Cedar City Arts Council Updates

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Summer Social at Park Place Eatery. We are always excited to see the breadth of arts in our community.  CCAC President Roger Gold, Mary Anne Andersen, and Sara Penny intoduced the presentations. The Social included promotion of the Final Friday Art Walks, mini-grant submissions due August 1, and upcoming Art and Photography Contests in conjunction with the Cedar Livestock and Heritage Festival for kindergarten through grade 12. Ellyn Rock started the Social with a musical presentation. Ellyn recently attended the Intermountain Suzuki Strings Institute in Draper where she worked with national and international clinicians to improve her violin performance. She spoke about the inspiration of working with professional musicians to improve her playing and hearing wonderful performances.  She performed a Violin Sonata movement by Handel accompanied by Mary Anne Andersen. Ellyn Rock and Mary Anne Andersen   Rheana Gardner-Reeves is an A...

 Thanks to Century 21 Prestige Real Estate, Main Street Books, and the Southern Utah Museum of Art for displaying student and community art this April. Thanks to Jessica Kinsey, Randy Seely, and SUMA for coordinating this spring event. Thanks to the students and teachers who partcipated.  Fiddlers Elementary School 3rd Grade Pagoda Project on Main Street Main Street Book Store displays community art throughout the year. Student art displayed in the windows of the Southern Utah Museum of Art at SUU Focus Home School Group SEA High School

 Thanks to everyone who participated in the Spring Social on April 23 at the City Council Chambers. "This art was created by students at Iron County School District's Southwest Education Academy (SEA). These juniors and seniors and Mrs. Tiffany Marchant's drawing and painting classes received grants from the Cedar City Arts Council and Bruce Miner for framing and art supplies. This generous donation allows 100% of sale proceeds to go directly to students on an alternative path to a high school diploma. Justin Olsen and Trevor Walker shared the duet "The Hardest Part of Love" from the upcoming Children of Eden musical. It will be presented by the Cedar Valley Community Theatre at the Heritage Theatre on June 3 through 11. More information at  https://www.cvct.online Cassie Walker is the Children of Eden director Rob Dotson introduced the Vision Iron County project to plan for  the future of our county. The full handout is below. Alyssa Goussak used her CCAC mini...