Art Education Program Funded

The Community Arts and Heritage Education Project is getting a boost from the provincial government.

The Northern Ontario Heritage Funding has pledged $30,000 to expand the work of the northwestern Ontario arts group.

Northern Development Minister Michael Gravelle says the funding will help expand the mandate of the program throughout the region.

"This really does bring arts heritage education into the schools," says Gravelle. "It allows children to be really creative in a positive way. It also helps having artists to come forward and be able to explain how art can reach everyone."

The project is currently promoted in several communities including Fort Frances and Atikokan.