February 27, 2013

Young Picassos and Rembrandts are invited to explore “Artists in Our Community” this summer during the annual PWCS Summer Art Enrichment program. The program is open to all local-area students currently in grades 2–8. Teachers will lead students to enhance their skills and explore the visual arts through a community perspective. The program begins on Monday, July 8, and continues through Friday, July 19, hours are 9 a.m.–noon each day.

This intensive two-week program offers studio experiences beyond art instruction during the school year. Students will work with 2D and 3D media including drawing, painting, printmaking, textiles, ceramics, sculpture, and mixed media. The Office of Student Management and Alternative Programs and the Office of Student Learning/Fine & Performing Arts Program present the Summer Art Enrichment Program annually.

Registration begins March 1. Students residing west of Lake Jackson will attend the program at Marsteller Middle School. Students east of Lake Jackson will attend the art program at Saunders Middle School.

The enrollment fee for county residents is $200 and $250 for non-residents. The fee must be paid in the form of a cashier’s check or money order made out to PWCS. Personal checks, cash, and credit cards will not be accepted. Transportation will be provided at satellite pick-up schools; see the registration form for specific locations.

The deadline for registration is Friday, May 10, at 3 p.m. Registration forms are available beginning March 1 from all PWCS elementary and middle school art specialists at arts.departments.pwcs.edu. Send the registration form and tuition to the Office of Student Learning/Fine & Performing Arts Program, PWCPS, P.O. Box 389, Manassas, VA 20108.

For additional information, please call Debbie Barnard, administrative coordinator for the arts, at 703.791.8174.