April 17, 2006
Media Advisory – Arts Education Festival
Reporters, photographers and camera crews are welcome to cover Southern Illinois University Carbondale's annual Arts Education Festival, April 18-19, at various locations on campus.
About 2,000 school-aged children from throughout the area will be on hand to watch skilled visiting and SIUC artisans, dancers, musicians, storytellers and others demonstrate their crafts. There are plenty of hands-on opportunities for the students, as well.
Here are some of the scheduled events.
Tuesday, April 18
9:45-10:30 a.m.
• Music Array, Shryock Auditorium. SIUC School of Music students demonstrate different styles of music.
• Storytelling, Student Center Auditorium.
• Hands-on art, ballrooms A, B and C, Student Center
• Museum tour, University Museum, Faner Hall
• Mask-making, Mississippi Room, Student Center.
10:45-11:30 a.m.
• Actor Factory, University Museum Auditorium. Interactive theater.
• Studio tour, Pulliam Hall art studios.
• Crafts, Student Center Craft Shop.
11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Dance of the East, Student Center Auditorium. Performers demonstrate Middle Eastern dance.
• Delta Blues, Old Baptist Foundation.
12:45-1:30 p.m.
• Dance variety, Shryock Auditorium.
• Ballet, Ballroom D, Student Center .
• Flamenco dance, Old Baptist Foundation.
Wednesday, April 19
9:45-10:30 a.m.
• Children's choir, Shryock Auditorium.
• "Banjovi," Old Baptist Foundation. American traditional banjo music.
10:45-11:30 a.m.
• Native American Strings, Old Baptist Foundation. Edd Sterchi spins tales using string to illustrate his stories.
11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Modern dance, Shryock Auditorium.
12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• Suzuki Strings, Shryock Auditorium.
• Loose Gravel, Old Baptist Foundation. Local female folk/rock music group performs.