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SMARTS to receive $50,000 in federal relief funding

By Mahoning Matters staff
Students play violins in a Students Motivated by the Arts program at Ohio One in downtown Youngstown. (Photo by Lindsay Cameron Photography)
Students play violins in a Students Motivated by the Arts program at Ohio One in downtown Youngstown. (Photo by Lindsay Cameron Photography)

YOUNGSTOWN — Students Motivated by the Arts will receive $50,000 in federal relief funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.

The funds were distributed by the National Endowment for the Arts.

"The arts have a powerful way of allowing self-expression, connecting communities and expanding the way we look at life," U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Howland, said in a news release. "The NEA empowers local arts centers to work on bringing arts and culture to citizens in cities big and small."

SMARTS is a community-based art school that provides curriculum-focused programming in schools and out of schools for visual arts, music, dance, theater and creative writing, according to its website.

This story was originally published July 4, 2020 at 7:23 AM with the headline "SMARTS to receive $50,000 in federal relief funding."