Ivy Bennett: Q&A

Ivy Bennett: Q&A

Meet Ivy Bennett, A4L – Program Director, who started working with A4L as a Teaching Artist, and now oversees our Lewis Arts Studio and ArtWorks Internship programs, in addition to some of our after-school partnership sites.    What brought you to A4L and...
Welcoming the Mayor of Sweetwater

Welcoming the Mayor of Sweetwater

Our students shined as we recently had the honor of hosting the City of Sweetwater Mayor, Jose “Pepe” Diaz, at our Dr. Carlos J. Finlay Elementary A4L Afterschool program. Mayor Diaz was greeted by 2nd and 3rd grade students who invited him on stage to participate in...
Expanding to Empower Early Learning Educators

Expanding to Empower Early Learning Educators

Arts for Learning (A4L) has been focused on serving our littlest learners by expanding our Early Learning programs to serve additional Head Start and Early Head Start classrooms throughout the county this fall! At the forefront of these efforts is our Early Learning...
ArtWorks Internship 2023 Showcase

ArtWorks Internship 2023 Showcase

What a summer, what a show! This year, with 87 highschool interns in participation from Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and beyond Florida, our ArtWorks Internship Summer Program culminating event had guests clapping, dancing, laughing and enjoying spoken word, art...
Lewis Arts Studio 2023 Summer Showcase

Lewis Arts Studio 2023 Summer Showcase

Wow. Wow. Wow! We are so in awe of the art pieces created by our 2023 Lewis Arts Studio summer session participants. This season was filled with creativity, color, artistry, and technique! New this year was programming for fourth and fifth graders, and they...
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