YAP RETURNS WITH LATIN AMERICAN ART

CAPE MAY, WILDWOOD, LOWER TWP

YAP, the Center for Community Arts Youth Arts Program for grades 5-8, resumes Saturday, September 8, at 6:00 p.m. in Cape May, Wildwood and Lower Township. This free program provides a light supper and art activities led by professional artists. This semester’s theme is “Latin American Art.” YAP is in Lyle Hall (or a lower level classroom) at the Cape May United Methodist Church, at Cape Assist’s Kare Center, 3819 New Jersey Avenue in Wildwood, and at the Millman Center, 209 Bayshore Road in Villas. It is led by artists Janet Payne, Amanda Vernon, and Cheryl Crews.

YAP’s fall semester will explore a rich variety of artistic traditions from Latin America. Among the activities planned are creating Retablos from Peru, Arpilleras from Chile, and Tap-Tap bus sculptures from Haiti. Youth will also celebrate the Mexican Day of the Dead and learn a few Latin dance steps. There will be one related field trip during the fall.

The program is free, but does require parents to complete a permission slip for students to attend.

The program continues most Saturdays through December 9. For a detailed schedule call 884-7525.

Center for Community Arts is a multicultural educational nonprofit organization whose arts and humanities programs foster creativity, community building, and appreciation for the rich diversity of our world. CCA is rehabilitating the Franklin Street School, a Cape May African American Historic Site, to house a community cultural center, and recently launched WCFA 101.5 FM, a mostly-jazz community radio station. For further information, call 609-884-7525 or access CCA’s Web site at www.CenterforCommunityArts.org.

YAP is made possible by grants from the Lower Cape Alliance, the Byrne Fund for Wildwood, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and many other businesses and individuals.