Darden Smith's Be An Artist Program
In 2003, Singer-songwriter Darden Smith began the Be An Artist Program as a way to talk to children about creativity. It all began with the simple idea that we don’t have to become artists, we’re all born that way, and that what we do in our free time is what we love. If we do that thing more, we’ll be happier.

Mission Statement
The goal of the Be An Artist Program is to show that we are all artists, that every action of our day has the potential to be art, and that each of us possess the raw tools to make this a reality using our own natural creative abilities.

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Every year, Darden goes to schools in Austin, TX to present the Be An Artist Program. In addition, the program has been presented at the following:

US
Guadalupe Elementary -- San Francisco, CA
Beth Yushuran Day School -- Houston, TX
Brebeuf Preparatory School -- Indianapolis, IN
Carmen Dragon & John Muir Elementary Schools -- Antioch, CA
Lamoine, ME Public Schools
The Bridge School -- Lexington, MA
Harrington Elementary -- Lexington, Massachusetts
Shady Hill School -- Cambridge, Massachusetts
Monte Cassino School -- Tulsa, Oklahoma

UK/Europe
The American School in England -- Thorpe, UK
The American School in London -- London, UK
The Southbank School -- London, UK
FKS School -- Felton, UK
Sacred Heart Primary, St. Gabriel’s Primary -- Greenock, UK
Notre Dame High School -- Greenock, UK
Port Glasgow High School -- Port Glasgow, UK
Wymess Bay Primary -- Wymess Bay, UK
Cochrane Castle Primary School -- Johnstone, UK

Lochwinnoch Primary School -- Lochwinnoch, UK
Kilbarchan Primary School -- Kilbarchan, UK
Johnstone High School -- Johnstone, UK
The High Arcal School -- Dudley, UK

Marymount International School -- Paris, France
The Lennen Bilingual School -- Paris, France

The International School -- Paris, France

Ecole Active Bilingue Victor Hugo -- Paris, France

Heinrich Heine School -- Kaiserslautern, Germany
Wiesback Elementary School -- Weisbach, Germany

Other Institutions
The Iowa Children's Museum -- Coralville, Iowa
Ronald McDonald House & The Kunsberg School -- Denver, Colorado
The Edgewood Center -- San Francisco, California
St. John’s Lutheran Ministries -- Billings, Montana
Bronte Center -- Rathfrailand, UK
Theatre Cap-A-Pie -- Dipton, UK
The American Library -- Paris, FR
The Lewes Guitar Festival -- Lewes, UK
Patton/Plusczyk Stifftung -- Saarbrucken, Germany