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Carpe Artista highlights theater and arts programs, partnership with La Vergne schools
Summary
Carpe Artista's John Alley told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen about the nonprofit’s arts education, musical theater work and partnerships with local schools, and asked the board to consider continued support.
John Alley, representing Carpe Artista, presented the nonprofit’s arts‑education programs at the April 14 budget workshop and described partnerships with local schools and student successes.
Alley said Carpe Artista focuses on training young people in music, visual arts and theater, and described a longstanding partnership with Roy Waldron School and a local director, identified as Dr. O'Kane, to support musical‑theater programming. “Our musical theater program … is the biggest area that we impact or have connection with La Vergne,” Alley said, and he cited students who have received theater scholarships and state‑level awards.
Why it matters: Alley told the board Carpe Artista supplied professional microphones and lighting used by local schools and said the nonprofit reaches several hundred students annually through camps, private instruction and theater productions. He described roughly 3–400 students across all programs each year, about 170 in ongoing instruction and around 55–60 participating in theater productions depending on the season.
The presentation was informational; no formal funding request amount was specified in the transcript. Alley asked for the board’s continued consideration as the nonprofit pursues countywide arts education for students from La Vergne, Murfreesboro and Smyrna.
