Chandler Center for the Arts
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Chandler Center for the Arts (CCA), is located in Chandler, Arizona
and is jointly owned by the City of Chandler and the Chandler Unified School District. The Chandler Center for the Arts functions dually as the home theater for Chandler High School
and the arts center for the City of Chandler. The Chandler Center for the Arts receives no direct appropriations for artistic programming. Any donations it receives must be applied only to the maintenance and operation of the actual building.
The Vision Gallery is located in CCA, and features rotating displays by over 350 artists in such media as painting, watercolor, photography
, mixed media
, sculpture
, ceramics
, glass
, textiles
and metal
.
The Center’s mission is:
“To promote itself as a prominent and inclusive cultural institution by providing quality performing and visual arts programs that reflect the needs of a diverse community; and to raise funds to support programs and future needs of the Chandler Center for the Arts.”
In 2006, CCA received the 2006 Governor’s Arts Award for excellence in educational, visual and performing arts programs.
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Chandler, Arizona
-Demographics:As of the Census of 2010, there were 236,123 people, 86,924 households, and 60,212 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 73.3% White, 4.8% Black or African American, 1.5% Native American, 8.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 8.3%...
and is jointly owned by the City of Chandler and the Chandler Unified School District. The Chandler Center for the Arts functions dually as the home theater for Chandler High School
Chandler High School (Chandler, Arizona)
Chandler High School is a high school located in Chandler, Arizona, United States. One of the oldest high schools in Arizona, it was founded in 1912, the year in which Chandler was founded and Arizona became a state....
and the arts center for the City of Chandler. The Chandler Center for the Arts receives no direct appropriations for artistic programming. Any donations it receives must be applied only to the maintenance and operation of the actual building.
Galleries
The Center's Exhibition Hall hosts free exhibits of visual arts in a variety of media and cultural origins.The Vision Gallery is located in CCA, and features rotating displays by over 350 artists in such media as painting, watercolor, photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
, mixed media
Mixed media
Mixed media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed.There is an important distinction between "mixed-media" artworks and "multimedia art". Mixed media tends to refer to a work of visual art that combines various traditionally distinct...
, sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
, ceramics
Ceramic art
In art history, ceramics and ceramic art mean art objects such as figures, tiles, and tableware made from clay and other raw materials by the process of pottery. Some ceramic products are regarded as fine art, while others are regarded as decorative, industrial or applied art objects, or as...
, glass
Glass
Glass is an amorphous solid material. Glasses are typically brittle and optically transparent.The most familiar type of glass, used for centuries in windows and drinking vessels, is soda-lime glass, composed of about 75% silica plus Na2O, CaO, and several minor additives...
, textiles
Textile art
Textile art may refer to:*Any one of the textile arts, those arts and crafts that use plant, animal, or synthetic fibers to construct practical or decorative objects*Fiber art, the creation of fine art using textile arts techniques and materials...
and metal
Metalworking
Metalworking is the process of working with metals to create individual parts, assemblies, or large scale structures. The term covers a wide range of work from large ships and bridges to precise engine parts and delicate jewelry. It therefore includes a correspondingly wide range of skills,...
.
History
The City of Chandler created the Chandler Cultural Foundation in 1989 in order to create programming finance development for Chandler Center of the Arts. As the programming entity of CCA, the Chandler Cultural Foundation presents quality programs that would not otherwise be available in the community.The Center’s mission is:
“To promote itself as a prominent and inclusive cultural institution by providing quality performing and visual arts programs that reflect the needs of a diverse community; and to raise funds to support programs and future needs of the Chandler Center for the Arts.”
In 2006, CCA received the 2006 Governor’s Arts Award for excellence in educational, visual and performing arts programs.
Board of directors
- Chairman: Ernie Serrano, Jr.,
- Vice Chair: Christy Thompson
- Secretary: Jennifer Daake
- Treasurer: Steena Murray
- Jessica Blanco, M.D.
- Jerry Brooks
- Anne DeRose
- Lydia Gonzales
- Steve Haase
- Mark Knight
- Barbara Meyerson
- Linda Yarbrough
External links
- Chandler Center for the Arts - official site
- Vision Gallery
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