Press Release
For immediate release
8/25/08
Arts & Humanities Division
And the Lawton Arts & Humanities Council
P.O. Box 1054
Lawton, OK 73502
580-581-3470 or 581-3471
Email: lahc@cityof.lawton.ok.us
Open Enrollment Children’s Art Studio Fall 2008
Enrollment: August 27 – October 11
Classes: October 11 - November 15
(Lawton, OK) Open enrollment for “Children’s Art Studio” will begin August 27 and run through October 11. This program previously known as the “School of the Arts” is in its sixth year. Only the name has changed, it is still the same great program!
Classes begin October 11 at the Town Hall/Carnegie Library, 5th & B Avenue located in downtown Lawton and run through November 15. The program is designed for student’s in grades three through six. Six classes (sessions) meet each Saturday, 9:00 am to noon (light snack provided). Three sessions focus on pottery and three sessions focus on sketching and painting. In addition, students are taught art vocabulary, color theory, and to how to care and clean art supplies. Students are also taught art exhibit etiquette for their own show to be held Tuesday, November 18 from 5-6:30 pm in the McMahon Memorial Auditorium Lobby.
Tuition is $30/semester and scholarships are available (limited first come first serve basis). Registration forms will be available online at www.cityof.lawton.ok.us/LAHC or at the Arts & Humanities Division office, 801 NW Ferris, located at the west entrance of McMahon Memorial Auditorium. Office hours are 8am-12 noon and 1-5 pm, Monday – Friday.
The program is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, Oklahoma Arts Council, City of Lawton, Lawton Arts and Humanities Council, and the Lawton Public School System. For more information, call 580-581-3470 or 581-3471. Or email us at lahc@cityof.lawton.ok.us |