Sussex County Teen Arts Festival to feature visual and video student art
NEWTON — Sussex County Community College is hosting the 2013 Sussex County Teen Arts Festival on the campus on Tuesday, March 19 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Attendance is open to schools that registered, their families and teachers. An evening reception open to the public will be held on Wednesday, March 20 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. featuring visual and video student art. There will be a performance showcase on April 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at SCCC.
Teen Arts presents an opportunity for seventh through 12th graders from Sussex County schools, dance schools and home schools to share their artistic talents. The festival will feature student visual art, creative writing, video, dance, instrumental, vocal and theater. Workshops, art stations, demonstrations and performance critique sessions will also be held in different locations across the SCCC campus.
From March 12 to 20, a Visual Art Exhibit featuring more than 600 pieces of student work will be shown in the Performing Arts Center atrium, Administration building lobby, Student Center Galleria and the C Art Gallery during college hours.
From March 25 to April 18 the Sussex County Community College Select Gallery Exhibit will feature student works selected by professional artists. The Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council Juried Teen Arts Exhibit, which is open to the public, will be held from March 29 to April 11 at the SCA&HC Gallery on Spring Street in Newton. A reception with Awards will be held for the student exhibitors on April 11 at 6 p.m.
Teen Arts will also present a Performing Arts Showcase in the theatre of the SCCC Performing Arts Center on April 17 at 7:30 p.m. The performances and videos will have been selected by the professional critiquers at the Festival. The public is welcome to attend.
The Senior Student Arts Award Ceremony for graduating high school seniors will take place on May 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the SCCC Performing Arts Center and is open to the public. This ceremony will feature additional performances from the Teen Arts Festival.
The schools participating in the Teen Arts program are:
The Ballet Barre
Branchville Dance Center
Dance Expression
Frankford Elementary School
Franklin Elementary School
Glen Meadow Middle School
Hardyston Township Middle School
High Pointe Dance
High Point Regional High School
Hopatcong High School
Immaculate Conception Regional School
Kittatinny Regional High School
Lafayette Township Middle School
Lakeland Andover School
Lenape Valley Regional High School
Newton High School
Pope John XXIII Regional High School
Reverend Brown Elementary School
St. Joseph Regional School
Sparta High School
Sussex County Technical School
Sussex Middle School
Vernon Township High School
Wallkill Valley Regional High School
For more information, call 973-300-2104.