Art, Music, and More featured at this year's All-City Art Show

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Name: Art, Music, and More featured at this year's All-City Art Show
Date: May 14, 2016
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
Event Description:
MARION — Where can you view spectacular art, support young artists, try your hand at various art techniques, and hear performances from some of the most talented young musicians around? At Marion Community Schools’ upcoming All-City Art Show!
 
You don’t need to travel far to be inspired this spring. At the All-City Art Show, set for 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, May 13, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at Marion High School’s F. Ritchie Walton Performing Arts Center, creative works from students of all ages will be on display, and visitors will have the chance to participate in several interactive art activities, including:
  • Pottery wheels: Art students will help guide visitors through the experience of experience working with clay.
  • Keith Haring mural: Visitors will help create a piece of pop art in the style of the New York street artist, to be put on display at Frances Slocum Elementary next year.
  • 3D wood sculpture: Visitors will be able to construct sculptures, using American abstract expressionist David Smith’s work as inspiration.
  • String art: Visitors will help create a piece of art as part of an interactive sign-in process. 
In addition to the art display and interactive activities listed above, on Saturday visitors will also have the chance to hear performances from several MCS music ensembles, scheduled as follows:
  • 11 a.m.: Marion High School jazz band
  • Noon: McCulloch Junior High jazz band
  • 1 p.m.: McCulloch Junior High honors choir
  • 2 p.m.: McCulloch Junior High jazz choir
  • 3 p.m.: Justice Intermediate School band teachers Kelly Bare and Wayne Garret will perform
  • 4 p.m.: MCS elementary recorder ensemble, led by music teacher Erika Pappas
Art awards for all ages will be announced at 5 p.m. Saturday.
 
Marion Community Schools’ art programs have consistently offered students outstanding opportunities, and in the last few years several students have had their works chosen for regional, state, and even national competitions, including the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s Symphony in Color awards and the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Our art programs culminate with a wide array of courses at Marion High School, including drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpture, photography, and more.
 
At the All-City Art Show, visitors will get the chance to see creativity in action — and take some inspiration home with them, too. There will be a silent auction fundraiser of art items created or donated by MCS art teachers.
Location:
F. Ritchie Walton Performing Arts Center
Marion High School
750 West 26th Street
Marion
Date/Time Information:
Saturday, May 14, 2015
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Contact Information:
Patricia Gibson, Director of Communications, Marion Community Schools
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