Schedule of Events

     
Newtown Arts Festival photos by Maggie Kennedy

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Time Exhibitors &
General Information
Live Entertainment

Workshops & Demonstrations
D -
Dance tent               L - Lecture tent 
M - Make & Take tent    N - NICE tent

9:00 AM

Newtown Arts Festival Opens

Arts & Artisan Craft Exhibits: 
CLICK HERE for a list of Exhibitors

Art Exhibit - Flagpole Photographers Camera Club and the Society of Creative Arts of Newtown - SCAN - Municipal Center Gallery.

Coloring Contest Begins- Arts Tent

CLICK HERE for information
about our Live Performers!

CLICK HERE for more information about our Workshops & Demonstrations and Inspiration Stations.

CTV-21 MobileVideo Art Studio - Workshops begin
Advanced registration required - 
CLICK HERE

10:00 AM

Inspiration Stations Open

NICE: Newtown International Center for Education

Taste of Odyssey: 
Odyssey of the Mind

Recycled CD Art: Kristine Humber

Fiber Arts: Rug Hooking - Weaving - Knitting

Standard & Blue (Jazz)

D Sing Along for Young Kids: Francine Wheeler

L Arts for Healing at CT Children's Medical Center

M Sculpting a Story with Beeswax: 
    Housatonic Valley Waldorf School

N Japanese Culture & Language:  NICE

11:00AM 

 

 

 

 

D Theatre Games for Young & Old:
    Stray Kats Theatre Company

L Art of Landscape Design in the Fall Color Palette:
    Brid Craddock of Heirloom Gardens

M A ? of Art: EverWonder Children's Museum

N Spanish Culture & Language:  NICE
    *Henna tattoos offered too

11:30 AM

 

Martin Ear (Singer/Songwriter)

 
Noon

 

 

 

 

D Irish Dance Demo & Workshop:
    Gray School of Irish Dance

L What is Jazz?: Louise Baranger

M The Art of Origami - Beginner to Expert: Martin Lin

N Italian Culture & Language:  NICE

1:00 PM

 

 

 

The Newtowner with CT Poet Laureate, Dick Allen (Variety)

D Oh, How We Danced! A Timeline of Traditional
    Social Dance:
Patricia Campbell & The Reel Thing

L Comedia dell'Arte: Martin Blanco

M When World's Collide - Math Meets Art: Laurie Borst

N French Culture & Language:  NICE

2:00 PM

 

 

Poetry Slam

 

D Jazz-Funk Dance Workshop: Dance, Etc.

L Making Art with Mixed Media & Disciplines:
    Glen River

M Gyotaku - Fish Printing:
    Christine Mitchell, Fraser Woods

N Chinese Culture & Language:  NICE


2:30 Living Sculpture Garden:  Graceful Planet
        (Located in field near stone & iron sculptures)

3:00 PM

 

 

 

Boplicity (Jazz)

D 18th Century-Style Group Dancing Workshop:
    Tyler von Oy, presented by The Newtowner

L Classical vs Popular Singing: Maggi Heilweil

M Sumi-E Painting: Christine Mitchell, Fraser Woods

N Hindi Culture & Language:  NICE
    *Henna tattoos offered too

4:00 PM

 

Coloring Contest Closes
- Arts Tent

 

Flagpole Radio Cafe (Variety)

D Every Day Hip-Hop: Lathrop School of Dance

L Foreverman - A New Musical:
    Brett Boles (Book/Music/Lyrics)

M Camera Basics Workshop:
     Sandy Schill, Flagpole Photographers

5:00 PM

Coloring Contest Winner Announced - Arts Tent

 

D Broadway Stars Workshop:
    Sabrina's Encore Productions

L Writing a Slice of Your Life: Gael Lynch

5:30 PM

 

Peter Ferreira & Friends (Jazz, Rock, Classical)

 
6:00 PM Arts & Artisan Craft Exhibit & Sales Area Closes  

 

 

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Time Exhibitors & General Information Live Entertainment Workshops & Demonstrations
9:00 AM

Newtown Arts Festival Opens

Art Exhibit - Flagpole Photographers Camera Club and the Society of Creative Arts of Newtown - SCAN - Municipal Center Gallery.

Coloring Contest begins
- Arts Tent

Arts & Artisan Craft Exhibits:
CLICK HERE for Exhibitors

CLICK HERE for information
about our Live Performers!

CLICK HERE for more information about our Workshops & Demonstrations!

CTV-21 MobileVideo Art Studio - Workshops begin
Advanced registration required - CLICK HERE

10:00 AM

Inspiration Stations Open

NICE: Newtown International Center for Education

Taste of Odyssey: 
Odyssey of the Mind

Recycled CD Art: Kristine Humber

Fiber Arts: Rug Hooking - Weaving - Knitting

 

Art Contest Winner, 
Tracy Van Buskirk will be signing Newtown Arts Festival posters in the Arts tent.

 

Newtown High School Singers (Choir)

D Mother Goose & Friends:
    Elyse Jasensky & George Vollano

L Breathe and Stretch into Better Singing:  
    Maggi Heilweil

M Memories to Monologues Writing Workshop:  
     Patrick Kearney

N Japanese Culture & Language:  NICE

10:30 AM

 

Aurora Marin & Robert Rabinowitz (Jazz, Classical)

 
11:00 AM

 

Danbury Trombone Outfit (Classical)

D Clave Rhythms in Afro-Cuban Music: Beaver Bausch

L Audition Techniques for Theatre, Workshop:
Martin Blanco

M A ? of Art: EverWonder Children's Museum

N Spanish Culture & Language:  NICE
    *Henna tattoos offered too

Noon

 

The Newtowner (Variety)

D Modern Dance Peformance: Graceful Planet

L Myth & Art in Pop Culture: Martin Blanco

M Creative Sock Puppets: Tracy James

N Italian Culture & Language:  NICE

1:00 PM

 

 

 

 

D Ballet Garden: Newtown Centre for Classical Ballet

L Art of Faith - Haiti: Bryn Gillette

M Creative Block Printing: Tracy Van Buskirk

N French Culture & Language:  NICE

1:30 PM

 

String Fingers 
(Bluegrass, Americana)

 
2:00 PM

 

 

 

 

D The Art of Juggling:
    Newtown Juggling & Circus Arts Club

L Young Adult Writers: Margaret Brown

M The Great Chicken Experiment:
    Christine Mitchell, Fraser Woods School

N Chinese Culture & Language:  NICE

3:00 PM

Coloring Contest Closes - Arts  Tent

Smokebomb Mondays (Ska, Rock)

D Theatre on Your Feet: Theresa Talluto

L Get Your Work Out of the Slush Pile:
    Meet the Editors of The Newtowner

M Painting with a Palette Knife: Bryn Gillette

N Hindi Culture & Language:  NICE
    *Henna tattoos offered too

4:00 PM

Coloring Contest Winner Announced - Arts Tent

 

D Dances from India: Anindita Nanda
    Presented by NICE

L Memories to Monologues Peformance:
    Patrick Kearney

M Autism Awareness Beaded Bracelets: T.J. Designs

4:30 PM

 

Fat Chance (Rock)

Live Painting Inspired by Live Music: Bryn Gillette
(Entertainment tent area)
5:00 PM

 

 

CPT-21 Festival Video Presentation:
Greg van Antwerp, Charter CommunityVision 21

6:00 PM Newtown Arts Festival Closes    

Schedule and performers/presenters are subject to change.

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