Arts and Humanities Focus Program

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Established 1999 Grades 9-12 Website arts.lps.org District Lincoln Public Schools Founded 1999		Principal John Neal Nickname Arts Phone +1 402-436-1785 School board Lincoln Public Schools Faculty 4
Type Public magnet high school Address 643 S 25th St #9, Lincoln, NE 68510, USA Similar Lincoln Public Schools Inc, Lincoln Southeast High Sch, Lincoln High School, Northeast High School, Pius X High School

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.

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 Gallery

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, 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.

References

Arts and Humanities Focus Program Wikipedia

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