East Carolina University will present The Fourth Annual Youth Arts Festival on Saturday, April 4th 2009 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event will be held on the "mall" area in the center of campus. In case of rain, the festival will be held in the Leo W. Jenkins Fines Arts Building on Fifth Street.
The festival will bring over 100 visual and performing artists to campus who will share their creative talents with the children of our community. Varied and talented musical , dance and theatrical groups will also be featured at the festival.
Children will have the opportunity to visit with artists demonstrating activities such as wheel thrown ceramics, traditional watercolor painting, weaving, felting, paper-making, printmaking, portraiture and a myriad of other visual art media. Featured visual artists will come from surrounding states, North Carolina, Greenville, and from the School of Art and Design at East Carolina University.
Children will also have the opportunity to create their own artwork with the help of Art Education and other students from ECU, as well as many professional artists. There will be lots of other fun and exciting interactive activities for children of all ages during the day.
April 4th will be a day full of "fun and adventure." All children, families and individuals interested in the arts are welcome. This activity coincides with the Youth Arts Month sponsored by the North Carolina Art Education Association.
ECU and Emerge Gallery have joined together as co-sponsors to host this event. This event is being supported this year with generous grants from Target Corporationthe North Carolina Arts Council, the ECU Art Enthusiasts and Pepsi. Artists will be visiting many local schools, especially third grade classes from January through March. Sponsors at ECU include the Department of Recreation and Wellness, The College of Fine Arts and Communication, The School of Music, the School of Theater and Dance, the Office of Intercultural Student Affairs/ Ledonia Wright Center, and the Division of Student Life.
All events are free and open to the public.
For More Information about the festival contact:
Dindy Reich
reichd@ecu.edu
252-328-5749
Thank you to all our Sponsors:
East Carolina University School of Art and Design
East Carolina University Visual Arts Board
Friends of the School of Art and Design
Target Corporation
Pepsi
North Carolina Arts Council
School of Music
School of Theater and Dance
Department of Recreation and Wellness
College of Fine Arts and Communication
Office of Institutional Diversity
Fedex Office
Krispy Kreme Donuts
Bruegger’s Bagels
Murrell and Kaki Mcleod
Bonita Aycock
Michelle Beckham, M.D.
Howard Weeks, D.D.S.
Regional Artists:
Magic of Rhythm: Performers: Durham, NC
Valda Belyeu: Jewelry: Washington, NC
Ben Billingsley: Dinkra Printing : Wilmington, NC
Erica Coker-Pastel Portraits, Raleigh, NC
Arianne King Comer: Batik & Indigo Dying: Charlston, SC
Wendy Ferguson Whitehead: Australian arts: Wilson, NC
Brian Gonzalez-Printmaking, Raleigh, NC
Rabiah Hodges: Weaving: Kill Devil Hills, NC
Robin Kitson: Storytelling: Raleigh, NC
Niki Litts: Printmaking: Kinston, NC
Steve Myott: Puppets and Stilt walking: Wilmington, NC
Sharron Parker: Felting: Wake Forest, NC
Claire Ramsey: Storytelling: Raleigh, NC
Michael Rhinehardt: Portraits; Marshallburg,NC
Colleen Ringrose: Collage: Wilmington, NC
Pedro and Nancy Rodriguez: Painted Guitars: Charleston, SC
Deloris Samuelson: Jewelry: Branch, NC
Caroline Sleeper: Clay tiles: Washington, NC
Jery Taylor: Pine Needle Baskets: Charleston, SC
Sherry Vick: Heart Art: Farmville, NC
Henry Vogel: Storytelling: Raleigh, NC
Melanie and Wayne Waters: Double Diamond Pottery: Farmville, NC
Jeff Whelan: Caricatures: Murpheesborough, NC
Greenville Artists:
Charlotte Fitz-Greenville Museum of Art
Dodi Groesser-Brushstrokes
John Groesser-Brushstrokes
Marie Hanra: Fibers
Liz Henley-Sculpture
Peter Hickey-Brushstrokes
Shuko Jacobs: Calligraphy and Origami
Angel Jones: Environmental activity
Jenni K: Jewelry
Jane Lawrence: Mixed Media
Debby McCullough: Marbling Paper
Ameena Mohuyddin: Henna Tattoos
Terrence Moore-Portraits
Heather Muise: Printmaking
Glenn Nelson: Murals
Bonnie Pulver: Spinning
Vivian Purvis: Quilting
Gail Ritzer: Clay and Mixed Media
Victoria Sexton: Fairies and Monsters
Peerless Speller: Mural
Windy Stiner: Handmade dolls
Heather White: Clay
Richard Wilson, Painting
Damon Wolcott: Pledge Board
Guilds Participating:
AIMO (Apparel and Merchandising Organization)
Art Education Guild: Big Bus, Chalkboard, Paper flowers
Animation:Video production
Ceramics: Clay demos and Clay activities with kids
Design Associates:T-shirts
Metals Guild: Jewelry
Painting: Face painting: Painting Objects
Photography Guild: Cyanotypes
Printmaking: Screenprinting
Sculpture Guild: Paper Mache Project
Textile Guild: Tire Tube Looms
Wood Guild: Wood Creatures
Faculty Participating:
Alice Arnold: Collaborative Theater, Music and Art Activity
Cynthia Bickley-Green: Origami
Chris Buddo: Musical Petting Zoo
Patch Clark: Storybook Theater
Matt Egan: Printmaking
Michael Ehlbeck: Printmaking
Seo Eo: Clay Throwing and Hand Building
Abdul Fahardi: Calligraphy
Holly Garriott:Clay
Linda High: Collaborative Theater, Music and Art Activity
Nan Young Kim: Sock dolls
Tim Lazure: Metals
Jackie Leebrick: Photography
Mark Malley: VW Creative Bus
Amy McCintyre: Clay throwing and Hand Building
Leea Pienimaki-Block Printing
Robbie Quinn-Big Blackboard and Art Education activities
Lisa Beth Robinson: Bookbinding
Borim Song-Art activities with storytellers
Jim Tisnado:Clay throwing and Handbuilding
Jill Twark-Froggs
Christine Zoller:Silk Painting
Graduate Students:
Joshua Combs-Sculpture
Lauren DeSerres-Ceramics
Adam Jacono-Photography
Rod Fincannon-Photography
Jeremy Fineman-Ceramics
Mara Friedlander-Metals
Yu Ishimaru-Ceramics
September Krueger-Weaving with Bicycle tubes
Ashley Pierce-Children’s activity and Clothing
Kim Rumfelt-Ceramics
Marissa Saneholtz-Metals
Cherry Stephens-Sculpture
Undergraduate Students:
Russ Clark
Abigail Cochrin
Aileen Devlin
Jill D’Elia
Mary Howell
Deanna Jannuzzi
MacKenzie Keel
Stephanie McFadden
Doug McKenzie
Jayme Mason
Sabrina Kuratami
Leslie Shirah
Matt Shapiro
Corey Thomas
Will Redding
Other Entities:
Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
Campus Recreation and Wellness: Parachute Games
Purple the Clown: Balloon maker (11am-2PM)
Delta Zeta Sorority
D.H. Conley Art Club
Emerge Gallery
Froggs
Greenville Civic Ballet
Greenville Museum of Art
The Greenville Japanese School
Kinston Community Arts Council
Imperial Arts Center
Pitt County Sheriff’s Department
Southern Nash Sr.. High Art Club
Stage Performance Schedule:
10:00–10:45 Ballet Folklórico Espiritu Santo Hispano-Americano
10:45–11:15 Steve Myott Puppets Wilmington, NC
11:15–11:45 Storybook Theater Greenville, NC
12:00–12:30 ECU Pirates of Pan Greenville, NC
12:30-1:00 Chinese Dancers Greenville, NC
1:00–1:45 Big Fat Gap Chapel Hill, NC
1:45–2:30 Magic of African Rhythm Raleigh, NC
2:45–3:15 Muqabla Indian Dance Group Greenville, NC
3:30–4:00 Storybook Theater Greenville, NC
Special Thanks to the Staff and Administration of the ECU School of Art and Design: We couldn’t do this without all your help.
Director: Michael Drought
Graduate Director: Scott Eagle
Academic Advisor: Ann Melanie
Connie Balance: Administrative Support Associate
Mary Collins: Administrative Support Associate
Ben DuBose: Administrative Support Associate-
Susan Nicholls: Administrative Support Associate
Linda Nelson: Administrative Support Associate
Lisa Beth Robinson: Administrative Support Associate
Maria Modlin: Technical Support Technician, SoAD Computer Center
Tom Braswell: Assistant Director, Gray Gallery
Keith Kinlaw: Laboratory Mechanic 1
