Youth Arts Festival

2018 Youth Arts Festival

Enjoy an inspirational, engaging art show (4 p.m.) AND upbeat, entertaining free vocal and instrumental performances at 7 p.m. at the Youth Arts Festival and Opening to the 2018 City-Wide Dearborn Public Schools Student Art Show. Featuring visual art, vocal performances and instrumental music by hundreds of talented Dearborn students from elementary, high schools and Henry Ford College. Free admission!

Presented by: Dearborn Community Fund (DCF) and the Dearborn Public Schools.

Date: Wednesday, April 25
Time: 4:10 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan Ave., Dearborn
Cost: Free

Program Agenda
4:00pm – 5:30pm – Visual Arts. Opening Reception for Dearborn Public Schools Ci…ty Wide Art Show featuring artwork from students in kindergarten through high school.

4:30pm – 5:30pm & 6:30pm – 7:30pm – Artist Demonstrations

5:30pm – Senior Spotlight. High school seniors share insights about their artwork in specially featured exhibits.

7:00pm – 8:00pm – Collage Musical Performance. Instrumental, choral and theater selections by students in elementary through high school and “Henry Ford College.

Youth Arts Festival Spotlights Talented Dearborn Students

April 25, 2018, Showcase Highlighting Dearborn Students’ Talents Opens City-Wide Art Show

Dalia Elmokadem, a senior at the Michael Berry Career Center, was one of four Senior Artists selected to exhibit a collection of their artwork in the Padzieski Gallery during last year’s Dearborn Public Schools City Wide Art Show. Other exhibiting seniors: Tyler Bankey, Edsel Ford; Juliana Sanroman, Fordson HS; and Nadia Aboumourad, Dearborn High. To see more photos from the 2016 Youth Arts Festival, visit the photo album on the Dearborn Community Fund Facebook page at http://tinyurl.com/zjnjykp.

The 2018 Youth Arts Festival, a showcase highlighting the creative talents of over 400 students from Dearborn Public Schools (DPS) and Henry Ford College, takes place on Wednesday, April 19 from 4 to 8:00 p.m. at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center.

The Festival, a colorful and high energy event, features visual, instrumental, choral and theatrical offerings and the opening of the DPS City Wide Art Show, which runs through mid-May. Admission is free and open to the public to enjoy and show support for the students.

The Youth Arts Festival is a project of the nonprofit Dearborn Community Fund (DCF).

“This event is truly a festival—not just a concert—because of the variety and high spirited energy of the art and the performances by Dearborn students,” explains DCF Executive Director EmmaJean Woodyard. “It’s exciting for everyone involved because this is the only time during the year that all of the schools in Dearborn showcase their arts initiatives at one time, in one place, demonstrating how many of our young people are involved in the arts. It’s also offers a unique opportunity for the students to see and hear what their peers are doing.”

Festival activities begin at 4 p.m. with the opening of Dearborn Public Schools City Wide Art Show at the Center’s Padzieski Gallery. The exhibit, which remains in the Gallery through mid-May, includes selected works from K-12 students. Opening art awards occur at 4:10 p.m. in the Michael A. Guido Theater followed by Senior Talks in the Gallery at 5:30 p.m.

Between the art awards and the 7 p.m. collage concert, patrons can view the student art in the lobby and Gallery, participate in a variety of interactive art demonstrations, and enjoy music performed by a students. Representatives from the Dearborn Symphony and Friends of the Dearborn Symphony will host an information table.

A Collage Performance begins at 7 p.m. in the Michael A. Guido Theater. Choral and instrumental performances include groups from the Dearborn Public Schools and Henry Ford College.

The Youth Arts Festival is a co-operative project by the DCF, Dearborn Public Schools and Henry Ford Community College with valuable support provided by the City of Dearborn/Parks & Recreation Department, Dearborn Community Arts Council and additional sponsors.

For more information about the Youth Arts Festival, other DCF projects or how to contribute to the Fund, call 313-943-5478.

Youth Arts Festival Spotlights Local Student Talents

Visual art, vocal performances and instrumental music will stir the senses in April 2016, from 4 to 8:30 p.m., at the Youth Arts Festival and opening of the Dearborn Public Schools City Wide Art Show. Hundreds of talented Dearborn students from kindergarten through high school (K-12) will perform, display and demonstrate their arts during exhibits and a collage concert at the event.

The public is invited to attend this free program, a cooperative project by the Dearborn Community Fund (DCF) and the Dearborn Public Schools, at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan Ave., in Dearborn.

Program Agenda

4-5:30 p.m. – Visual Arts / Opening Reception for Dearborn Public Schools City Wide Art Show – featuring artwork from students in kindergarten through high school.
4:30-5:30 p.m. and 6:30-7:30 p.m. – Artist Demonstrations
5:30 p.m. – Senior Talks – High school seniors share insights about their artwork.
6:30-7:30 p.m. – Musical Interlude – The Dearborn Youth Symphony ensembles will perform in the theater lobby.
7:30-8:30 p.m. – Collage Musical Performance – Instrumental, choral and theater selections by Elementary through High School students and special guests Kira Frabotta, Paul Bruce and “Blue Fusion” from Henry Ford Community College.

Performers

Special guest performers include Dearborn public schools graduates who have pursued careers in the arts.

Visual Arts

The Youth Arts Festival features art demonstrations and the artwork of kindergarten through 12th grade students participating in the all-school City Wide Art Show exhibit in the Padzieski Art Gallery. The Art Show runs from April 22 through May 22, 2015.

Choral

Choral performances will highlight the voices of students in the Elementary Honors Choir directed by Jim Walters, the Secondary Honors Choir directed by Jennifer Pegouske, the Dearborn High School Choir directed by Carmelle Atkins, and the Henry Ford Community College Blue Fusion Vocal Jazz Ensemble under the direction of G. Kevin Dewey.

Dramatic Arts

High school theatrical performance.

Instrumental Arts

Representing the power and passion of instrumental arts, the collage concert includes a variety of groups performing on stage in the world-class Michael A. Guido Theater.

The Youth Arts Festival is a cooperative project by the Dearborn Community Fund (DCF) and the Dearborn Public Schools, with support from the Dearborn Community Arts Council and the Dearborn Public Schools Education Foundation.

The DCF is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with the mission to support cultural and recreational programs in Dearborn. For more information about the Youth Arts Festival, other projects sponsored by the DCF, or how to contribute to the Fund, call 313-943-5478.