Fourth Avenue Cultural Enrichment (FACE) is a multicultural, interdisciplinary program designed to provide children and young adults with a consistent artistic outlet. FACE works with school personnel, city government officials, community leaders and parents to interest young people in African dance, drumming and culture; public mural painting; ceramics and field trips to area cultural institutions to see ballet, theater and other performances. Year-round classes meet three times a week at a space donated by the Department of Parks and Recreation and start with a half-hour of academic tutoring. Professional artists direct the arts projects, which have ranged from painting murals on a homeless shelter and bus station to presenting public performances at community festivals and senior citizen homes. Older children are eligible to become summer youth leaders and are paid through the Job Training Partnership program. "The children are wonderful human beings," observes Executive Director Jill Harper. "They are still in school, are more respectful of each other and are bringing their younger siblings to the program." Harper runs the program single-handedly, visiting the public housing community and schools to market the program. But as she notes, "The project is a community effort. It improves the whole community because it promotes communication between people from diverse backgrounds."