CREST HAVEN – The Cape May County Department of Tourism, Public Information and Culture & Heritage is partnering with Cumberland County for this year’s Teen Arts Festival.
According to a release, the festival will take place April 2, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
It will begin at the Levoy Theatre, 130 N. High St., Millville, and spread throughout the downtown area around High Street.
This one-day event features many innovative components all designed to enhance the ability and careers of Cumberland and Cape May County’s young artists, ages 13-19, and to promote the importance of arts education in schools.
Workshops/masterclasses and “pop-up” education booths, covering a range of arts-based categories, are scheduled throughout the day.
All Cumberland and Cape May County students registered for festival adjudication may participate in these workshops and classes.
The workshops and masterclasses help students develop perceptual, intellectual and technical skills; gain cultural awareness and understanding of various art forms; and develop personal aesthetic values.
Student artwork will be on display during the entire festival. The work will represent the very best of Cumberland and Cape May county teen artists.
Teaching artists will be available to adjudicate, as well as to teach workshops and masterclasses in their specialties including drama, filmmaking, voice, acting, instrumental music, creative writing and more.
Representatives from local arts organizations, arts centers, colleges, and universities will have information booths at the festival.
Students will be free to review their materials and question the education institutions about their programs and scholarship opportunities.
The Cumberland and Cape May County Teen Arts Festival is not a competition. Performances will not be compared or ranked in any way. Instead, the focus is on sharing achievements and learning.
All student work at the festival will be publicly critiqued by professional artist adjudicators, both verbally and in writing.
Students who excel in their particular art form are selected to be sent to the state level. Only students who are invited to participate can be adjudicated by state-level judges.
Registration and additional information may be found online, https://cumberlandcountyteenarts.com/, or for Cape May County by contacting Elizabeth Appleyard Bakley, (609) 465-1066, elizabeth.bakley@co.cape-may.nj.us.
Dates to Remember:
- Jan. 1: Full festival registration opens
- Jan.10: Intent to Participate form due (schools only)
- Feb. 13: Registration closes
- March 5: Workshop registration opens
- March 20: Workshop registration closes
- March 26: Visual Art dropped off to the Arts & Innovation Center in Millville, NJ from 10 AM – 8 PM
