The Arts Center
The Jamestown Fine Arts Association (aka: The Arts Center) is an exciting place where you can be engaged in the arts-whether you are a visual artist, actor, writer, student, audience member or supporter.
We provide a wide variety of arts activities, exposure and experience for every age group and skill level. There is always something going on here at The Arts Center.
ABOUT US
The Arts Center is operated by the Jamestown Fine Arts Association
[a 501(c)3 organization], which has been promoting the arts in the Jamestown area since 1964.
Located in the heart of downtown, the main building features an exhibition gallery, performance stage, classroom, office, artist-in-residence apartment and studio. The Art Park, a beautiful garden and green space, was added in 2000. The Hansen Arts Building, our adjacent building, houses the ceramics studio and adult classroom space.
The Arts Center is a spot for local artists to share their talents as well as a performance and exhibition location for artists from around the world to show their talents to the Jamestown community.
Jamestown Fine Arts Association also operates the Ila & J.A. Kirkpatrick Gallery at the Frontier Village in Jamestown. The gallery is open each summer and is operated by the Artisans, a volunteer artist group.
Jamestown Fine Arts Association receives some funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts and other grant sources. However, cash donations, volunteer support, product donations, and membership are essential to the success of all activities.
THE IMPACT
- Art for Life: an ongoing project brings arts and artists to work with the staff and residents at Ave Maria Village & The Heritage Centre assisted living facility
- Visual Art Exhibits: features local, regional, national and international artists in rotating exhibitions
- Special Events: have included Holiday Home Tour, Wine & Cheese Tastings, Annual Gala, Sidewalk Days, North Dakota Humanities Council Presentations, Oktoberfest, The Big Read and Miniature Art Hunts
- Arts After School: began in 1999, serves elementary and middle school students
- Artists-in-Residence: began in 1983, serves K - 5 students for an average of 32 weeks per year in all elementary schools; students have worked with artists in music, drama, creative writing, traditional arts, visual arts, storytelling, fiber arts, poetry and Native American arts
- Second Saturday: began in 2003, serves students in grades 1 - 5 the second Saturday of the month
- Performances: held in The Arts Center and off-site locations, a combination of local, regional, national and international talent
- Community Theatre: since 2002, The Arts Center has been the "home" for local actors' performances with 2 - 3 plays produced annually
- Professional Development: in-service and credit classes in the arts are offered for all classroom teachers
- Adult Classes: held at the Hansen Arts Studio as well as off-site locations. Classes offer a variety of opportunities for ages 14 and up in a wide variety of media and disciplines including watercolor, ceramics, drawing, ballroom dancing, photography, cooking, stained glass, acrylic & oil painting and much more
- Summer Camps: began in 1983, classes in visual arts and drama for grades 1 - 8 each summer and include plays with The Missoula Children's Theatre
- SALT (Schools & Artists as Learning Teams): is a professional development grant program that supports and strengthens partnerships between schools, community arts organizations and artists; and through thoughtful collaboration, teachers and artists create opportunities for success so that all students achieve to high standards
- Partners: over the past several years, partnerships and collaborations have broadened the impact the arts have had on all ages in the Jamestown area
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