Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts
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| Established | 1874 |
|---|---|
| Type | Public secondary fine arts magnet |
| Principal | Gary Record |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| Location | Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA |
| Website | [1] |
The Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts is a dedicated fine arts magnet school for students grades six through twelve, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. Chattanooga High School was founded in the fall of 1874. Its seventh and final location, built in 1963, is now the Center for Creative Arts (CCA). The school's mission statement:
With the arts as a vehicle to reinforce learning and foster creativity, the Center for Creative Arts, in partnership with parents and community, will develop the academic and artistic abilities of our students.
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[edit] Arts
Students at the Center for Creative Arts major in one of the five disciplines: Communications, Dance, Music, Theatre, or Visual Arts.
- Communications majors focus on Creative Writing.
- Dance majors take classes in Ballet and Modern dance.
- Music majors choose a concentration in Instrumental or Vocal Music.
- Theatre majors choose a concentration in Acting, Musical Theatre, orTechnical Theatre.
- Visual Arts majors take classes in various Studio Settings.
[edit] Events
In 2004, work by student artists from the Center for Creative Arts went on exhibit in the Mayor’s Office Conference Room for several months. This Art in Public Places program was sponsored and coordinated by Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga. [1]
In 2005, twenty-five students from CCA visited Gangneung, South Korea to perform at the Fourth Annual International Junior Arts Festival. Over 500 students, ages 12 to 20, from Russia, Germany, Mongolia, Japan, the U.S. and Korea took part in the event. [2]
In 2007, the Center for Creative Arts Dance Department hosted the Tennessee Association of Dance (TAD) annual statewide conference. This weekend of dance classes, seminars, lectures and performances brings internationally known master teachers to work with Tennessee students in ballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop, African, dance conditioning, yoga, musical theater, tap, swing, and contact improvisation. [3]
Ongoing events include the annual Jazz Benefit at the Bessie Smith Hall with performances by students and faculty. [4] The annual Chattanooga Dances! Concert is presented in the Center for Creative Arts Auditorium. The program highlights the city’s non-profit dance companies along with those schools who maintain a full time Dance Department. [5] The Center for Creative Arts Theatre Department performs in the school’s Sandra Black Theatre. [6]
[edit] Choo Choo Kids
Are a small group of students who are musical theater majors. They dance, sing, and tap dance. They put together a small show. They also perform at lake winnie in the summer.
[edit] Awards
In 2006, the school was awarded the 2005-2006 Creative Ticket Award by the Kennedy Center. The Creative Ticket Award recognizes schools that have done an outstanding job of making the arts an essential part of the education of their students. Selection criteria at the national level included a review of the ways in which arts education is an essential component of the school curriculum; how the program creates and uses imaginative learning environments for teaching and learning in, through and about the arts; how the arts program provides opportunities for parental involvement in education; how the program provides opportunities for learning about other cultures through the arts; and how the program links arts education to community cultural resources. [7]
In 2007, Karen Wilson, Dance Department Chair at the Center for Creative Arts, received the Tennessee Association of Dance Outstanding Dance Educator Award. The award recognizes and honors excellence in the field of dance education. [8]
[edit] References
- ^ Student art goes on exhibit in Mayor’s Office. City of Chattanooga (December 16, 2004). Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
- ^ News From Our Sister Cities: Gangneung. Sister Cities International (November, 2005). Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
- ^ Arts News. The Pulse (October 17, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
- ^ Center For Creative Arts Jazz Benefit Is Nov. 11. The Chattanoogan.com (October 15, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
- ^ Allied Arts Community Calendar. Allied Arts (November 17, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
- ^ Center For Creative Arts Performs To Kill A Mockingbird. The Chattanoogan.com (October 22, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
- ^ News from the Kennedy Center Education Department: Creative Ticket Award Winners. The Kennedy Center (November, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
- ^ CCA Teacher Wins State Award For Dance Education. The Chattanoogan.com (October 19, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
