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Local Folks: Kathryn D. McAvoy

Local Folks: Kathryn D. McAvoy

Kathryn McAvoy has always had a love for the arts and helping others find their passion. Fifteen years ago, she had been driving her three daughters – Ava, Jessica and Kendall – all over the city to different art programs when she decided to combine those loves through the opening of The Performers Academy (TPA), […]

Festival celebrates the power of performing arts for teens

Festival celebrates the power of performing arts for teens

The Performers Academy, located in the St. Nicholas area, kicked off its tenth year of Camp Just Like Me on June 1 with TPA Fest 2021, the nonprofit’s first-ever mural festival. More than 12 local and visiting artists participated, with some murals created collaboratively and some done independently. The artists completed their murals over the […]