All posts by Turnaround Arts 
Washington Life…On Sunday students took to the stage to perform with artists including Taboo, Keb’ Mo’, Trombone Shorty, Valerie June and more at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the Turnaround Arts Talent Show.
“Every …
KFYRTV…CANNON BALL, N.D. – Family, friends, and educators gathered at the Prairie Knights Casino to watch the Turnaround Arts show live. Eleven students from Standing Rock’s elementary and middle schools traveled to Washington D.C., Those that couldn’t go with …
Education Week…FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) — A group of students from the Standing Rock Indian Reservation will take the stage this weekend at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., to perform in a national talent show.
Standing Rock Elementary …
The Journal…ST. JAMES — Four students from Northside Elementary in St. James are going to Washington, D.C., this weekend.
Fifth-graders Keeley Runge, Ellie Stordalen, Danon Sawatzky and Ethan Leimer are flying to the capitol with their music teacher Cathy …
IECN…Have you listened to the sounds of DJ IZ Avila?
Maybe, if you’re a big fan of pop music.
Avila, a five-time Grammy Award-winning musician, spent his morning on March 2 speaking to third and fourth graders at Barton …
Education Dive…
“You’re so skinny.”
“You sound stupid.”
“You’re not talented.”
That’s how “Build You Up,” a contemporary dance performed by Willard Intermediate School’s dance team, begins. Delivering an anti-bullying message, the Santa Ana, CA, middle-schoolers communicate isolation, teasing and …
The Bismarck Tribune…A group of Standing Rock students will travel to Washington, D.C., on Sunday to perform in a national talent show.
For most of the students, this will be the first time flying in a plane, and for
The Morton County & Mandan News…The walls of Standing Rock Elementary School and Standing Rock Middle School are lined with artwork and the sound of music reverberates from the classrooms.
For both of the schools’ administrators and teachers, a …
Recordnet.com…STOCKTON — Fremont/Lopez Elementary School’s Mariachi Los Toritos band performed a Valentine’s Day concert Wednesday at San Joaquin Elementary School, one of several campuses they’ll visit before leaving for Washington, D.C., in early March to play in the Kennedy …
Hawai`i Public Radio…The Turnaround Arts program brings artists into struggling schools to expose kids to the ways art can revitalize education, using the example set by those artists’ lives to inspire and educate. Actress Alfre Woodard is one of …
