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 Students participate in a portrait workshop during 2010's Express Yourself Arts Conference.   Rutherford County students - Download your application now! The Business Education Partnership Foundation (BEP) is excited to announce the date for the fifth Express Yourself Arts Conference, an arts experience for high school students in Rutherford County, to be held 8am-2:30pm, Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at the Patterson Park Community Center in Murfreesboro. The conference is tuition-free and is an approved activity of the Rutherford County school system and may be considered a field trip for students. Applications are due by September 16, 2011. ALL of the forms must be completed and included with the application to be considered, and otherwise will be accepted on a first-come, first served basis. Acceptance letters will be sent out the first week of October, along with a schedule and directions. Each school will need to provide at least one (1) coordinating teacher who can accompany accepted students to the conference in order for students to attend. Express Yourself is a program to stimulate teen artistic creativity and visual arts through a yearly conference. The Express Yourself Arts Conference is Rutherford County's only arts workshop conference for high school students. Held annually in the fall, the conference brings together professional artisans across Middle Tennessee for a day of leading workshops for Rutherford County high school students ranging from drawing to photography, improv theatre to painting. The day gives allows talent young artists to network wth their peers, learn from professionals, as well as receive information on arts-oriented careers and higher education. The conference is a collaborative effort of organizations in Rutherford County including the BEP, Read To Succeed, and Youth Empowerment Through Arts and Humanities (YEAH). It is sponsored by the generosity of local businesses and arts foundations. Save the date for EYAC 2011: October 26. Contact Laura Beth Jackson, Business Education Partnership of the Chamber of Commerce, for more information. Join EYAC on Facebook!  |
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