{"id":748,"date":"2023-02-02T14:52:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T19:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/today\/?post_type=article&p=748"},"modified":"2023-02-02T15:02:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T20:02:45","slug":"performing-visual-arts","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/today\/article\/performing-visual-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Performing & Visual Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Performing Arts<\/h3>\n

Performing music, leading worship, and staging a theater production all support emotional and social well being for both participants and audience members.<\/p>\n

Theater performances in the fall included the K-5 annual dessert theater and the high school staging of Our Town. EMHS students also staged the musical Godspell Feb. 10-12 with a pit orchestra. Middle school students will perform A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream May 5 and 6.<\/p>\n

Band, Orchestra and the choirs perform in a concert at the end of each trimester. Tour and Chamber Choirs lead worship in area churches and on a week-long trip in the spring. They also perform in community settings, such as a Rotary Club meeting. Find their schedule at easternmennonite.org\/touring-choir<\/a><\/p>\n

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Visual Arts<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The \u201cBelonging Mandala\u201d project is an example of how art class can support emotional and social well being. The middle school project begins with students creating a piece that represents themselves. Next, trios of students work on a piece that depicts things they have in common and what is different. Finally, the projects are combined into one circular piece representing the group. Gini Trotter<\/a>, counselor, then leads a discussion about what it means to belong.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As people created in the image of God, students explore and express their reactions to the world, their family, and the faith they are developing through art classes in grades K-12. Creating art stimulates lateral thinking and develops persistence, reinforces a healthy self-concept, and opens the door to future creative pursuits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Elementary classes create a collaborative work of art each year that is raffled off to parents and made into notecards. All\u00a0K-8 students are exposed to foundations in art and various mediums. High school students choose electives including digital photography, digital drawing, stained glass, printing, ceramics, advanced water color, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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