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Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild Students Retrace Lewis and Clark's Voyage of Discovery
26 Students depart Pittsburgh on July 11, 2003 to experience the legacy of environmental and cultural change initiated by Westward expansion.

2003 Arts Leadership and Public Service Scholarship Winners
Outstanding commitment to the arts and public service earn students opportunities to further their education.

2003 All City Arts Showcase Awards Top 2002 Records
Students share creative abilities and garner more than $90 thousand in scholarships and cash awards.

Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel and MCG Announce 2002 Scholarship Winners
Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel and Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (MCG) announce the 2002 recipients of the second annual Arts, Leadership and Public Service (ALPS) Scholarship awards.

2002 Pittsburgh Public High School All City Arts Showcase Rewards
More than $70,000 in scholarships and awards creates educational opportunities for young artists.

Charles Moore Residency at MCG & PPS
Civil Rights Era photographer to meet with Pittsburgh community

Riding Through History - Birmingham
Pittsburgh area youth embark on revisiting the Civil Rights Movement

Riding Through History - Memphis
Pittsburgh area youth embark on revisiting the Civil Rights Movement

Students set to embark on Lewis & Clark journey.

Two hundred years after the expedition of Lewis & Clark, twenty-six Pittsburgh Public High School and Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (MCG) students are set to embark on retracing the western route of the journey of the Corps of Discovery. The group departs Pittsburgh on Friday, July 11 via Amtrak train headed to Rugby, North Dakota and eventually reaches the Oregon coast covering more than 2000 miles in twenty-one days.

The students, accompanied by MCG staff and volunteers, will investigate the historic, social and environmental impact of the expedition and emphasize the story as told by Native Americans including descendents of the Nez Perce, Flathead and Blackfeet peoples among others. While visiting Northwest Plain reservations the group will hear the stories of elders as well as interact with Native American youth, attend powwows and traditional ceremonies, construct teepees and explore native arts.

Preparation for the trip began by learning of Pittsburgh's role in the Lewis & Clark expedition and a weekend trip to Washington D.C. and tour of Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, provided background information. The students have also begun work on a commemorative garden that tells the story of Lewis & Clark's journey through living plants and creative landscape design in a vacant lot along Chateau Street in the Manchester neighborhood.

Manchester Craftsmen's Guild's Riding Through History program links MCG's core expertise in arts education to historical research and is free to qualifying area high school students through application. Past programs have included The Underground Railroad, Custer's Battlefield, The Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Movement Revisited and more. MCG's Riding Through History program is supported by the Allegheny Foundation. Support for the Lewis & Clark trip was also provided by Amtrak.

2003 Arts Leadership and Public Service Scholarship Winners
Outstanding commitment to the arts and public service earn students opportunities to further their education. The Arts, Leadership and Public Service Scholarship Awards were established in 2001 by Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel to provide assistance to Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild (MCG) students who create positive change in their communities through arts, leadership and service. MCG is pleased to announce the winners of the 3rd annual awards. The first place winner will receive $1000 to defray college expenses and the second place winner, $800. Two $100 honorable mention awards provide help with the cost of materials and supplies.

First Place
Jessica Simmons is a graduating senior from Schenley High School. She has volunteered with YMCA Summer Programs, trash cleanups in North Side neighborhoods, tutoring young people, performing for children housed in temporary shelters, and hosting middle school students during visits to MCG. She has been an active participant in MCG programs throughout all four years of her high school career. Jessica has also appeared in numerous productions on the Schenley H.S. stage and served as a member of her school’s Gay Straght Student Alliance. Jessica has been a member of MCG’s Arts Leadership and Public Service internship program for two years and will study business and performing arts at Point Park College.

Second Place
Kristoffer Smith is a graduating senior from the Pittsburgh High School for Creative and Performing Arts. He has distiguished himself with a passion for community improvement and entrepreneurship. Kris is the creator of The Guardians comic book series and the founder of his own publishing company, Vortex. He will attend the Art Institute of Pittsburgh on scholarship and hopes to continue his community and youth work through the Sprout Fund’s Community Mural Program and the Education Department of the Andy Warhol Museum and its Youth Invasions. Kris is most proud of volunteer presentations he made on the arts and entrepreneurship with students from Hill House's Youth Fair Chance Program. Kris has attended the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts and a statewide summer program for young entrepreneurs. He has been an active participant in MCG’s Arts Leadership and Public Service internship program for two years.

Honorable Mentions
Shannon Merenstein is a junior at Taylor Allderdice High School. She has devoted time as a volunteer art instructor in early childhood programs for three and four year olds, many of whom were recent immigrants to Pittsburgh from China, Japan, Israel and Spain. Shannon has also founded her own fashion design company, All Funked Up, which specializes in products and garments using recycled materials. She is one of three coordinators for Youth Arts Project, a student-run non-profit arts and entertainment event designed by teens for teens. Shannon has also volunteered for Pittsburgh's Chapter of Art for AIDS, an annual benefit auction that raises money for care and cure of the disease. Her goals are to study fashion and eventually earn an MAT or PhD degree in psychology.

Michelle Brewer is a senior at Shaler Area High School and will attend Mercyherst College following graduation. In addtion to MCG, she has participated in arts programs with Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh and the Brew House. Michelle is a member of the Shaler H.S. Youth Advocacy League, acting on committees such as Peer Mentors, Changes and STOP the Violence. These programs help to build
relationships with younger students, neighboring schools and community organizations, and through student productions, raise awareness of the negative effects of violence in the home and community. She has also volunteered at her local library and senior care center. Michelle plans to become a photojournalist working with a newspaper or magazine.

2003 Pittsburgh Public High Schools All-City Arts Showcase Winners Announced
The 2003 Pittsburgh Public High Schools All City Arts Showcase
Exhibited at Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild through May 17.
Reception and Awards Presentation, Thursday, May 8, 6-8 pm.

The 2003 Pittsburgh Public High Schools All City Arts Showcase highlights the creative achievements of young artists who attend the Pittsburgh Public High Schools and provides post-secondary education opportunities through scholarships and awards. Partnerships with The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Technical Institute, The Eleanor Friedberg Art Scholarship Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Andy Warhol Museum have helped to raise more than $100,000 in scholarships and cash awards for selected high school seniors and juniors. Additional non-cash awards, donated by area arts organizations and merchants, will be awarded to all high school grade levels. From more than 400 works submitted, over 200 works of art in a wide variety of media were chosen for exhibition. Independent panels of jurors, made up of professional artists and art instructors, chose the award winners.

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh awarded scholarships in the amounts of $25,000, $15,000 and $10,000 each towards any program of choice. Pittsburgh Technical Institute awarded a scholarship worth $12,000. The Eleanor Friedberg Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation awarded a number of scholarships amounting to a total of $10,000. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts also made cash awards totaling $5,000. Carnegie Mellon University will award at least one scholarship for rising sophomores or juniors to attend the College of Fine Arts’ Saturday Pre-College Art Program during the 2003-04 school year. This scholarship has an approximate value of $1200. The Andy Warhol Museum will present the Warhol Young Artist Award to a qualifying junior or senior selected for his or her total body of work submitted to the 2003 All City Arts Showcase. This $500 award also includes a chaperoned trip to New York City and its museums and galleries with a staff member of The Warhol Museum. Additional non-cash awards, donated by area arts organizations and merchants, were awarded to winning entrants in all high school grade levels.

The 2003 Pittsburgh Public High Schools All City Arts Showcase is exhibited at Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild through May 17. A reception and awards presentation, which is open and free to the public, will be held at Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild Thursday, May 8 from 6-8 pm.
The list of 2003 Award Winners includes the following:

Art Institute of Pittsburgh Scholarships
1st choice $25,000 - Kristoffer Smith, CAPA 12
2nd choice $15,000 - Adam Carnes, CAPA 12
3rd choice $10,000 - Brian Tolbert, Allderdice 12
Alternate - Megan Kobus, CAPA 11

Pittsburgh Technical Institute Scholarship
$12,000 - Brian Tolbert, Allderdice 12
$12,000 - Katie SImmons, Brashear 12

Eleanor Friedberg Art Scholarships
1st Place $3000 - Diana Ngo, CAPA 12
2nd Place $2000 - Adam Carnes, CAPA 12
3rd Place $1500 - David Oresick, Schenley 12
4th Place $1000 - Therese Luczynski, Carrick 12
5th Place $500 - Kristoffer Smith, CAPA 12
5th Place $500 - Brian Tolbert, Allderdice 12
5th Place $500 - Julie Van Such, CAPA 12
Honorable Mention $300 - Tamisha Singleton, Peabody 12
Honorable Mention $300 - Lori Horowitz, Allderdice 12
Honorable Mention $300 - Ben Marcusfield, CAPA 12

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Awards
Painting
$500 Diana Ngo, CAPA 12
$250 David Oresick, Schenley 12
$100 Benjamin Marcusfield, CAPA 12

Drawing & Printmaking
$500 Julie Van Such, CAPA 12
$250 Kristoffer Smith, CAPA 12
$100 Brian Tolbert, Allderdice 12

Ceramics & Sculpture
$500 Adam Carnes, CAPA 12
$250 Laura Deer, Carrick 11
$100 Diana Ngo, CAPA 12

Crafts
$500 Tabatha Recker, CAPA 12
$250 Frederick A Rak III, CAPA 11
$100 Shaina Hirsch, CAPA 11

Photography
$500 David Oresick, Schenley 12
$250 Megan Kobus, CAPA 11
$100 Lori Horowitz, Allderdice/MCG 12

Electronic Media
$500 Diana Ngo, CAPA 12
$250 Benjamin Czajkowski, CAPA 12
$100 Kristoffer Smith, CAPA 12

Carnegie Mellon University Pre-College Art Program Scholarships for 2003-04
Dexter Fairweather, Peabody High School
Adam Lyons, Taylor Allderdice High School

The Andy Warhol Museum Young Artist Award
Julie Van Such, CAPA 12

Merchants’ Awards
Oliver High School - Collaborative piece 9-12 grades
Jake Davidson, CAPA 11
Marc Dorsey, 12
Donald King, 12
Adrian Smith, South 10
Matt & Mike Dengler, CAPA 10
Philip Tielke, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild 10
John Minor, McNauger 11
Drew Levinson, Allderdice 9
Adam Lyons, Allderdice 10
Shawna Carter, Perry 9
Justin Hanlon, Allderdice 11
Louis Kendrick, Schenley 9

Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel and Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild announce 2002 scholarship winners.

Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel and Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild (MCG) announce the recipients of the second annual Arts, Leadership and Public Service (ALPS) Scholarship awards - Alecia Shipman, who will be attending Alfred University, Cherice Tillman, who will attend Edinboro University, and Qing Yang, who will be attending Yale University this fall.

The ALPS Scholarship Fund, established by Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel with a gift of $10,000, provides scholarships for students of MCG who create positive change in their communities through arts, leadership, and public service. The Renaissance will, as a commitment to the community and MCG students, continue to support the fund annually.

Alecia Shipman, a recent graduate of Schenley High School, has donated her time and creative efforts at St. Francis Hospital and as a volunteer art teacher at a recreation center in Oakland. An accomplished ceramic artist, Alecia attended after-school studio classes at MCG for the past three years and became a role model for younger students. She is attending Alfred University this fall looking forward to a career in art education and/or art therapy.

Cherice Tillman, a graduate of Peabody High School, is an active participant of a number of community organizations including Youth of Today, Student Conservation Association and Friends of South African Mission. Cherice has spent the larger part of the past two summers in Africa working at an orphanage and Christian school through a program of American Field Service. A student at MCG since the 9th grade, Cherice will attend Edinboro University this fall with a goal of eventually receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree and a career as an artist and business woman.

Qing Yang, 2002 class valedictorian of Schenley High School, is a National Honor student, recipient of the President’s Student Service Award, has had numerous writings published, and exhibited in a number of art exhibitions among many other accomplishments. Qing has donated her time and abilities to local, national, and international organizations including; Pittsburgh Chinese American Youth Organization, University of Pittsburgh Biotech Center-Department of Tissue Engineering, September 11th Relief Fund, and Hope Project - “Help Drop-out Children in China”. Qing will attend Yale University this fall with her eye towards medical school. She plans to one day combine her science knowledge and artist’s mind to help the international society.

To donate to the ALPS Scholarship Fund, contact Michelle Walker, MCG Development Coordinator, at 412-323-4000 x267.

2002 Pittsburgh Public High School All City Arts Showcase Rewards

More than $70,000 in scholarships and awards creates educational opportunities for young artists.

The 2002 Pittsburgh Public High School All City Arts Showcase exhibited at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild April 12 - May 17.
Click Here To see comments from Alecia Shipman at the Opening.

The 2002 Pittsburgh Public High School All City Arts Showcase highlights the creative achievements of young artists who attend the Pittsburgh Public High Schools and provides post-secondary education opportunities through scholarships and awards. Through a partnership with the Eleanor Friedberg Foundation, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and Manchester Craftsmen's Guild more than $70,000 in scholarships and cash awards will be made to high school seniors and juniors. Over 400 works of art, in a wide variety of media, were submitted for consideration for inclusion in the exhibition. A panel of jurors, made up of professional artists and art instructors, chose the award winners.

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, in partnership with Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, awarded one $25,000 and two $15,000 scholarships towards any program of choice. The Eleanor Friedberg Foundation awarded scholarships amounting to $10,250 and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts also made cash awards totaling $5,500. Additional non-cash awards, donated by area arts organizations and merchants, were awarded to winning entrants in all high school grade levels. A reception and awards presentation, which is open and free to the public, will be held at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Thursday, May 9 from 6-8 pm.

Winners of the 2002 Eleanor Friedberg Scholarships:
Boris Chesakov, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Crystal Wright, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Alecia Shipman, Schenley High School
Takara Canty, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Rasheeda Foster, Schenley High School
Perry Rajnovic, Perry High School
Allison Gusky, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Katie Zmenkowski, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Rafael Canedo, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Cora Thornton-Stocks, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts

Winners of the 2002 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts/ Art Institute of Pittsburgh Scholarships:
Rafael Canedo, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Takara Canty, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Yuyu Bu, Schenley High School

Winners of the 2002 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Awards:
For Painting and Drawing
Adam Carnes, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Cora Thornton-Stocks, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Anthony Vydrin, Taylor Allderdice High School

For Ceramics and Sculpture
Takara Canty, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Alecia Shipman, Schenley High School
Boris Chesakov, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts

For Crafts
Laura Schirra, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Allison Gusky, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Julie Fischer, Carrick High School

For Photography
Kate Stevens, Allderdice High School
Rafael Canedo, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
David Oresick, Schenley High School
Erin Lopata, Schenley High School

Merit Awards went to the following:
Emily Monroe, Taylor Allderdice High School
Allison Levine, Allderdice High School
Perry Rajnovic, Perry High School
Kristoffer Smith, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Takara Canty, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Alecia Shipman, Schenley High School
David Oresick, Schenley High School
Laura Schirra, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Yuyu Bu, Schenley High School
Adam Carnes, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Kristofer Smith, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts

2002 All City Arts Showcase Awards
Yuyu Bu, Schenley High School, Four Winds Gallery Award
Boyae Sears, Brashear High School, Clay Place Award
Zachary Harris, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Little Earth Productions Award
Adam Carnes, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Little Earth Productions Award
Matt Cummings, Taylor Allderdice High School, Andy Warhol Museum Award
Katy Zmewnkowski, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Andy Warhol Museum Award
Daniel Montano, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Artist and Craftsmen Supply Award
Mike Sefcik, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Pittsburgh Glass Center Award
Emma Tripp, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts School Award
Tesha Harris, South Vo-Tech High School, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts School Award
Jessica McQaude, South Vo-Tech High School, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts School Award
Amber Hill, Carrick High School, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts School Award
Elise Alana Goldstein, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Mattress Factory Award
Emily Crewe, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Mattress Factory Award
Shaina Hirsch, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Mattress Factory Award
Megan Kobus, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Mattress Factory Award
Kelly Ajala, Schenley High School, Mattress Factory Award
Michelle McGraw, Schenley High School, Community Donor Award
David B. Oliver High School Arts Collaborative, Artist and Craftsmen
Supply and Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Teamwork Awards to:
Donald Betts, Shawnte Betts, Robert Bolecky, Candice Bowra, Kelvin Calhoun, Arthur Davis, Samantha Dixon, Sharita Gray, Samuel Green, Nyisha James, Donavonna Jennings, Shawnna Kelly, Crystal Martin, Brittany Morris, Darrell Palmer, Rickie Reese, Tiffany Shelton, Jamon Steele, Percy Trvillon, Shawn Ware and Dante Williams.
South Vo-Tech, Artist and Craftsmen Supply and Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Teamwork Awards to:
Cierra Bey, Terri Cokley, Danielle Dankis, Cierra Hudson, Christy Powel, Jerel Webster, Latashawla Zollars

Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (MCG), based in Pittsburgh, PA is a multi-disciplined, minority-directed center for arts and learning dedicated to educating and inspiring Pittsburgh's urban youth. To support and promote a year-round schedule of exhibitions, residencies, and workshops with nationally and internationally known artists, and to provide unique programming such as The 2002 Pittsburgh Public High School All City Arts Showcase, MCG has developed MCG Arts. Recognizing art as a form of universal communication MCG Arts promotes cultural discovery and empathy by connecting diverse accomplished artists to young people and their communities.

Charles Moore Residency at MCG & PPS
Civil Rights Era photographer to meet with Pittsburgh community

Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Youth Development program hosts an open house featuring reknowned civil rights photographer Charles Moore on Saturday, January 19. Moore will share reminiscences related to his exhibit at MCG, which features twelve of the most important and best known photographs of the Civil Rights Movement. Taken between 1958 and 1965 the collection of startling black & white images document some of the Movement's major events and dramatic moments. He will deliver an informal talk from 1:00 - 2:30 pm, Saturday, January 19 at MCG Gallery. Following his presentation, photography, printmaking, ceramics and computer studios will be open for public visits and demonstrations. Refreshments will also be served.

The Saturday event, serves as the culmination of Moore's will be performing a 3-day residency with MCG and Pittsburgh Public School students. Other events associated with the residency include a free lecture, open to the public, at 7:00 pm on Thursday, January 17 at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild. Following the lecture, Powerful Days: The Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore (which has been republished by the University of Alabama Press) will be available for book signing. Moore will also speak with students at Schenley High School on the morning Thursday, January 17 and at AllderdiceHigh School on Friday, January 18.

Exhibited along with Moore's photographs at MCG will be the work of MCG students who participated in last summer's MCG Youth trip Civil Rights Movement Revisited, which explored the significant places, events and people of the Civil Rights Movement. Discovering how past events help to shape the future, the MCG students, armed with cameras and pens, recorded through photographs and writings their own impressions of their experiences traveling through the south. The exhibtion remains on view at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild through February 22, 2002.

Riding Through History - Birmingham
Pittsburgh area youth embark on revisiting the Civil Rights Movement

July 6, 2001 - Pittsburgh, PA

Ben Fernandez, whose photographs documented Martin Luther King Jr. along the Freedom Trail and subsequently became the basis of the book MLK, Jr.: Countdown to Eternity, will accompany the students at several sites lending his unique personal perspective. To further the experience, Coretta Scott King is expected to address the group in Atlanta. The students, armed with cameras and pens, will record through photographs and writings, their impressions of their experiences revisiting the Civil Rights Movement. These impressions will be shared with other students on their return to Pittsburgh.

The Pittsburgh MCG group will arrive in Birmingham Tuesday, July 10. In Birmingham the students will meet and be photographed themselves by noted Civil Rights photographer Charles Moore while they interview Civil Rights participants from the 16th Street Baptist Church and visit Kelly Ingram Park and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Moore’s 1963 Birmingham pictures were the most influential of his career and included the now famous picture of three students forced against a brick wall by a fierce spray of water from a fire hose. These and other Moore photographs published in Life Magazine are credited with leading a national outrage culminating in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild’s nationally recognized Youth Development Program seeks to educate and inspire Pittsburgh’s urban youth through arts and mentored training in life skills. The Civil Rights Movement Revisited trip is part of the Riding Through History program which links MCG’s core expertise in arts education to historical research and is free to qualifying Pittsburgh high school students through application. Supported by corporate sponsors and private donors past programs have included The Underground Railroad, Custer’s Battlefield, The Harlem Renaissance and more. For more information or to lend your support please call 412.322.1773.

Riding Through History - Memphis
Pittsburgh area youth embark on revisiting the Civil Rights Movement

July 5, 2001 - Pittsburgh, PA

A group of 20 high school students and six staff and volunteers from Pittsburgh’s Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild (MCG) will be reliving history this summer as they explore the major places, events and people of the Civil Rights Movement. Little Rock, Memphis, Birmingham, Selma, Montgomery, Atlanta, and Washington D.C. are just a few stops on a two week journey, beginning July 5th, of discovering how past events help to shape the future. Ben Fernandez, whose photographs documented Martin Luther King Jr. along the Freedom Trail and subsequently became the basis of the book MLK, Jr.: Countdown to Eternity, will accompany the students at several sites lending his unique personal perspective. To further the experience, Coretta Scott King is expected to address the group in Atlanta. The students, armed with cameras and pens, will record through photographs and writings, their impressions of their experiences revisiting the Civil Rights Trail. These impressions will be shared with other students on their return to Pittsburgh.

The Pittsburgh MCG group will tour Memphis for several days beginning Saturday, July 7. In Memphis they will visit, among other sites, the National Civil Rights Museum, meet with students from Soulsville Music Academy, listen to a presentation from King family photographer Ben Fernandez, and for fun maybe even visit Graceland. The students will travel from Memphis to Little Rock, AK where they will interview one of the first students to integrate Little Rock’s Central High School.

For more information contact: Brittany Colatrella
Communications Coordinator, MCG Youth and Arts
412.322.1773 ext. 378