Ten-year-old Isaiah Roberts’s mom asked a friend last April if she would drive them to ArtBreak because she didn’t have a car. She had heard about the Shreveport Regional Arts Council (SRAC) annual event with hands-on art activities and thousands of pieces of student art filling the Shreveport Convention Center each April.

Nothing celebrates the achievements of Caddo Parish Students in a bigger way than the largest student arts festival in the south: ArtBreak.

As far back as the Renaissance, scientists who were artists (or vice versa) have been changing the world with their voracious curiosity and their collaborative thinking. Leonardo Da Vinci understood that science and innovation needed Art to visualize concepts.

No other art event celebrates the achievements of ALL Caddo Parish Students better than ArtBreak and it’s Very Special Arts Festival (VSAF). Where some see challenges, ArtBreak and VSAF see Artists with exceptionalities who exemplify possibility, excellence and unimaginable talent.

Orchestras and educational groups throughout the country have utilized Sergei Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf” to introduce students to classical music and the symphonic experience. The story, along with the sounds of the symphony orchestra, captivate young audiences.

As the 2017-18 school year began, students ages 14-18 from across Louisiana were invited to find a story, a teacher/ sponsor and a team to make a 3-10 minute film and to submit their script for the competition no later than January 19, 2018 to filmprizejr.