Greetings! Happy New Year from all of us at the Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center. We are looking forward to seeing you in 2009 - in a class, at a concert, at one of our Spoken Word evenings or exploring the gallery on a First Tuesday. The Winter/Spring Activity Guide is available. You can find it on line at www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/wcac or you can stop by and pick one up at our front counter.
In addition to our classes and concerts, we have several FREE events coming up. Please join us for a new year of learning and fun at the Cultural Arts Center.
Thanks for your support.
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 Time to Register for Winter/Spring Classes!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On-line and phone registration has begun for Cultural Arts Center classes, so don't wait - register now! Here are some classes and activities we are offering for the first time this year.
ART IN NATURE classes will be held at the Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve and are a collaboration between Arts Center and Jackson Bottom staff. Kids 7-12 can learn how to draw birds and plants in nature (Activity #s 20608 and 20609); teens and adults can develop their skills in Drawing from Nature (#s 20634 or 20635) and Artistic Botanical Journaling (# 20273).
Needle Felting Workshops themed to winter and spring holidays will be offered from February through May. Teens and adults can make a Valentine's Day Bear, a Baby Elephant, an Easter Bunny and a Mother's Day Brooch! Workshops will be offered on Thursday evenings from 5:30 to 8:30 and on Saturdays from 12-3pm.
 Our new sewing instructor, Megan Funk, is a professional tailor and seamstress. She will be teaching several classes, including "Know Your Sewing Machine," "Hand Sewing Basics, and "Basic Skirt Construction."
Little ones, 3-6 years old, will enjoy our Creative Paint Workshops and Clay Play classes with their parents, where they can have fun Painting Without Paint or making a Fairytale Mask!
Our Youth Theater offerings have expanded under instructor Sarah Wright. In addition to the Youth Theater/Play Production classes for 7-17 year-olds, youngsters from 3-6 can let their imaginations soar in Fairytale Theater.
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Spoken Word
 Islam and Insurgency in Afghanistanwith Grant Farr
7PM- FREE
Dr. Grant Farr returns to the Arts Center for an expert analysis and discussion of the underlying religious and political factors at the root of the conflict in Afghanistan and the Middle East. Dr. Farr is an Associate Dean of International Studies and Professor of Sociology at Portland State University
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NEW!
Arts & Culture Book Group at the Cultural Arts Center
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Are you interested in off-beat, fun, but informative books about music, art, movies, fashion and literature? The Arts & Culture book club will explore a new book every month starting this winter. From art forgery, to the 1960's folk music scene, to a behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood movie-making, and more - we'll read, discuss and share ideas about a wide range of books and subjects. We will meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month in the Arts Center's intimate upstairs gallery
from 6 to 7:30pm.
If you are interested in participating, getting a meeting schedule, or want to get a copy of our reading list, please call 503-615-3485 or e-mail beths@ci.hillsboro.or.us. The new Arts & Culture Book Group wants YOU to join us for fun, lively - unstuffy - discussions about books related to events, concerts, classes and exhibits at the Cultural Arts Center!
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Artwork Exhibition Continued from December
Intersect/Parallel: curated by Shu-Ju Wang
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 Intersect/Parallel is a group exhibit presented in the main gallery by five artists who are also computer engineers or scientists.
These artists have been chosen for their artistic merits, the diversity of their chosen art media, and for their technical accomplishments. |
April Verch in Concert
8pm, Friday, January 23
$15 Advance - $17 Day of Show
TICKETS/INFORMATION (503) 615-3485
 "Award-winning fiddler, step dancing expert and vocalist April Verch brings new meaning to the word multi-tasking. A winner of both the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle and Open Fiddle Championships, April was already pleading with her parents for a fiddle of her own by the age of three. Today she is a consummate musician whose mastery of fiddle playing technique has left her free to fully explore the fiddle as a vehicle for self-expression." Petra Jones, Spring 2007 Issue, Fiddler Magazine |
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International Guitar Night in Concert
8pm, Wednesday, February 4 $25 Advance - $30 Day of Show TICKETS/INFORMATION (503) 615-3485 Brian Gore founded The International Guitar Night in 1995 as a forum for the world's finest guitarists/composers to play their latest original songs and share musical ideas with their peers in public concert. This has evolved into critically acclaimed annual tours in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Join us to welcome International Guitar Night back to the Cultural Arts Center. Performing will be Pierre Bensusan, Benjamin Verdery, Cecilia Zabala and, of course, Brian Gore. | |
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