Through exhibitions and publications, the Alliance brought the work of emerging artists and writers to audiences across the country.

Allison Hertz seen here standing next to her painting The Bird Feeder, received an Art Portfolio Gold Award.

15,000 copies of the National Catalog of The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2006 were distributed to recipients, teachers, educators, and leaders of educational and cultural organizations throughout the country.

15,000 copies of The Best Teen Writing of 2005, an anthology edited by Portfolio Gold Award 2004 recipient, Amanda Gotera, featuring nationally recognized writing, were printed in November. The first 1000 copies of The Best Teen Writing of 2005 were distributed to English teachers at the annual M.R. Robinson dinner at the National Council of Teachers of English conference in Nashville.

Calvin Brown seen here standing next to his writing Second Hand on the Clock, received an American Visions Award.

7,000 copies of Spark: Young Visions and Voices of 2006, featuring nationally recognized works of art and writing by 7th and 8th graders were published and have been distributed throughout the country to Alliance constituents and Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Young Scholar pipeline partners.

294,366 "visitors" have clicked into the Alliance virtual galleries from July, 2005 to June, 2006.

Exhibitions of regionally and nationally recognized work were on display at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Alliance Gallery, The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, the United States Department of Education in Washington, D.C. and and at Scholastic, Inc. headquarters in New York City.

Kids Reconstruct with Creativity was exhibited at The Mississippi State Museum of Art in Jackson, MS; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, LA; the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, DC; and Scholastic Inc. headquarters in New York City.

P.S. Art 2006, a selection of the best work created by young artists enrolled in grades Pre-K through 12 in New York City Public Schools was exhibited at the Tweed Courthouse, headquarters of the NYC Department of Education; Scholastic Inc. headquarters in New York City; and at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, DC.