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May 8, 2000, was a proud day in the lives of over a dozen local Kindergarten through 12th grade students. It was the day they celebrated the awards they'd earned by their participation in the annual North Central Arkansas Foundation for the Arts and Education (NCAFAE) ''Creative Arts Day.'' Above: Standing in front of a wall full of entries, Sue Pico, NCAFAE executive director shares smiles with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of the Kindergarten through 6th grade ''Creative Arts Day'' poetry, creative writing, and visual arts competition. Below: Lou Wilson (far right), NCAFAE president, shares the stage with the Arts competition 7th through 12th grade winners.
Founded in 1990, the NCAFAE dedicates its efforts to reaching out to touch as many lives as possible with an experiential appreciation of the creative arts. Catching the dreams of young and old alike, the NCAFAE sponsors and coordinates a broad range of programs, workshops, events, and specialty activities, designed to make learning about the arts enjoyable, rewarding, and fun. The annual ''Creative Arts Day'' is the finale to a school-year full of ''art in action'' programs, all of which are designed to promote enjoyment of the Fine Arts and includes such things as a Sunday Concert Series that runs from September through May. All this is the NCAFAE effort to make quality family-style entertainment available locally to everyone in the region they serve, which includes Van Buren, Cleburne, and Stone counties in North Central Arkansas and involves students from 15 school districts in addition to homeschooled kids. This year's Creative Arts Day garnered over 60 entries from four school districts and two homeschool groups. Entertainment for the award ceremonies was presented by ''Toucan Jam'' and ''Still On The Hill.'' (Click ''Concert For Kids'' to read more.) The theme of this year's competition was ''Pride In Our Heritage,'' and the Award winners were: PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS Joshua Weiss, Home School, Visual Art, K-6 grade Cale Smith, Clinton Schools, Visual Art, 7-12 grade KINDERGARTEN - 3rd GRADE Visual Art 1st - Joshua Weiss - Home School, Shirley 2nd - Winston Gross - South Side Schools 3rd - Shawna Weiss - Home School, Shirley Poetry 1st - Shawna Weiss - Home School, Shirley 2nd - Winston Gross - South Side Schools 3rd - Joshua Weiss - Home School, Shirley Creative Writing 1st - Joshua Weiss - Home School, Shirley 2nd - Shawna Weiss - Home School, Shirley 4th - 6th GRADE Visual Art 1st - Amanda Hall - South Side Schools 2nd - Shalom Weiss - Home School, Shirley 3rd - Adrian Sliffe - South Side Schools Poetry 1st - Amber Gross - South Side Schools 2nd - Shalom Weiss - Home School, Shirley Creative Writing 1st - Shalom Weiss - Home School, Shirley 7th - 9th GRADE Visual Art 1st - Christopher Pickle - Home School, Clinton 2nd - Adam Weiss - Home School, Shirley 3rd - Jesse Gibbing - Westside Schools Poetry 1st - Krista Maree Maggard - Clinton Schools 2nd - Autumn Mathis - Scotland Schools 3rd - Adam Weiss - Home School, Shirley Creative Writing 1st - Adam Weiss - Home School, Shirley 10th - 12th GRADE Visual Art 1st - Eva Vargova - South Side Schools 2nd - Cale Smith - Clinton Schools 3rd - Patria Ostrom - Clinton Schools Poetry 1st - Alyson Passmore - Clinton Schools 2nd - Eliesha VanHoak - Clinton Schools 3rd - Dewane Holt - Scotland Schools Creative Writing (no entries) For more information about the NCAFAE, its work and the programs it sponsors, visit their Webpage, or contact Sue Pico, 501-745-2146, sjpico@artelco.com. * * * |
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