A new PBS special features an awards-laden actor celebrating how arts education nurtures and inspires the hearts and minds of students of all ages.
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow follows the six-time Emmy winner sharing his passion for arts education by joining students and teachers at four Los Angeles organizations and diving into four arts disciplines: dance, ceramics, silk-screen printing and vocal jazz ensemble.
Art Happens Here follows Lithgow as he tries his hand at singing, dancing, printmaking and pottery, working alongside and learning from young people whose lives are being transformed by art.
It will debut the pubcaster on April 26; watch a trailer here, and see the poster below. Lithgow visits four organizations that are making a difference in the lives of young people: Self Help Graphics & Art, a pioneering Chicano community organization at the intersection of arts and social justice; the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, a nonprofit school offering dance classes to people of all ages; the Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge, home of a nationally renowned ceramics studio; and the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, a specialized public school open to aspiring young artists throughout Los Angeles County.
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