Area Arts Organizations

Arts For Kids, ETC.

Classes for Spring 2008:

Earth Station: "Growing Sunshine" 1/2 day Camp, a mixed-media hands-on exploration of environmental awareness.

Saturday April 26. 4 yr - K: 10 - 11:45 AM 1st - 3rd graders: Noon -2pm.

For information call Director, Rebecca Ryland, at 859-324-0371.

Arts for Kids, ETC is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide theatre arts training and performance opportunities primarily for the benefit of young people and to support arts-in-education, artists, and the arts in general throughout the community. The theatre-training program consists of age-appropriate and developmental classes ranging from Creative Dramatics and Acting to Musical Theatre, Playwriting and Directing. Production and Performance classes culminate in studio and public performances. Arts for Kids, ETC provides arts-in-education workshops and professional development for teachers, arts outreach programs and collaborative projects with other community and arts groups. Arts for Kids, ETC promotes the development and exposure of local artists as valuable community resources and provides opportunities for artists to share their work and talents through workshops, classes, and performance. Volunteers play a key role in all our programming. We strongly encourage community participation whether artistically inclined or just interested in having a good time.

Kids come first at Arts for Kids, ETC. Gaining skills to formulate and express ideas and speak or perform comfortably in front of an audience and exposure to the arts and culture help kids compete in today’s world. Positive interaction with peers and caring adults staves off unwanted influences and paves the road to becoming successful, contributing members of the community. At Arts for Kids, ETC, we respect the individual needs of our students. Some kids leave the program better prepared for careers in entertainment, media, theatre, and the performing arts. All kids leave with a better understanding of themselves and the world around them, possessing valuable skills to meet life’s challenges.

The Heritage Area String Program

Founded in the 1970’s, the Heritage Area string Program, a non-profit, parent-run organization, has provided musical opportunities, instruction, and fun to students from Boyle and surrounding counties. Students have the opportunity to learn one or more of the orchestral stringed instruments: Violin, Viola, Cello, and String Bass. Classes meet twice a week after school. Orchestra meets one day a week for 2 hours. For more information, please email director Jeremy Mulholland, jeremy.mulholland@eku.edu.

West T. Hill Community Theatre

Named in honor of its founder West T. Hill, WTHCT has been the foundation of theatre in this community for 25 years and serves the Central Kentucky area by offering five to six plays per season. Modern drama, popular musicals, full-length productions, original one act plays – West T. Hill Community Theatre presents a variety of theatrical experiences. This season’s –up-coming productions and ticket information can be found on their web site at westthill.com.

Pioneer Playhouse

Located in the heart of central Kentucky’s Historic Triangle, Danville’s Pioneer Playhouse is Kentucky’s original outdoor theater. The season features five plays, each with a New York-based professional cast, and runs from June through August. Since its founding in 1950, Pioneer Playhouse has launched the careers of thousands of talented actors, including John Travolta, Lee Majors and Jim Varney. The one-of-a-kind complex features a campground, a 19th century village, and pieces from the set of the MGM Civil Was epic Raintree County. Tickets for dinner and theater: $25.00; for show-only: $13.00.