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Art Road Nonprofit Brings Art Class Back Into Detroit Area Schools

Southfield (CW50) - Art Road Nonprofit was founded in 2004 by Carol Hofgartner after she was presenting at a school and talking about her experiences in art class as a kid, when a student stood up and explained that their school doesn't have art class.

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Carol Hofgartner, Founder of Art Road Nonprofit (Credit: Logan Tesmer/CW50)

Carol Hofgartner joined Lisa Germani on COMMUNITY CONNECT to talk about how Art Road has brought art class back into five schools, while serving 14,000 students over 15 years.

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Carol Hofgartner, Founder of Art Road Nonprofit, with Community Connect Host Lisa Germani (Credit: Logan Tesmer/CW50)

You can learn more about Art Road at ArtRoadNonProfit.org

Watch COMMUNITY CONNECT, Saturdays at 8:30am on CW50

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