PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Pegasus ArtWorks is a three-year four site pilot
program providing ongoing professional arts instruction for
Boys and Girls
club members.
The program enhances the creative, personal, academic, and vocational
development of at-risk youth so that they will become responsible,
contributing members of their community. By providing
positive, alternative,
afterschool arts activities for youth ages 12-15.
PROJECT OUTCOMES:
Participation resulted in an increased
awareness, understanding and appreciation of the arts as an effective
resource
for youth development.
Students also experienced improved behavior, academic performance,
self-esteem, and communication. The program has now fully
integrated arts
programming and strategies into ongoing club operation, thus
increasing the number of arts programs in Boys and Girls Clubs of Delaware
sites.
CONTACT:
Kim Scarpello, Program Coordinator
Pegasus ArtWorks
669 S. Union Street
Wilmington, DE 19805
Phone: 302.993.0415
http://www.bgclubs.org/
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