Test Your Artistic Knowledge

Posted on May 20, 2019 by tlmoore

Check out this really cool postcard designed for the Senior Visual Arts Showcase! If you look a little closer, you’ll notice that all of the squares are a famous painting or artist re-imagined by the creator. How many paintings, artists or both can you name? If you are a CFA student, bring your guesses by the CFA office by Thursday, May 23rd, by the end of lunch. I’ll draw one student from the cards with the most correct responses to win a prize. Too see more fabulous art by our Senior Visual Arts students, check out their gallery showing at Artworks Gallery ~ 320 Hull Street ~ 804-291-1400.  It is free and open to the public and will be on display until May 26, 2019. There will be an artist reception this Friday, May 24th from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.

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SAVE THE DATE – June 1, 2019

Posted on May 17, 2019 by tlmoore

What better way to bid farewell to your CFA family or embrace the CFA family life for your first time than to meet with food and fun? On Saturday, June 1, 2019, you can do just that! If you’re a Senior, we’ll be kicking things off with our Senior awards ceremony in the Auditorium at 11 AM (anyone in the CFA is welcome to attend to support our Seniors in this milestone event.) Afterwards we’ll all join together to have lunch. Our amazing Michael Jones will be our DJ for the day, and there will be karaoke, so warm up those pipes! The FCFA is providing paper goods, utensils and chicken strips. Please bring a complimentary dish or dessert to share. An RSVP will help the FCFA can plan accordingly.  Can’t wait to see you there!!!

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Chalk Up Another for Visual Arts

Posted on April 25, 2019 by tlmoore

Metro Richmond Stem Fair held an art competition. The winner’s creation was used for the cover for the 27th Annual Metro Richmond STEM Fair program. Yes, you guessed it, one of CFA’s Visual Arts Level I students, Viktoria Fisher, won 1st place and was awarded the honor of gracing the cover, a trophy and 1st prize. Viktoria was not the only Visual Arts student who placed in the competition.  Redet Lemma and Axel Valdez-Machicado also took 4th place and Honorable Mention, respectively. Congratulations to all of our STEM Fair Art winners!

Axel Valdez-Machicado – Honorable Mention

Redet Lemma – 4th Place

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New York, New York..a Heck of a Town!

Posted on April 23, 2019 by tlmoore

One week ago today at the crack of dawn, 50 excited students and 5 very brave adults boarded a bus and headed to New York City for the Theatre/Musical Theatre Spring trip. Some had been before, but for some it was their very first venture to the Big Apple. They only stayed for 2 nights and 3 days, but those 3 days were packed with shopping, theatre and, of course, FUN! As any Theatre field trip should, it included 3 Broadway shows. The group saw King Kong, Hadestown and Come From Away.  King Kong, the first of its kind on Broadway, is a musical based on the classic 1933 classic film, King Kong, about the misunderstood giant ape that takes over New York City. The Broadway show uses a huge puppet as its monster.

The second, Hadestown, is a musical retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, a tale very familiar to our Theatre students as it was part of their spring showcase and finally, Come From Away, the epic true story of a small town in Canada, Gander, that opened its hearts and homes to the passengers on 38 planes  that were ordered to land there in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The students also had the privilege of participating in a workshop with American actress, Susan Blackwell. 

Of course, what trip to NYC would be complete without a visit to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty? Late Thursday, they headed home having created memories that will last them a lifetime!

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♪ ♫ Money, Money, Money, Money ♫ ♪

Posted on April 23, 2019 by tlmoore

ATTENTION ALL CFA Seniors and Visual Arts Sophomores  and Juniors!!!!! This Friday, April 26, 2019, at 4:30 PM, is the deadline for applications for all  the FCFA  Scholarships. As we all know college is EXPENSIVE! Every little bit helps. Why turn down the chance to receive some of that help from Friends of Center for the Arts? There are three opportunities.   Lee G. Hanchey Scholarship – open to ANY graduating senior in ANY discipline – worth $1500.00 – ONLY ONE RECIPIENT.  FCFA Curriculum Area Scholarship – open to ANY graduating senior who is MAJORING or MINORING in their curriculum area in college/higher education. TWO RECIPIENTS from each of the four disciplines will be awarded $750.00 each.  William Patrick Gorman Award – open to ANY current SOPHOMORE or JUNIOR VISUAL ARTS student – worth $1000.00 – ONLY ONE RECIPIENT.  Hurry and get your application in. NO LATE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED! 

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And the Hits Just Keep on Comin’

Posted on April 18, 2019 by tlmoore

Visual Arts is on fire! 2 more students have won prestigious awards for their work at Center for the Arts. Amina Coleman-Davis and Virginia Suddarth have both been honored with national awards. Amina received the highest award for a piece in the region, The American Voice and Visions medal.

Virginia was awarded a Silver Key. Congratulations! How lucky we are at CFA to have these students!

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What’s in the Box?

Posted on April 17, 2019 by tlmoore

Hallie Wilson, a senior in CFA’s Visual Arts program, wondered just that. Last year she was given an assignment to use a box in a creative way. While glancing at the huge color printer in her art class, she got an idea and ran with it. What if little people were inside furiously painting pages as they came out of the printer?  And so she created just that. The single project won a Scholastic Gold Award. This year she decided to expand on that same idea and created a series called “Technology People” which includes a sewing machine, microwave, record player, television, printer, lamp, blender and computer. The series won her the  2019 Scholastic Art and Writing Gold Medal . We’re so proud of Hallie! Check out her story in the RTD.

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They Said “YES!”

Posted on April 15, 2019 by tlmoore

It all began in the fall of 2018. Interested students flocked to Open Houses about Specialty Centers in Henrico County and took in  hours of information. The journey began to help make their decision of where they would spend their high school years. After a detailed application was completed and sent in, 236 students showed up at Henrico High School on Saturday, February 2, 2019, to audition for Center for the Arts. With all auditions done and applications completed, CFA’s faculty and guest adjudicators began the difficult process of evaluation and selection. On March 8th the selected students were notified, and 81 have said, “YES!” to spending the next four years with us at Center for the Arts at Henrico High School. We are so excited to welcome all of you into the CFA family! The next time we see you will be at New Student Orientation at 7PM on Tuesday, May 14th. If you haven’t filled out your course forms and turned those in, do that right away. If you still have your transportation form, we’ll need that too. We want to make sure everything’s ready when you join us in the Fall of 2019. CONGRATULATIONS!

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FINAL Day to Accept CFA Offer!

Posted on March 22, 2019 by tlmoore

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It’s Friday, March 22, 2019, and if you were one of the students selected to be part of the amazing program here at CFA, TODAY IS YOUR FINAL DAY TO ACCEPT! You received instructions in the email we sent on March 8, 2019, but here is an overview.

  • If you are a current HCPS Middle School Student, you must ACCEPT or DECLINE your offer online by March 22, 2019.
  • If you are a current homeschool, private school or HCPS High School student, you must ACCEPT or DECLINE via e-mail by March 22, 2019.
  • Current HCPS Middle School Students:

    Current HCPS Middle School Students are to login to the online applicant program and submit responses to each center application status per the timeline.  The Specialty Center Applicant Timeline is located on the district website.  From the home page, select Schools and then select Specialty Centers.  Website address is: https://henricoschools.us/specialty-centers/

    1. Response window opens Friday, March 8th at 4:30 PM.
    2. Applicant website address: https://hcpsapps.henrico.k12.va.us/.
    3. Students will login using their HCPS Credentials.

    Note: Parents/Guardians, your credentials for the parent portal will not work for this site. Only student credentials have access.

    1. Select Student Response Tab to review application status.
    2. Students will make selections per instructions at the top of the page.
    3. Students must make selections and submit in order for the response to be

    processed.

    Note: If the student logs back into the program during the response window and cannot make changes to their original selections, then that confirms the submission.

    1. The student response window is scheduled to close on Friday, March 22nd.

    If you have questions or concerns, please see your child’s school counselor.

     

    Current Home School, Private School, or HCPS High School Students:

    Current Home School, Private School or HCPS High School Students who submitted the paper version of the Specialty Center application must respond by e-mail to ACCEPT or DECLINE your offer.  You must send an e-mail to Dr. Stephanie Poxon at slpoxon@henrico.k12.va.us by Friday, March 22nd with your decision.

     

     

  • Many have already accepted, and we can’t wait to see you at New Student Orientation in May, and back here in the fall to begin an awesome 4 year journey!
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What You Don’t See!

Posted on March 18, 2019 by tlmoore

Every event here at CFA needs so many people working together to make it happen. Many people you never see. This particular post is about a whole group of people who work tirelessly in the shadows to support all of our students and staff at Henrico Center for the Arts. They are the FCFA or Friends of Center for the Arts. The FCFA is our Booster organization, if you will. You’ve heard of Band Boosters, Athletic Boosters. They are Art Boosters. They are made up of parent volunteers and they do everything from raising money to working concessions at events and shows, to providing dinners and snacks to our students when they are rehearsing, and much more! Many of the things we need to let our students have a quality learning experience have been gifts of FCFA. The new soundboard, LED lights, and cameras for our Visual Arts students are just a few of the many things they have contributed. We at CFA couldn’t do what we do without them, and we can’t thank them enough. If you would like to know more about the FCFA or are interested in volunteering, please go to their website, http://www.friendsofcfa.com/.

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