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Artists Striving to End Poverty (ASTEP)

The children perform, "For Good" from the hit Broadway musical "Wicked" as part of the ASTEP program at Shanti Bhavan. ASTEP currently partners with The George Foundation to provide artists with the opportunity to volunteer in their Shanti Bhavan school.

Film: El Sistema The documentary "El Sistema" takes us inside the slums of Venezuela and shows firsthand the ability of music to profoundly change the direction and quality of a child's life.

"This lyrical and very moving documentary takes us from the rubbish dumps and barrios of Caracas to the worlds finest concert halls. Children from streets dominated by the gun battles of gang warfare are taken into music schools, given access to music, and taught through the model of the symphony orchestra how to build a better society and a better world. Venezuelas unique system of music education takes children from violent slums and turns some of them in world class musicians. Gustavo Dudamel is the most prominent pupil of El Sistema. El Sistema shows how Venezuelan visionary Jose Antonio Abreu has changed the lives of hundred of thousands of children over the past three decades."

These two kids just totally make our day!

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Guillermo Arriaga (Babel, 21 grams, Amores Perros) is the first artist-in-residence to participate in the newly launched Institute for the Advancement of the Arts program at the University of North Texas. Here he speaks with students in the acting and directing program.

Artist Guillaume Reymond presents The Original Human TETRIS. It is the 4th performance in the GAMEOVER Project. Check it out plus the first installment by Mr. Reymond - SPACE INVADERS

The MadHatters are an internationally touring all male a cappella group based out of Madison, WI. They regularly perform around the country and have recently released an album. Here they show off their beatboxing skills. To hear a beautiful rendition of Stevie Wonder's "I Believe", visit their website at www.uwmadhatters.com

Lucas, Spielberg present: Norman Rockwell as quasi-cinematic auteur "Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell from the Collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg" won't be opening wide -- it's limited to a single venue, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, which has announced a six-month run from July 2, 2010 to Jan. 2, 2011. The museum says the show, featuring more than 50 paintings and drawings, will be "the first major exhibition to explore the connections between Norman Rockwell's iconic images of American life and the movies."

'We are ONE' is a global art project that is calling on all artists around the world to create "GLOBAL CREATIVE HARMONY, and collectively producing an AMAZING HISTORIC PLANETARY WONDER".

from their Facebook page: The concept is to prove to a wide-eyed world audience that through art, positivity and creative unity we can all collectively illustrate a history making and inspirational message to every single person on planet Earth. It is now time to illustrate on a vast global scale that creativity is the new world brotherhood and sisterhood.

If you are interested in taking part, find out more HERE