With pop-up and public art performances, NWA Ballet Theatre is expanding dance’s reach to include both traditional and nontraditional spaces, attracting new fans and encouraging artistic experimentation within the medium. The ballet company has performed everywhere from established arts venues like TheatreSquared to parks, public libraries and sidewalks in Northwest Arkansas.
Jessica Tunney founded TLC Public Charter School to address a shortage of inclusive education options in Orange County. The school's mission is to demonstrate that not only is inclusion possible, but it is preferable for students with disabilities, students who do not have disabilities and students with diverse life experiences of all kinds.
As the Crescent City charts its educational course 15 years after Hurricane Katrina, one group is striving to ensure that support for Black educators takes center stage.