Chalk Fest 2024

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CHALK FEST IS BACK!

After a 15 year absence Chalk Fest is coming back to Emporia on September 21st. EAC will be shutting down the 800 block of Commercial street. For one day and one day only to bring you this colorful and creative event!

What is Chalk Fest you may ask? Waaaaaay back in 2001 Emporia Arts Council got together and put together its first Chalk Fest – a day of creating images right on the street! Whether you choose to be a registered artist or just come down to look at the art being created it is sure to be a day of celebration! Art, Food Trucks, Live Music and Fun!! Stay tuned for more information!!

Call for Entries!

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Shaping the Future – A Young Artist’s Exhibition

We want to show your kids art to the community! Ages 4 – 18 years old are welcome to be apart of an amazing gallery exhibition! This show is for kids in Emporia and the surrounding communities. Art created at home, school, camp, EAC or anywhere else is welcomed!

Come down to the Emporia Arts Center for more information or go -> https://emporiaksarts.org/shaping-the-future/

Tie Dye Party at EAC!

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June 7th & 8th – Tie Dye Party!

Bring your shirts, socks, sheets, and other fabric items you’d like to tie dye! Parents are welcome to tie dye along with their kiddos during this come and go event!

June 7th | 12:00-3:00pm | $15.00 per person | Emporia Arts Center, 815 Commercial St.

Registration: Must register to receive a free t-shirt to tie dye, register at emporiaksarts.org or at the Arts Center.

Summer Art Classes

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Unlock your creativity this summer with our brand-new art classes! Whether you’re a seasoned artist or just starting out, there’s a class for everyone to explore and enjoy. From tie dyeing to ceramics, and everything in between, we’ve curated a diverse range of classes to ignite your passion for art and unleash your imagination.

Registration: In-Person at 815 Commercial St. or https://emporiaksarts.org/art-education/summer-classes/

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American Cheese: The Nick Geankoplis Show

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This month in the Trusler Gallery we have American Cheese: The Nick Geankoplis Show. This show is a blend of classical gallery mixed with installation. Nick blends his knowledge of utilitarian ceramics with the ideas of abstract ceramic sculpture. The result is a colorful display of the known figures that clay can be formed into alongside the more fluid idea that it can become more.

This is a wonderful presentation by Nick who is the current Head of the Ceramics Department at K-State University. He has taught and shown nationally and internationally. All of his works pull from the experiences he has had over the past two decades of exploration in the ceramic world.

On Display: May 2nd – June 1st | Free to the public
Artist Reception: May 3rd | 4:00-6:00pm

EAC Presents

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Missoula Children’s Theatre – HERCULES!

MCT arrives in Emporia with a set, costumes, props, makeup, everything it takes to put on a show… expect for the cast! Following a week of auditions, rehearsals, and theatrical fun, over 50 local youth come together to perform a full-scale original musical production for the public!

Information about audition time, location, etc. can be found on our website https://emporiaksarts.org/performing-arts/mct/

A.L. Redden – Left Under the Surface

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New in the Trusler Gallery: A.L. Redden – Left Under the Surface

February 1st – 24th · Artist Reception: February 2nd 4-6pm

????Amy Redden is a high school English Teacher in the Kansas City Metro Area. While she has never had formal lessons or training, art has always been her solace and a way to express herself. From illustrating her poetry collection Hindsight to creating cards and stickers, Amy has enjoyed creating things. To her, creation is as essential as breathing.

For her debut show, Left Under the Surface, Amy chose to create a singular feeling, rather than a concrete object. This show focuses on what we cannot say or what has gone unsaid. Whether it is a look, a silence, or an absence, we have all left things unsaid. Combining watercolor, gold leaf, and poetry, this collection explores all the times we have remained silent.

Amy hopes that you enjoy the pieces as much as she has, and that this would be an encouragement to be bold enough to be honest.

The Doo Wop Project

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Emporia Arts Council Presents: The Doo Wop Project, February 29th at the Emporia Granada Theatre · 7:00pm

The Doo Wop Project starts at the beginning, tracing the inception of group singing developed by inner city African Americans performing tight harmonies on a street corner to the biggest hits on the radio today!

The Doo Wop Project brings unparalleled authenticity of sound and vocal excellence to recreate – and in some cases entirely reimagine – some of the greatest music in American pop and rock history!

Tickets available at the Emporia Arts Center, 815 Commercial St. or online at emporiaksarts.org

Thank you to our Major Presenting Sponsor Mitchell-Markowitz Construction and Event Underwriter ESB Financial

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