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Year-end 2022 Message Dear Friend of Arts Education, Do you remember the pride you felt as a child when creating a special painting at an area art studio or the joy of learning an instrument at a local music school?…

Prairie Music & Arts received two grants to support the M.A.D. Arts – Music, Art, and Drama program for kids. Grant awards will help support partnerships with the Sun Prairie Community Schools and McKenzie Family Boys and Girls programs –…

Sun Prairie is hosting Make Music Day on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. The event takes place globally on the summer solstice each year and brings people of all ages and skill levels together to make music. Make Music Day began…

Sometimes it feels like I fell into being a singer/songwriter and performer by accident, And sometimes it feels like I planned it all along. I’ll try to explain. I started getting serious about writing songs when I was in high…

The Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 Life is complex and rarely presents a straightforward path, with the bumps along the way often offering invaluable learning moments and opportunities to grow.  Never has this been more apparent to me than over…

Since I was a kid, I knew I wanted to be an artist. That plan never changed, but as I got older and began to experience the world without the parental controls on, I realized that being just an artist…

Community is defined as a group of people with common interests, and this term lends itself well to the arts. After all, singing and drumming have been around almost since the beginning of time to bring people together during times…