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Greetings! The Cultural Arts Center welcomes spring this year with our new "Art in Nature" classes at the Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve. Spring is a great time to enjoy the Wetlands, observe nature and 'brush up' on your drawing skills. Please see below for more information about these terrific classes!
This spring, as well, we want to extend an invitation to schools, parents and students to take advantage of the opportunities available at the Center. Our monthly art exhibits are free and open to the public and we welcome school and student groups! Our once-a-month Spoken Word lectures are free and are excellent opportunities for high school students to listen to a variety of interesting speakers. Our May 19th speaker is Jeni Foster at 7pm. Her topic is "Magic Carpet Made of Steel: Songs of America's Railroad." The Spoken Word series is appropriate for high school students, as well as elementary and middle-schoolers accompanied by an adult. For more student opportunities, please call us at 503-615-3485 or check our web site, www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/wcac.
Connect with the Center at our Facebook page, get more information about our programs and events, and sign up as a Friend! We'd love to hear from you. (And, if you are interested in our Arts & Culture Book Club but are unable to participate in person, you can follow our group discussion on our blog at http://artsculturebookclub.blogspot.com/. Please join us by contributing comments!) Happy Spring!
Sincerely,
Cultural Arts Program Manager
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Don't forget these upcoming March special events!
Craig Carothers in Concert, March 20/8pm, $15 advance/$17 day of show, for tickets call (503) 615-3485 - TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE!
Kodomo No Tame Ni (For the Sake of the Children) a new show by Alton Takiyama Chung, 8pm Friday, March 27 and 2pm and 8pm Saturday, March 28; $12 advance/$14 day of show, for tickets call (503) 615-3485 - TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE! (The matinee performance on Saturday will follow a 1pm concert performed by the Minidoka Swing Band - so come early!)
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Artwork Exhibition
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Come revel in the young talent of Hillsboro as the Cultural Arts Center and the Mayor's Youth Advisory Council present the fifth annual HYAC Youth Art Exhibition!
An awards ceremony and opening reception for all artists will be held on First Tuesday, April 7, at 6pm.
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Eth-Noh-Tec Kinetic Story Theater with Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo:
Journey of Turtles, Waking of Butterflies
April 14, 7PM
FREE
Take part in the Hearing Voices Storytelling Festival with this lively storytelling event! Eth-Noh-Tec is interdisciplinary theater that is at once precision choreography, lyrical word-weaving, graceful, playful and poetic. By layering  ancient Asian mythologies, folktales and Asian urban legends with Asian American sensibilities, Eth-Noh-Tec has created an exciting new blend of storytelling and kinetic theater.
(This performance is recommended for adults only.)
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April 28 AND April 29 - 8PM
$25 in advance - $27 day of show
Tickets/Information (503) 615-3485
George Winston plays over 100 solo piano concerts a year in America and beyond, inspired by the seasons. These concerts feature a variety of styles, including his melodic folk piano, stride piano, New Orleans R&B piano, Vince Guaraldi's Peanuts pieces and more. The two solo piano shows that he plays, always in a state of evolution, are the Summer Show (spring and summer songs) and the Winter Show (fall and winter songs). He also currently plays solo guitar concerts, solo harmonica concerts and solo piano dances. George has seven multi-platinum, platinum and gold records and his latest CD is entitled GULF COAST BLUES AND IMPRESSIONS - A HURRICANE RELIEF BENEFIT.
Please join us in support of a local food bank by bringing a donation of canned food to the concert. There will be collection baskets at the entrance.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
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Art in Nature - At the Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Join the Cultural Arts Center's artist/instructors at the Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve for these wonderful, seasonal classes. Take advantage of spring at the wetlands and enjoy yourself by learning how to better capture the birds, plants and natural surroundings in your art!
For Teens & Adults:
Artistic Botanical Journaling with Bonnie Burbidge (this is Bonnie's illustration) will help you to use watercolors and pencil to observe and interpret your experience with local flora. Each student will create and develop a person, seasonal artistic journal. #20273; 4/9 - 5/21 (6 weeks); Thursdays from 1-3pm at the Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve; $75 Resident/$105 Non-Resident; $50 Senior Resident/$70 Senior Non-Resident. For ages 14-Adult.
Drawing from Nature with Alice Hill will focus on drawing and sketching the natural landscape, including the amazing details of nature through feathers, bones, butterflies and animal specimens. A naturalist from the staff at Jackson Bottom Wetlands will give us insight into the wetlands environment. #20635; 4/9 - 5/21 (6 weeks); Thursdays from 10am-12pm at the Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve; $70 Resident/$100 Non-Resident; $46 Senior Resident/$64 Senior Non-Resident. For ages 13-Adult.
For Youth 7-12:
Bird and Nature Drawing with Alice Hill will teach kids how to enjoy the Wetlands from the perspective of an artist. They will learn to draw birds, bones, and other natural things in their  natural habitat using charcoal, pencil, watercolor and maybe a few surprises! Materials are provided. Activity #20607; 4/9-5/21 (6 weeks); Thursdays from 3:30-5pm. $60 Resident/$83 Non-Resident
Drawing Plants in Nature with Daniela Molnar will help kids learn about how to draw plants, what  plants you might see around your house, how they grow, and what they might look like up close. Materials are provided. Activity #20609; 4/18-5/16 (4 weeks); Saturdays from 1-3pm at the Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve; $55 Resident/$75 Non-Resident
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8PM Friday 6/5
$22 in Advance/$24 Day of Show
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
This is Saffire's FAREWELL TOUR, so don't miss your last chance to see this fabulous trio in person! They are the torchbearers for the original uppity blues women of the early to mid-twentieth century! | |
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