District 6 Arts

A student describes the meaning and manufacture of his mask named, “Questions.”

Two students talk about their masks on Voice Thread. Comments that others make about their masks will also appear here.

The students of Anna Joseph, theatre teacher at Southeast Middle School, perform wearing the masks that they created and express their thoughts about mask making and performing.

Brett Drugge writes, “With the beautiful pink blossoms on the trees at Gage, it reminds me that the Spring season is right around the corner, and so I am writing to get us to start thinking about how we want to approach the initial decision-making steps regarding the possible development of a Spring Arts & Music festival for the school and community, much like the one we had last May 8th, An Evening of Music from the Americas,
which was, according to a lot of the participants and attendees, a successful and engaging event.

The following are requests for your input and ideas:

-Theme. If we get creative and inspiring theme out there, then teachers and students can create projects, art, etc. addressing the theme.

-Sponsors. Local is preferable.

-Main professional attraction concerning music. Last year we had the celebrated group called “Huayacaltia.” Quite a performance. Who can we draw this year? What is budget? Huayacaltia was $600, but worth every penny. Anyone have connections to “Ozomatli”?

A side request:

-The HP Salt Lake Park teen center is a great space for the kids. How do we bridge Gage and the school community to the teen center community and their vision? I think the festival, speech/poetry contests, etc. are our chances to link the two entities or communities together and make the kids aware of the great, positive outlets they have in their community.