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| Super Scientific Circus, October 11th |
Reserve space for your group now.
The
Thrasher-Horne Center’s popular School Time Series offers entertaining,
educational and engaging performances for students. Through these educational
programs, the Thrasher-Horne Center continues its commitment to enrich the
lives of the students it serves. There are five exciting performances scheduled
for the coming school year.
Super
Scientific Circus, October 11th
Parsons
Dance, October 14th
Choosy
Suzy’s Bully Prevention Show, November 2nd
Seussical
The Musical, February 1st
Steve
Trash: Ecology Is Awesome, April 28th
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| Parsons Dance, October 14th |
With
the current school year winding down, many teachers are already planning field
trips for the 2016-2017 school year. Group reservations for performances in the
School Time Series can be made now. To qualify as a school group, reservations
must be for 12 or more tickets. For every 12 paid tickets, the group will
receive 1 ticket free. Payments will be due a month before the performances.
Clay County schools designated
as Title One may inquire about the Thrasher-Horne Center Title One ticket
subsidy, which is made available through the Roger and Gail Arrowsmith Fund and
Thrasher-Horne Center season members. To learn more about this special fund Click Here.
Teachers
who are planning their field trips for 2016-2017 can make sure their students
will be able to take advantage of these excellent educational opportunities by
calling the Thrasher-Horne Center Box Office at 904-276-6815.
Arts
Education provides positive benefits to a community
"I
see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization
than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the
roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his/her vision
wherever it takes him/her." John
F. Kennedy
"Every child is an artist.” Pablo Picasso
Young
children learn a lot by doing Art
"I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I
understand." Confucius
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Choosy
Suzy’s Bully Prevention Show
November 2nd |
School
curricula in many parts of the United States have shifted toward an emphasis on
reading and math and away from the arts. Some people now regard art education
as a luxury. They ignore the fact that creative activities are the building
blocks of child development. Education in the arts helps young children in each
of the following areas.
Motor
Skills: The National Institutes of Health has found that the motions
involved in making art (holding a paintbrush, scribbling with a crayon, etc.)
help young children to develop their fine motor skills.
Decision
Making: Art education strengthens critical-thinking skills. The
experience of making decisions and choices while creating art can carry over
into other parts of a child’s life.
Visual
Learning: Drawing, sculpting, and threading beads on a string help to
develop visual-spatial skills. Those skills are becoming increasingly
important.
Inventiveness: When
kids create art, they develop a sense of innovation that will serve them well
in their adult lives.
Arts
Education
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| February 1st, 2017 |
“From
dance and music to theatre and the visual arts, the arts give children a unique
means of expression, capturing their passions and emotions, and allowing them
to explore new ideas, subject matter, and cultures… Arts education not
only enhances students' understanding of the world around them, but it also broadens
their perspective on traditional academics.”
Dr. Terry Bergeson, former Superintendent of Public Instruction in Washington
State
“I would
teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for
in the patterns of music and all the arts are the keys of learning." Plato
- Students who participate in the arts, both in school and after
school, demonstrate improved academic performance and lower dropout rates.
Despite including the arts as being one of the ten core academic subjects, the
No Child Left Behind law has helped to push arts classes to the side. Schools,
especially those struggling, can retain their best teachers by becoming
incubators for creativity and innovation; places where students want to learn
and teachers want to teach.
- Students with an education rich in the arts have better grade
point averages, score better on standardized tests in reading and math, and
have lower dropout rates—findings that cut across all socioeconomic categories.
The arts can "level the playing field" for youngsters from
disadvantaged circumstances.
- Data from The College Board shows that students who take four
years of arts and music classes while in high school score 98 points better on
their SATs than students who took only one-half year or less.
What can
students learn from the arts?
"Art
teaches nothing, except the significance of life." Henry Miller
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Ecology is Awesome
April 28th, 2017 |
1.
Creativity – Being able to think on your feet, approach tasks from different
perspectives and think ‘outside of the box’ can help children to find
fulfillment.
2. Confidence –Theater
training enables children to step out of their comfort zone, make mistakes, and
learn from them. That process gives children the confidence to perform in front
of audiences.
3.
Problem Solving –Students who participate in the arts are challenged to solve
problems. This develops children’s reasoning skills.
4.
Perseverance – In a competitive world where people are being asked to
continually develop new skills, perseverance is essential to achieving success.
Learning about the arts teaches students this important principle.
5. Focus –
Research has shown that participation in the arts improves children’s abilities
to concentrate and focus on other parts of their lives.
6. Nonverbal
Communication – Theater and dance education teaches children the mechanics of
body language. They learn how movements communicate a variety of emotions.
7.
Receiving Constructive Feedback – Constructive feedback about a
performance or visual art piece is part of any instruction in the arts.
Children learn that feedback is part of learning.
8.
Collaboration – Many arts disciplines, like theater or band, are
collaborative. Through the arts, children learn to interact with others and
share responsibility as they work together to accomplish a common goal.
9.
Dedication – When kids complete artistic endeavors, they associate
dedication with their feeling of accomplishment. They develop habits like being
on time for rehearsals and performances, respecting the contributions of
others, and more.
10.
Accountability – When children collaborate on an artistic project, they begin to
understand how their actions can affect others.
Arts in a
Community
The arts
provide us with a universal language, and they have the capacity to breathe
life into a community. The arts can bring a community together in a way that
commerce, politics, and religion cannot.
Seeing
the performing arts, either in a play or in a musical or dance performance, can
make an enormous difference in the life of a child or young adult. Some are
inspired to pursue careers in the arts themselves. Others take an active
interest in the arts which nurtures them throughout their lives.
"Art is the signature of civilization." Beverly
Sills
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performances for the 2016-2017 school year. I’ve also written about the impact
of Arts Education to a community. From teaching motor skills to young children
to teaching young adults about responsibility and perseverance, Arts Education
plays an important role.
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Thrasher-Horne Center is one of the nicest venues of its type in Northeast
Florida. From concerts by renowned artists, to live theater, to dance, to magic
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