| School district sets Christmas program
The students of the Cleveland School District will once again fill Walter Sillers Coliseum at Delta State University for the fourth annual Sights and Sounds of Christmas program. The event will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and is free to the public.
"We will be featuring student art work and musical performances," said Interim Supt. Dr. Jackie Thigpen. "All schools in the district will be represented, so this is a good view of the district as a whole."
Thigpen said that fine arts instructors from each school gathered to plan the event and "hit the ground running."
Thigpen noted that the Cleveland High School Brass Quintet will perform, as well as the East Side High School Choir.
"Bell Elementary Chorus will sing Lipson's Boogie and the Nailor Elementary School Singers will also perform," she said.
Boys & Girls Clubs introduces cultural arts program in Mount Kisco
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Northern Westchester recently initiated a multidisciplinary cultural arts program involving visual arts, crafts, performing arts and creative writing. Daniel Isenberg, formerly the regional director of Wingspan Arts in Westchester County, recently joined the club as cultural arts director to lead the program. The program was created in recognition of the need for expanded arts programming for school-age children. Several areas of the Mount Kisco Center, 351 Main St., the pilot program's location, have been redesigned to accommodate dance, music and arts classes. The new program will incorporate several Boys & Girls Clubs of America initiatives, including fine arts and computer design programs. Brian Skanes, the club's executive director, said the club looks forward to the new program.
Kershaw holiday events | The spirit of the season
The holiday season will be in full swing in Kershaw County beginning next week. Here, a sampling of some upcoming events. Holiday Sales Show Sneak Preview Night: Local and regional artists and craftsmen will offer unique, handcrafted works of art at the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County. A sneak preview night will be Nov. 30 from 6-7:30 p.m., and the show will run from Dec. 1-12 during regular Fine Arts Center hours. Call (803) 425-7676 or visit www.fineartscenter.org. Elgin Catfish Stomp: In downtown Elgin Dec. 1, beginning with a parade at 10 a.m. The day's highlights include crafts, games, vendors, gospel singing and lots of catfish stew. The Elgin Police Department also will host a car show with a contest for the ugliest and dirtiest vehicles to raise money for its toy roundup.
Art from a youth-driven social justice campaign
ASHEVILLE � Outward Bound showcases murals-in-progress created by members of the Unity Projects at Reynolds, Owen and Asheville high schools and Asheville Middle School at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the FLOOD Gallery Fine Arts Center, 109 Roberts St. in the River Arts District. Design and creation of these student murals promoting social justice were supported by a combined effort that included North Carolina Outward Bound, Catalyst Productions, The FLOOD Gallery Fine Arts Center, The Asheville Area Arts Council, and professional artists Christopher Holt of the Fine Arts League, Ted Harper of the River Arts District Community and Molly Must of the Asheville Mural Project. .
Art exhibits: Dec.9, 2007
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ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM, 31 N. Fifth St., Allentown. 610-432-4333. Arts Community of Easton Members Group Juried Art Show: Through Dec. 30. Tiffany by Design: Forty objects including lamps, a stained glass window, metalwork and related materials made by Tiffany Studios and Tiffany Furnaces, under the direcion of Louis Comfort Tiffany, between 1900 and 1925. Saturday guided tours. Through Jan. 6. Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau Extraordinaire: Posters and textile designs on loan and including works from the museum collection, of female and floral forms created by the Moravia-born artist. Accompanies the ''Tiffany by Design'' exhibit (included with special exhibit admission). Saturday guided tours. Through Jan. 6. Picasso and Delaunay: The Book as Inspiration: A rare portfolio of 13 prints by Pablo Picasso, which were the result of a collaboration with Parisian fine art publisher Ambroise Vollard to produce an illustrated edition of Honore de Balzac's novel ''Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu,'' accompanied by an unusual and compelling work, a ''simultaneous book'' created by modernist designer Sonia Delaunay-Terk and poet Blaise Cendrars.
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