The Watauga County Arts Council presents its 2006 Summer Arts Camp featuring Missoula Children’s Theatre. This year’s Missoula production will be The The Jungle Book. Check out the Summer Arts Camp section below for information and application forms!
The Community Arts in Education Partnership of Watauga County (CAEP), consisting of the Watauga County Arts Council, Watauga County Schools, and Appalachian State University's Office of Arts and Cultural Programs, enables young people to have direct involvement with the arts and artists. It provides opportunities for increased learning in and through the arts for the children and youth of Watauga County, for the adults in their lives, and for the adult learners in the community. The CAEP advocates for arts in education among the stakeholders who have influence over education policies and funding, including the school board, school administrators, teachers, and parents.
This unique partnership was formalized in 1998 when the Watauga County Arts Council, Watauga County Schools, and Appalachian State University's Office of Cultural Affairs joined forces to fund and manage a Community Arts Education Coordinator for the county. The coordinator is responsible for coordinating the needs of the community with the programs offered by the three partners. The partnership has led to a sharing of resources, new and expanded programming, and the development of a strategic plan for improved arts in education activities in the area, both for children and adults.
Community Arts in Education programming includes:
The Summer Arts Camp, featuring Missoula Children's Theatre, is a week-long, multi-disciplinary arts camp for children ages 6—15. Classes in the visual arts, music, storytelling, movement, and more are led by local artists. Children also receive an introduction to the world of theatre by rehearsing, and starring in, a theatrical production led by Missoula Children's Theatre.
The Watauga County Arts Council presents its 2006 Summer Arts Camp featuring Missoula Children’s Theatre. This year’s Missoula production will be The Jungle Book. The Summer Arts Camp will be held June 19—24, 2006. The Arts Camp will operate Monday—Thursday, 9:00 am—4:00 pm; Friday, 9:00 am—show time, and Saturday, noon—show time. Performances will be held Friday, June 23, at 7 p.m. & Saturday, June 24, at 3 p.m. All activities will take place at Watauga High School Auditorium.
Registration fee for Summer Arts Camp: $100.00 per child. Registration fee for The Jungle Book rehearsals only: $50.00 per child
Designed for children who are rising first graders through rising tenth graders. There are sixty spaces available. Registrations will be accepted until all sixty spaces are filled, or through Friday, June 9. Scholarships are available for those in need. The Summer Arts Camp features workshops in storytelling, music, movement, improvisation, the visual arts, and more. Workshops will be led by local artists, and children will be involved in these workshops when not participating in rehearsals. To register, fill out a registration form and release form for each child. Include payment, and return to the Arts Council (PO Box 366, D.T.S. Boone, NC 28607). If you have any questions, call or email Charlotte Smith at 264-1789 or charlotte@watauga-arts.org.
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The Touring Arts Program provides at least two performances, with additional extended learning opportunities (workshops, master classes, writing exercises, etc.), for each grade level of public school students each year—at no charge to students or their parents. Private and home school students are invited to attend as well. The program is sponsored by the Arts Council in partnership with Watauga County Schools and Appalachian’s Office of Arts & Cultural Programs.
We are excited about the lineup of performances the 2005-2006 school year, which was selected with input from a teacher advisory panel:
- September 28 & 29: Appalachian Young People’s Theatre will perform for 5th graders at Valborg Auditorium.
- October 3: Atlantic Coast Theatre will present The Wind in the Willows for grades 3 & 4 at Farthing Auditorium
- October 27 & 28: Appalachian’s Gospel Choir will perform for grades 9—12 at Watauga High School.
- November 30: Atlantic Coast Theatre will present The Twelve Days of Christmas for grades K—2 at Farthing Auditorium.
- March 21: Roger Day, who performs original children’s music, will perform for grades K—2 at Farthing Auditorium.
- March 23: The Peking Acrobats will perform for grades 6—8 at Farthing Auditorium.
- April 4 & 25: Todd Wright and his jazz quartet will perform for grades 9—12 at Watauga High School.
- April 11: Marc Spiegel will present Einstein Alive for grades 3—5 at Farthing Auditorium
Mountain Arts Program (MAP)
The Mountain Arts Program (MAP) offers schools subsidized, week-long residencies with regional artists. MAP artists work with five core groups of students during the residency week, guiding them in hands-on arts experiences in everything from the visual arts to creative movement, storytelling to music, and weaving to bookmaking.
A Common Heritage
A Common Heritage; the Music & Stories of North Carolina is a week-long program for fourth graders that explores the music and stories of North Carolina. Through performances and residency work, artists guide students in exploring similarities and differences among the three regions of our state and the creation of students’ own stories and songs about North Carolina.
Creating Original Opera (COO)
Creating Original Opera is a unique interdisciplinary program offering children the opportunity to participate in every aspect of creating and producing an original piece of musical theatre. This program has been done at Mabel, Blowing Rock, and Hardin Park Schools and will be expanded to include one new school each year.
demonstrations, and concerts...just to name a few.
Fourth Grade Storytelling Festival
The Fourth Grade Storytelling Festival is held each year for all fourth grade students at Hickory Ridge Homestead. Local storytellers share new and traditional stories from the Appalachian region and the world, and students receive living history tours of Hickory Ridge Homestead as well.
Blue Ridge ArtSpace Workshops & Classes will be offered for the general community (both children and adults) at the new ArtSpace facility, as well as other community venues. Offerings will include a variety of disciplines, for a variety of ability levels.
Additional Community Programs for the general public (children and adults) vary from year to year, but have included performances by both local and touring artists, literary readings, lectures, demonstrations, and concerts by local musicians...just to name a few.
