Meet Our Staff
Pat Drewry Sanger, A.P.R.N.,
Founder and Executive Director
Pat is the creator and founder of Arts-Kids. The inspiration for the program evolved from her work as a psychotherapist with children in the inner city of Norfolk, Virginia. Ms. Sanger is an Advanced Practice Psychiatric-Mental Health Registered Nurse, Child and Adolescent Specialist and has a long history of working with both community health and mental health agencies. Ms. Sanger has been in private practice for more than 20 years specializing in the treatment of children, adolescents, and families.
Through her work she noticed that children growing up in traumatic environments (home and/or community) began to become hardened and emotionally shut down by age 9 or 10. Parents were often too burned-out from the efforts to survive and provide for their family, leaving no energy to support their children on an emotional/spiritual level. From these experiences, the inspiration for the Arts-Kids program evolved. She currently serves as both Executive Director and Program Director for both the core program and the pilot project on the Ute Reservation.
Nate Sears,
Event Coordinator
Nate has been with the Arts-Kids program for over 7 years as a Facilitator and Program Artist and is currently Assistant Program Coordinator. He is an actor, host, writer and director who hails from Boston, MA. He has a degree in Speech, Communication and Theatre from Baldwin-Wallace College in Cleveland, Ohio. Nate has worked in the arts and entertainment industry across the country for nearly 20 years. Since graduating, Nate has collaborated with companies such as Nickelodeon, Universal Studios, Disney, Facets Multi-Media, Fox-TV and Saffire Productions. His diverse background in media, improvisational theatre, acting, on camera hosting, videography and live performance make him a real favorite with our participants. In addition to bringing these skills and experiences to the Arts-Kids team, Nate enthusiastically creates engaging, entertaining and provocative commercials, videos, independent films and webisodes for an array of businesses and audiences.
Facilitators and Community Volunteers
Each group is supported by a trained facilitator and 4-5 community volunteers providing a ratio of 1:3 adults to children.
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Paint the Town:
Step Up to the Plate!
When: Sunday, February 28 from 6-9pm Come sample new appetizer delicacies and support Arts-Kids! |
