 He began a pit ceramics program for the students and many students working with him were able to move into the arts through the programming.The connections classes have grown to serve the city in cultural humanities and arts and Groth continues to be a leader in music in the city.Poetry and literary events began to come to greater popularity with the opening of the Sioux Empire Arts Council Horse Barn Gallery as the 21st century began (then directed by Deb Klebanoff), and due to a National Endowment for the Arts-supported Y Writer's Voice, founded and directed by Allison Hedge Coke.