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Hola Cultura

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 ”The students LOVED being creative and making their own masks in the Kiddie Carnival Workshop. It was nice for our kids to have time to be creative and LEARN from someone other than their regular teachers! We loved it!”
— Kaija McIntosh, Principal, Kipp DC Arts and Technology Academy

Washington Informer

Inaugural Youth Improv Slam Teaches Valuable Life Lessons, Entertains

American Theatre Magazine

THRIVE! Grant Recipient

 

Wee Nation Radio

Uncle Devin interviews Marjuan Canady, owner of the Canady Foundation for the Arts, and Ronnie Highsmith, President/Executive Director of the Nick Cannon Foundation. We discuss Imagine in Color, a virtual read-aloud series that brings awareness to the importance of diverse and inclusive literature while igniting the passion of reading and storytelling, curated with children of color in mind. This podcast is the companion to WEE Nation Radio, a 24/7 online music radio station for children that provides the best in family-friendly global beats for little feet.

Ed Gap Evolution Podcast

Marjuan drops boatloads of wisdom on African American theatre history, the importance of creative arts programs in schools, the grand effect that reading to children has on their overall development as influential members of society, and how the creative arts can play a key role in helping Black and brown children discover who they are and act on it with authenticity and freedom, no matter what career path they choose in the future.

Playbill

Marjuan Canady, a Caribbean-American producer, director, writer, performer, entrepreneur, and educator, has been selected as the inaugural Front Row Productions Fellow. As previously announced, the fellowship was created by Olivier-winning and Tony-nominated Broadway producers Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey in partnership with Columbia University.

Broadway World

Stephen Byrd & Alia Jones-Harvey's Front Row Productions Fellowship, in association with Columbia University School of the Arts, has announced the selection of Marjuan Canady as the 2021 Front Row Productions Fellow.