UC Clermont College hosts ArtsWave Days March 7
UC Clermont College will host family-friendly activities as part of ArtsWave Days on Saturday, March 7, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on campus.
Sponsored by Macy’s, ArtsWave’s free annual arts festival connects people to an array of arts opportunities offered in our region. The annual ArtsWave Days celebrates the creative endeavors — music, dance, theater, museums and festivals — happening in large and small ways throughout the region.
All events are free and open to the public. UC Clermont is located at 4200 Clermont College Dr. in Batavia.
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The ArtsWave Days - Event Schedule at UC Clermont College is as follows:
• Power of Her Day, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. in the Student Lounge: Creation Station Crafts. Practice your artistic skills at the craft tables with a variety of family-friendly activities.
How Grandmother Spider Stole the Sun, 10-11 a.m. in Snyder 142: Come listen to this Native American Muskogee (Creek) story, then make a posable mother arachnid (spider) in the style of artist Louise Bourgeois.
• Singing Bowls with Ron Esposito, 11-11:45 a.m. in Krueger Auditorium: Quartz Crystal Singing and Tibetan Brass Bowls are found throughout the world both within and without spiritual traditions. Join Esposito and experience the beauty and meditative/relaxing qualities of the singing bowls.
• Face Painting with Fabulous Faces by Jen, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the Student Lounge: Jen and her team create works of art — with your face as the canvas.
?• Belly Dance Performance, 12-12:45 p.m. in Krueger Auditorium: Local fusion dance company, Anaya Belly Dance, blends dance, theatre and music styles with old-world belly dance to create a fun and eclectic performance that is both innovative and traditional.
• Women in Modernism Collage Workshop, 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Art Lab, Snyder 153: Kim Taylor, professor of fine arts, guides participants through the techniques of four 20th-century female artists in this hands-on collage workshop.
• Ragtime Dances performed by Forget-Me-Not Historical Dance Company, 1-1:30 p.m. in Krueger Auditorium: Enjoy a performance featuring ragtime music written by women.
• Snap Button Poetry Workshop, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. in Snyder 142: Wearable art combines visual design with found poetry in this hands-on workshop. Create a one-of-a kind button while using interesting words and phrases from poetry by American female poets such as Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou and others along with design elements such as ribbons, beads and stickers.
• Power of Her Food Art, 3 p.m.-4 p.m. in Snyder 142: Cookies as art? Why not! During this fun activity, participants use a cookie as the base of their edible art to create inspirational messages.
ArtsWave Days, sponsored by Macy's, is the signature event series open to the public and free of charge as part of the 2020 ArtsWave Community Campaign, spanning multiple weekends February through April. UC Clermont College will proudly participate as a venue in Clermont County bringing family-friendly arts workshops, face painting, performances and more.
For directions to UC Clermont, see: http://www.ucclermont.edu/about/directions.html.
Community Arts Programming at UC Clermont College is supported by individuals and organizations throughout the area who recognize that their donations to ArtsWave help create a livelier community and a place where people from different backgrounds come together to share ideas and experiences.
UC Clermont College is located in the center of Clermont County on 91 beautiful wooded acres in Batavia Township. The college is an accredited, open-access institution offering more than 50 programs and degrees. UC Clermont is part of the nationally recognized University of Cincinnati. For more information, call 513-732-5200 or visit www.ucclermont.edu.