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Maybe She's A Dancer . . .

Maybe she's a dancer.
She remembers the music . . .
it still plays very softly,
deep within her heart.
She remembers her tiny feet . . .
wanting so badly to move . . .
needing
to move.

"BE STILL!" she cried to herself,
"Still!" . . .
Not smart
to be noticed in that house.
Now only nightmares
take her back there.
Maybe she IS a dancer . . .
she's finally free to see.

Carol Priour, Arts Director

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The Meadows Fine Arts Center, a gift of five Texas Foundations and many caring individuals, opened in March, 1996.  It houses a full multi-media studio and production complex. The Center contains a 32-track digital recording studio, a 200-seat theater, a three-camera video editing suite, a costume design workshop, sand tray, choir and music rooms, a multi-media classroom, an art gallery and studios for painting, sculpture, and graphic arts. Classes in writing, painting, drawing, dance, voice, and various musical instruments are regular fare.  There are also rooms for professional therapy.

"Miracles happen every day at the Meadows Fine Arts Center," says Carol Priour (left).  "Undiscovered talents come to the surface, as courage is summoned by young people who thought they had none . . . courage to dance or sing, write or draw, and then share their work with an audience."

We learned early in our work that art, music and theater are powerful healing tools. An otherwise non-responsive child may be able to draw, mold, paint, write, or dramatize what he cannot speak about himself.

 

Fine Arts Mission Statement
Our objective is to provide non-traditional avenues for therapeutic self-expression using whatever medium works best for a child.

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