Spokane Civic Theatre Sponsoring Arts Camp
FOR THE RECORD (May 20, 1997): Wrong number: The phone number for the Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle is (206) 684-7300. The number in the Arts Notes column in Sunday’s IN Life was incorrect.
Blame it on Will - William Shakespeare, that is.
The Performing Arts Day Camp, sponsored by Spokane Civic Theatre, will culminate its two-week program with a full-length extravaganza of drama, comedy, singing, dancing and hand-to-hand combat.
“It Started with Shakespeare” will showcase what students in grades seven through 12 learn in the theater camp from July 7 to 20.
Other Civic Theatre classes this summer include two-week sessions for children in grades one through 12; and two two-week sessions for children in grades one through six.
Session one is scheduled for June 23 to July 3; the second is July 21 to 31. Tuition is $50 per session, and space is limited.
The special performing arts daycamp is for students in grades seven through 12. There will be classes and workshops on acting, auditioning, voice, vocal characterization, dance and movement, stage combat and interpreting Shakespeare.
Daycamp registration before June 1 is $185 and $200 after that.
For registration and more information, call the theater’s office, 325-1413.
CdA drama workshops
The Lake City Playhouse in Coeur d’Alene, in cooperation with Sleepy Hollow Children’s Theatre, is enrolling students for two summer sessions of workshops for young people, 7 to 15.
Each 10-day workshop will focus on theater production, using the musical “Oz: Forever,” loosely based on “The Wizard of Oz.”
The workshops will teach auditioning, character development, creative dramatics, set construction, mime, improvisation and vocal techniques.
Four performances of “Oz: Forever” will culminate the sessions.
Workshops, with a maximum enrollment of 50, are scheduled for June 16-28, and June 30-July 12. Cost is $150. For registration information, call the Lake City Playhouse at (208) 667-1323.
Auditions
The Spokane-area Children’s Chorus will hold auditions for young people, 7 to 17, at Westminster Congregational Church, 411 S. Washington, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 24; 4 to 7 p.m. May 29; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., June 7.
Call 624-7992 for an audition appointment time.
A world-class artist
Jim Nelson, a native of Lewiston, has been called one of the world’s best contemporary Native American artists.
Nelson was featured in Southwest Art Magazine as a top emerging American artist in 1996, and his work was displayed on the cover of U.S. Art Magazine this year.
Last year, out of 3,000 paintings, Nelson’s “Brothers in the Wind” was one of eight to compete for three American placements in the world competition in England. He took fourth (of 80 pieces) in that international show.
Nelson’s work will be shown Friday through May 25, at The Gallery in Coeur d’Alene, 507 Sherman Avenue. Gallery hours for the show will be 5 to 9 p.m., Friday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., May 25.
Women artists invited
Micky Mank, a Spokane sculptor, and painter Betty Billups of Sandpoint have been selected to participate in the Western Academy of Women Artists’ Small Works Exhibition and Sale in Ellensburg, Wash.
More than 70 original artworks by signature artists will be on display at the Clymer Museum of Art, 416 N. Pearl, through June 29.
For more information, call (509) 962-6416.
Strike up the band
“Labor History and Arts” is the theme of the 26th Northwest Folklife Festival, Friday through May 26 in Seattle.
Included in the performances are folk singer Peter Seeger and several Spokane bands: the Celtic Nots, the New Criterion Banjo Orchestra, the Erdely Dance Ensemble, Urban Coyote Bush Band, Arvid Lundin, and Tony and JayDean Ludiker.
Other events will include dance performances, exhibits, food, crafts, workshops and hands-on activities for children.
For more information on the free festival, call (206) 684-7190 or visit its web site at http://www.halcyon.com/folklife.