:: IMAGINATION ::

Programs designed to enlighten potential creativity and artistic ability.

Career Day

Fourth grade students from Briscoe Academy toured Benavides Picture Framing and the One9Zero6 Gallery. During this visit, they learned about everything from what to look for when framing a piece of art, to the challenges and rewards of being a career artist, to interpreting the current exhibit in the gallery. Andy Benavides, SMART President and Founder, shares his experience on being a career artist during a question and answer session. Later that week SMART received a warm packet of "thank-you's" from the kids. This makes everything worth it!

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Briscoe Academy students in front of Benavides FramingBriscoe Academy students in One9Zero6 GalleryThank you letterThank you letter

Career Week

SMART partnered with ATT and purchased Briscoe Academy's First Grade class tickets to attend "Sesame Street Live: When Elmo Grows Up." Through song, dance and audience participation, this show invites children to imagine what they might want to be when they grow up.

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Andy Benavides, SMART President presents the "Big Ticket."Children line the hallway at Briscoe.A thrilled First Grader heading for the bus.Sporting their United We Art tees by SMART, First Graders wait for their buses chanting "Elmo, Elmo!