FAME Silver Anniversary

25 Years of Supporting the Young Artists

In 2012- The Twenty-Fifth anniversary of the FAME festival will be held at the Grand Wayne Center, one of the largest annual Grand Wayne events with expected crowd of 15,000+.

FAME was jointly created by music specialist Dorothy Kittaka and art specialist Michael Schmid as a means to fine arts horizon for elementary school children.  From the first single conference room FAME has grown to a membership of arts teachers dedicated to teaching cultural arts to K-8 children in northern Indiana.  Ongoing annual programs include Culture Kits, The FAME Fabulous Flyer, Visiting Artists, the Composition Project, Fusion Concerts, FAME Summer Arts Camps and regional Festivals.  These programs exist to provide the resources for students to experience and participate in the creative arts.

Dorothy Kittaka

Michael Schmid

Through the last 25 year, FAME have brought in visiting artists to share and teach their art form to the students.  Please hare with us your favorite visiting artist.  If you have more than one, list all of them.

Email it to Visiting Artist. 

If you have problem with the link, email it to info@famearts.org, subject:Favorite Visiting Artist.

As part of the silver anniversary, the past students, parents, grandparents, relatives, friends please share you favorite memories of FAME festivals, events or activities.

Email it to Memories.

If you have problem with the link, email it to info@famearts.org, subject:Memories.

The mission of FAME is to foster and perpetuate creativity through multicultural arts education. We believe in the value and power of the arts to kindle the imagination, encourage creative thinking and enhance human development.

Our Vision is to:
• Empower teachers to nurture artistic creativity.
• Celebrate the artist in every child and develop pathways to explore the arts.
• Understand & appreciate cultures through experiences with indigenous art forms.
• Make the arts enjoyable and a part of everyday life.