New Urban Arts
On the show, New Urban Arts Executive Director Jason Yoon and the Chair of the Student Team Advisory Board Rosalia Mayen Velis, talk about the work of this "nationally recognized interdisciplinary arts studio for high school students and emerging artists in Providence, Rhode Island." New Urban Arts is one of only 15 organizations across the nation to receive the prestigious 2009 Coming Up Taller Award. An initiative of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, the Coming Up Taller award is the nation’s highest honor for the field of out-of-school time arts and humanities programs.