Thursday, September 17, 2009

FREE YOUTH ART CLASSES

Did you ever want to explore underwater rock formations, marine and plant life?
Corcoran ArtReach @THEARC is accepting registration for youth art classes on Sargent and the Sea Exhibition. Best known for the society portraits he painted, the Corcoran Gallery of Art will be holding a groundbreaking exhibition featuring recently discovered John Singer Sargent’s marine paintings and drawings.

Unlocking your imagination and the mysteries of the sea, students will have the opportunity to create paintings, watercolors and drawings depicting seascapes and coastal scenes. All classes and supplies are FREE. No prior art experience is required. Registration is first come, first serve. Attendance required. Classes start September 21 and run thru December 10th.

For more information call 202-889-5088 or email Sandra Gobar sgobar@corcoran.org.

WHY IS THEARC NEEDED?


Shockingly, the U.S. Census Bureau 2005 American Community Survey shows that our nation’s capital has the highest rate of childhood poverty of any jurisdiction in the United States. Three out of ten children in Washington, DC live at or below the poverty line—.

WHAT IS THEARC?

Ten non profit partners at THEARC have come together under one roof to help children.
Since its opening in 2005, Town Hall Education, Arts and Recreation Campus-THEARC- has become a national prototype combining social, cultural and health services. It is a $27 million 110,000 square foot center on 16.5 acres of land in Southeast Washington, DC. THEARC provides a daily safe haven for the children it serves, with a wide range of arts, educational, recreational, health programs and services. In addition there is a 365-seat theatre (the only theatre east of the Anacostia River) a regulation size gymnasium, computer lab, art gallery, state-of-the-art music and dance studios.

Will you contribute to help each charity fulfill their missions? Just click on the donate button! For more information about THEARC please go to our website http://www.thearcdc.org/ or you may call 1-202-4-THEARC (1-202-484-3272).

Selected for the 2008-2009 Catalogue for Philanthropy
“One of the best small charities in the greater Washington region”

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