The Arts and Humanities Focus Program
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Arts and Humanities Focus Program, commonly referred to as Arts, is a focus program
that specializes in art
and the humanities
. The school opened in 1999, and is housed in a historic bottling plant along the banks of Antelope Creek
.
The Arts and Humanities Focus program has welcomed several speakers over the past six semesters including actor/director Peter Riegert
, New York mime Bill Bowers
, DC Comics
and Marvel Comics
cartoonist Bob Hall and director Rodney Evans to name a few.
Past speakers visited have included author Daniel Quinn
, author/activist Howard Zinn
and President of the ACLU Nadine Strossen
.
Focus programs in Lincoln, Nebraska
The LPS focus programs are small public magnet high schools, established and run by Lincoln Public Schools to serve the needs of academically gifted students.-Individual schools:As of 2009, there are four focus programs:*Arts and Humanities Focus Program...
that specializes in art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
and the humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
. The school opened in 1999, and is housed in a historic bottling plant along the banks of Antelope Creek
Antelope Valley Project
The Antelope Valley Project is a flood control, economic development, transportation and community revitalization project in Lincoln, Nebraska. Centered on the flood control channel provided for Lincoln's Antelope Creek, the project is planned to run from just beyond J Street in the South to Salt...
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Academics
The program's current regular activities include:- An entry in Lincoln's First Friday art gallery exhibitions on the first Friday of every month, where the students show off their newest work.
- Several visits to the Sheldon Memorial Art GallerySheldon Memorial Art GalleryThe Sheldon Museum of Art is located at 12 & R Streets in Lincoln, Nebraska, on the city campus of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The Sheldon houses both the Sheldon Art Association collection , and the University of Nebraska collection, initiated in 1929. Together they comprise more than...
- The occasional visit to an academic lecture forum or welcoming of a guest lecturer to the program
- A partnership with the Arts are Basic Aesthetic Education program
The Arts and Humanities Focus program has welcomed several speakers over the past six semesters including actor/director Peter Riegert
Peter Riegert
Peter Riegert is an American actor, screenwriter, and film director, best known for his role as Boon from Animal House and crooked New Jersey State Assemblyman Ronald Zellman on the HBO original series The Sopranos.-Early life:...
, New York mime Bill Bowers
Bill Bowers
Bill Bowers is an American mime artist and actor based in New York City. As an actor, mime and educator, Bill has performed throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe...
, DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
and Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
cartoonist Bob Hall and director Rodney Evans to name a few.
Past speakers visited have included author Daniel Quinn
Daniel Quinn
Daniel Quinn is an American writer described as an environmentalist. He is best known for his book Ishmael , which won the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship Award in 1991....
, author/activist Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn was an American historian, academic, author, playwright, and social activist. Before and during his tenure as a political science professor at Boston University from 1964-88 he wrote more than 20 books, which included his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United...
and President of the ACLU Nadine Strossen
Nadine Strossen
Nadine Strossen was president of the American Civil Liberties Union from February 1991 to October 2008. She was the first woman and the youngest person to ever lead the ACLU. A professor at New York Law School, Professor Strossen sits on the Council on Foreign Relations...
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