphis River Parks Partnership and Memphis Music Initiative told the City Council about citywide youth arts programs and demand for summer programming. Council members praised the work and asked for budget details; Young Actors Guild said its eight-week summer camp costs $800 per student and serves about 175 youth.
Three local arts organizations presented to a Memphis City Council committee on April 8, outlining how theater, music and riverfront programming reach thousands of young people and asking the council to consider continued support for summer programs and related youth services.
Rachel Knox, who opened the presentations, said the arts and culture sector is “a formidable sector” and described local data showing arts organizations reach roughly 2 million people per year, about 500,000 of them youth. Knox asked the council to consider the arts’ role in workforce and tax-base growth.
Sabrina Norwood, executive director of Young Actors Guild, described the nonprofit’s performing arts…
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