World Arts Focus at Joe's Movement Emporium
Open seven days a week and twelve hours a day for classes, rehearsals, performances, and arts education programs, Joe's is a hub of cultural and community activity in the Gatesway Arts District of metro DC. Home to five international groups that rehearse and present their work, including two African dance companies, a Balinese Gamelan orchestra, a modern dance troupe, and a classical Thai dance company, Joe's draws 30,000 visitors and patrons a year. It also invests heavily in both after-school and in-school programs that are otherwise simply not available: 3,500 children and their families learn, play, and discover at Joe's--in an area that is otherwise poor in resources. Youth programs create safe havens, and offer quality arts experiences for kids; they also provide jobs for adult artists and engage them in the life of the community--a synergy between audiences and artists that makes Joe's unique. But all this activity has created a shortage of space and inspired Joe's first capital campaign--to turn a renovated warehouse into a new, community performing arts center. PG County "Arts Organization of the Year," and winner of the "Excellence in Community Building" award from 2001-2003, Joe's builds kids, community, arts, and artists--for everyone's greater good. You can join in the action!
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