"That’s how it happened…by looking around the neighborhood and asking, what’s wrong here? This is not right." – Sharyn Pirtle
Sing For Hope has all types of programming around the arts but focuses mainly on music. Their goal is to provide accessibility to those who are isolated and don’t have access to the arts. They work with children and adults.
Sharyn’s “Aha!” moment began in a fantastic public performing arts school in her native Houston, Texas where children from different socioeconomic backgrounds came to share their passion for the arts. Many years later, the influence of that special school, inspired Sharyn to create Young at Arts, a performing arts after-school program dedicated to closing the gaps in arts education. In 2021, Sharyn was asked to build the new Sing for Hope - Young at Arts Lab at the Amani Public Charter School in Mount Vernon and to direct Sing for Hope's Open Arts, a fun, easy-to-use online arts program where users can enjoy LIVE and INTERACTIVE performances and up-close interviews from the brightest stars to local artists serving their communities to students who are using art to make their lives better. Open Arts' main goal is to reach those who need this dynamic connection most - youth and those in isolation.
Connect with Sharyn and Sing For Hope:
@singforhope
@youngatartsny