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BETHLEHEM, PA—The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts (Charter Arts) Visual Arts Department presents its 2024 Black Excellence Exhibit, February 2-23, 2024 in the school’s Corpora Gallery located at 321 East 3rd Street in Bethlehem. A FREE Opening Reception will be held on February 2nd from 6-8 PM as part of the Southside Arts District’s First Friday celebration.
Throughout the year, the school’s gallery is host to both student and professional exhibitions. This professional exhibit will feature privately-owned ink drawings by Alvin Booth alongside works by Mr. Imagination.
Alvin Booth, recipient of the Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for the Arts, is a Reading-based artist inspired by jazz and the art of improvisation. His rhythmic work captures the essence of heart, mind, and soul. Booth’s work has been exhibited at a variety of museums around the country. Gregory Warmack, known as Mr. Imagination, was an outsider artist from Chicago, Illinois who worked in a variety of media including bottlecaps, repurposed material, and sandstone (Source: Wikipedia). Work by Mr. Imagination is featured in the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.
The exhibit will be on display through February 23, 2024, when the gallery will be open to the public during the school’s Black Excellence Show. Private appointments to view the exhibit can also be arranged by calling 610-868-2971.
ABOUT THE CHARTER ARTS VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT:
The Charter Arts Visual Arts program of study provides a well-rounded, structured, and classical fine art education. Approached as an academic as well as artistic discipline, the sequence of courses inspire students to form connections across the curriculum. Students progressively build conceptual understanding as they work to advance skills in drawing, painting, sculpture, digital design concepts, photography, art history, and professional practices. Over the course of study within the visual arts program, students develop a portfolio expressive of their active studio participation, work ethic, personal inquiry, passion for art, and dedication to skill advancement.
ABOUT THE LEHIGH VALLEY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS (Charter Arts):
Charter Arts is an audition-based public charter school that provides a comprehensive curriculum for high school students, grades 9-12, who have a dedicated passion for the creative and performing arts. Students major in one of seven artistic areas: dance, instrumental music, literary arts, production arts, theatre, visual arts, or vocal music.
Charter Arts’ rigorous curriculum fosters both academic and artistic excellence for its students. The school’s impressive Future Ready PA Index ranking, Advanced Placement (AP) exam statistics, Keystone Exam statistics, SAT scores, prestigious artistic accolades, and graduation rate, are testaments to the outstanding education that Charter Arts provides.
Recently, Charter Arts was ranked as #1 Best Charter High School in PA & #2 Best Public High School Teachers in PA on Niche’s 2024 Best Schools in America Rankings. Charter Arts was one of only seven Lehigh Valley schools to make The Top 100 Public High Schools in PA on U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Schools.
Audition appointments for the 2024-2025 school year are currently being accepted. For more information, visit www.CharterArts.org.
Charter Arts is located at 321 East 3rd Street, Bethlehem PA 18015.
Information & Image Provided By:
Ann Gillette
Manager of Public Relations and Media
Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts
321 East 3rd Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
www.CharterArts.org
