Salem County Arts Alliance

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Salem County Arts Alliance
204 Shell Road
Carneys Point, NJ 08069
ph: 856-299-7434
SalemCoArtsAlliance@yahoo.com

Teen Arts

Area residents are invited to celebrate the arts at the Salem County Teen Arts Festival on March 12, 2010 on the campus of Salem Community College, in Davidow Hall, 460 Hollywood Ave., from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Salem County Arts Alliance and admission is free.

The festival showcases the talents of teens from school districts in the county. Professionals evaluate students' work in dance, drama, visual art, vocal and instrumental music, creative writing and videography and providing feedback. The event provides young people the chance to interact with a variety of artists as well as their peers in workshop settings. Students from grades 7 to 12 are invited to participate.

“Salem County students have been exploring the arts at this festival for over 30 years,” said Roxanna Hurst, president of the Arts Alliance of Salem County. “It's the only event that brings the school districts together to focus on art and creativity in all the artistic disciplines.”

Workshops offered throughout the day provide students the opportunity to explore creative pursuits such as jewelry making, knitting, poetry, graphic arts, leather and playwriting. Other workshops focus on performance in drama and vocal music.

The other aspect of the festival is its traveling art exhibit. For the past two years the Arts Alliance has coordinated a local traveling exhibit that visited businesses in our communities.

The touring art exhibit from the March 2009 Teen Arts Festival is now on display at The Bank. Both the Mannington and Woodstown Branches will display artwork starting October 10 through the end of the month.

Scheduled venues:

Nov. - Pennsville National Bank

Dec. - Memorial Hospital of Salem County

Jan. - The Salem Sunbeam Office

Feb. - The office of the United Way

“We're very grateful to these companies for hosting last year's selected works,” Hurst said. “We look forward to working with them again and we invite other local businesses to join the exhibit schedule this year. It's a great way to share the wonderful work of these talented young people.”

Local businesses interested in hosting artwork from the Teen Arts Festival may call the Arts Alliance office at 299-7434. The exhibit will be available to travel to different locations in the county after the Teen Arts Showcase in April.