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400 Faces: Leigh Ann Cannady, founder and artistic director of Forsyth Academy of Performing Arts
Leigh Ann Cannady
Leigh Ann Cannady, Founder and artistic director of Forsyth Academy of Performing Arts - photo by Brian Paglia
Leigh Ann Cannady wasn’t sure what to do next. The Conyers native was raising a family and giving private piano and voice lessons out of her family’s Forsyth County home at the time, and her students kept asking where they could take performing arts classes or participate in a production. Everywhere Cannady knew to send them was outside Forsyth County.
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How this Forsyth Central High School teacher is using his passion to prepare students for the world of film
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Jason Hanline helps his students as they finish filming their final project of the 2021-22 school year. - photo by Sabrina Kerns
From binging his favorite movies to making his own low-budget pieces, Jason Hanline has had a passion for film since he was a kid. Now, he teaches film to kids with that same kind of passion at the Central Film Academy.
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