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CLASSES
For students in grades three through six,
the Kaleidoscope Visual Arts Educational
Outreach Program offers free, high-quality
classes on the fundamentals of art. Trained
instructors offer monthly hands-on, art
lessons during the school day in local ele-
mentary schools. At the end of each school
year, POAC exhibits students’ art works in
a show at a public gallery.
Older adults who are interested in
exploring their “inner artist,” may attend
free art classes in Sandpoint. The program—
humorously named The Geezer Gallery—is
the result of a collaboration between POAC
and two other nonprofits, Sandpoint Area
Seniors and The Geezer Forum.
Taught by professional artists, the
classes may include drawing and mixed
media, plein air painting, fiber arts, ceram-
ics, and wire wrapping. For information, or
to sign up for a class (the fall session begins
in October), contact info@sandpointarease-
niors.org or call (208)263-6860.
PERFORMING ARTS SERIES
In the realm of the performing arts,
POAC organizes and sponsors an annual
Performing Arts Series, which brings a
wide range of culturally diverse, fami-
ly-friendly music, dance, and theatrical
presentations to the public during the
fall, winter, and spring months. All pub-
lic performances are held at Sandpoint’s
historic Panida Theater, and the cost of
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from other Performing Arts Series pro-
grams who perform at Sandpoint-area
schools. Adding to Ovations’ educational
component, performers lead post-pro-
gram workshops and discussion groups
for student audiences.
A new program for students, called
Sandpoint Showstoppers, will be offered
next year. This will be a series of workshops
designed for children in third through sixth
grades, to be held over a five-week period.
The workshops will take place at the Panida
Theater and will cover all aspects of a the-
ater show’s development.
The Pend Oreille Arts Council, which is
administered by two full-time staff mem-
bers, has an active board of directors and
is assisted by many community volunteers.
The nonprofit receives support through
Local artist Alison Barrows-Young’s portrait of histor- grants from the Idaho Commission on
ic Idahoan Selma Calhoun-Barker, for a Sandpoint the Arts, the Idaho Humanities Council,
exhibit. Photo courtesy POAC. the Western States Arts Federation, the
Idaho Community Foundation, the Innovia
tickets is kept affordable to enable as Foundation, the Community Assistance
many people as possible to attend. There League, and other public and private enti-
will be seven programs during the 2021- ties. POAC also receives support from ticket
2022 season (see the line-up at POAC’s sales and donations from local businesses
website, www.artinsandpoint.org). and individuals.
Held in tandem with the Performing POAC’s mission statement succinctly
Arts Series is Ovations, an educational expresses the nonprofit’s ultimate goal:
outreach program for students. Local “The Pend Oreille Arts Council exists
children have the opportunity to audition to facilitate quality experiences in the
for and perform in the yearly Eugene arts through educational programs and
Ballet’s The Nutcracker, and in a Missoula presentations that benefit the people of
Children’s Theatre performance. The North Idaho.” ISI
Ovations program involves visiting artists
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