ArtsEd Tennessee gaining influence with lawmakers
Young cello players Roberto Angel (left) and Francisco Calderon from Kate Bond Middle School wait for their chance to get back on stage during the annual All-City Strings Concert on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Levitt Shell. ArtsED Tennessee, a new statewide coalition of arts education advocates, will visit Memphis next week to bolster efforts to ensure every Tennessee student has access to comprehensive visual and performing arts. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis is the last stop of a five-city tour across the state to give arts education supporters strategies on being better advocates.
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