News and Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
Grades 7-12 Spring Art & Literature Contest
Deadline to be Fri., April 5th
Our 2011-12 Grades 7-12 Art & Literature Contest is here again, and, it's time to get started on those entries - the deadline this year will be Friday, April 5th. Our Spring Artist Showcase and Contest Awards will be held in May, with location and time to follow as it nears. The theme for our 7-12 Art & Literature Contest will be "What Would Happen If Tomorrow, Down Were Up and Up Were Down?" What if the world turned in reverse, and thoughts, actions were opposite? If hate were love, wealthy were poor, and war were peace? Students are invited to interpret the theme creatively and in their own unique way!
Our Free Program Giveaway Has Been Extended!!
Like and comment on our Facebook page, and be entered to win a free program for your students!
It's easy - just click the link above, and "Like" us - or if you're already one of our Facebook fans, add a comment to our page on how a Young Audiences program would enhance your classroom, or what kind of program is on your "wish list" for your students! We'll enter your name in our drawing - and the winning teacher or principal will receive a FREE Spring program for their school! (Valid for all schools in Jefferson, Orange, or Hardin counties.)
Young Audiences celebrates the arts by bringing interactive, curriculum-based fine arts programs and experiences into area schools. We sing, dance, get dramatic, make music, write, paint, and get children excited about learning. To discover science through dance, see their favorite storybook come alive, to be transported back in time through wondrous tales, or to learn to pen their own poetry - we've got something for every age and curriculum!
We'd love to show you and your students how FUN learning can be through the arts - so get Facebooking this month - and in February we'll draw for the winner from all of our fans who've interacted with our page this winter!
Now Booking
Tim Tingle: The Choctaw Way, Secret Doors to Writing Ghost Stories, Jumpstart to Writing WorkshopFeb. 13-17
A member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Tim Tingle uses a unique blend of Native American tradition, history and lively fictional narrative to recant his fascinating stories. For elementary grades, his animated tales are filled with audience participation and humor, For secondary level, Tim introduces more challenging themes through an array of colorful characterizations. Using traditional "vocable" style chanting, and instruments such as the Indian flute, Chippewa drum, and Choctaw chant sticks, Tim allows participants an easy journey to the past as the stories unfold. In Tim's writing workshops, he'll inspire students to create tales of their own as they discover and use the most important tool available to any writer - the imagination - a tool everyone has! De-mystifying creative writing and addressing the "I can't write" syndrome, Tim uses "nickels" (the five senses), details, gestures, voices and quotes as he teaches students to look at the world in new ways.
Tap Team Two: Tapping Into Harlem, Tap With Goldilocks, Dance WorkshopsFeb. 20-24
Like tap dancer Savion Glover (of the Tony Award-winning Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk,) Tap Team Two of Philadelphia makes the art of tap relevant to a whole new generation. In Tapping Into Harlem, Tap Team Two will take you on a trip to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, introducing key artists of the time whose influence still resounds today all around us. All new this year, Tapping With Goldilocks brings children the beloved tale of "Goldilocks and The Three Bears" through tap dance, associating characters with dance steps and different rhythms. In both programs, students will work on counting in patterns, and will also learn the seven basic steps of tap dance, getting a chance to get their toes tappin' as well! In addition, Tap Team Two also offers dance workshops and demonstrations, perfect for your school dance team to learn some new steps, as well as discovering the culture and history behind tap dance.
Check back for this year's artist availability as we finalize dates for this school year - and look for some new faces on our roster that we're very excited about as well!
Give the Gift of the Arts To Our Children!
Now more than ever, our students need the arts to uplift their spirits and to help inspire them to achieve success in the classroom. Arts-in-education programming provides the reinforcement children need by presenting classroom concepts in a whole new and exciting way.
The joy on a child's face says it all when they see a Young Audiences program - and we need your support to keep our artists in Southeast Texas schools bringing the wonder of learning through the arts to our children! The most rewarding gift you could give is to allow more children the chance to hear poetry brought to life, to learn science through dance and song, to discover the joy of making music, or to express themselves through paint, clay and charcoal. Please consider giving the gift of the arts to our children through a donation of any amount, or to give a donation in someone's name as a gift. What a perfect present for that teacher or arts lover in your life, or in memoriam of a loved one.
To donate now, you may mail a donation to our address below, or may donate online through Paypal using any credit card at the link below.
Young Audiences of Southeast Texas
700 North St., Suite G
Beaumont, TX 77701
