Area students will continue to have in-class visits from the experts, thanks to donations from a pair of local foundations.

The Black Hills Area Community Foundation and the Rapid City Public School Foundation joined to help fund the Teaching Artists Program, according to a release from the foundations.

TAP was founded through a gift from Passages of Wind and Water sculptor Masayuki Nagase to bring visual arts education to K-5 classrooms during the years of his work in Rapid City. Each foundation is providing a $7,500 grant to match Nagase’s annual gift.

“These grants are an investment in our youngest students as they engage with and learn from our local artists," said Liz Hamburg, executive director of the Black Hills Area Community Foundation, in the release.

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