YAP CARVES PUMPKINS

CAPE MAY, WILDWOOD, LOWER TWP—Public Art is the theme for this fall’s Center for Community Arts YAP Youth Arts Program. So far, program participants have made Harvest Fair Scarecrows, Gourd Bird Houses for the Nature Center of Cape May, and last weekend, of course, Carved Pumpkins. But from the photo you can see that YAP took pumpkin carving to the next level, using artists’ tools usually reserved for printmaking with linoleum blocks. Saturday, Nov. 4 will focus on the creation of murals, and November 11 is a special daytime YAP with a drum circle at the Cape May Jazz Festival and tour of the Nature Center of Cape May’s Children’s Garden.

This free program provides a light supper and art activities led by professional artists. YAP is in Lyle Hall 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.

These programs are made possible by grants from the Lower Cape Alliance, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Byrne Fund for Wildwood, 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.

For a detailed schedule through December, call 884-7525 or see http://www.centerforcommunityarts.org/.

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(Photo: Tina Giaimo, Spirit Catcher Gallery).

Here's the Fall YAP Schedule - Part 2. It's a jpeg file; coming soon will be a clearer, downloadable pdf file. If you'd like us to mail you a hard copy, or email a pdf, please call 884-7525 or email info@centerforcommunityarts.org. Thanks.

Program Updates:

YAP Exhibit
Due to last minute construction delays at the Noyes Museum, our YAP art exhibit there has been postponed until November. A reception will be held Sunday, November 19 at 2 pm.

YAP Saturday Night – Wildwood, Lower Township, Cape May
YAP, our Youth Arts Program for grades 5-8, continues Saturday, October 28, at 6pm in Cape May at Lyle Hall in the Cape May United Methodist Church, in Wildwood at Cape Assist’s office, and in Lower Township at the Millman Center. This Saturday’s activity is artistic pumpkin carving. The program is free and everyone is welcome regardless of residence.

Lyle Hall
Cape May Methodist Church
Enter through red doors facing ACME parking lot

Millman Building
209 Bayshore Road
Villas, NJ

Cape Assist
3819 New Jersey Avenue
Wildwood, NJ

Art at the Library
Art at the Library, for ages 6-10, continues at 6:30 pm on Thursday, November 2 and every alternate Thursday at Cape May City Public Library. Please sign up in advance at the library.

Art Classes for Adults
New classes are starting in November. See “Art Classes” on this website to download the registration form and brochure, or call the office at 884-7525 and we’ll mail you one.

Center for Community Arts, in partnership with the Nature Center of Cape May, is offering three-week and one-day art classes in a variety of media in November. Since publication of the brochure, an additional basket-weaving class has been added from 10 a.m. - noon on Mondays November 6, 13 and 20.

New Radio Station
WCFA-LPFM is looking for start-up volunteers and underwriters. Please leave a message and we will return your call.

Walking Tours
Our African American Heritage Walking Tours resume in June, and are available for groups by appointment.

Poetry
Our intergenerational poetry workshop is taking a break until the new year. Please let us know if you are interested and we will contact you when we are starting up again.

Franklin Street School Rehabilitation Project

See the Franklin Street School page on our website for updates!

NOYES MUSEUM SUMMER YAP ART EXHIBIT POSTPONED

UNTIL NOVEMBER 2006

DUE TO LAST MINUTE DELAYS IN CONSTRUCTION AT THE MUSEUM BEYOND THE CONTROL OF CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ARTS AND THE NOYES STAFF.

NO RECEPTION ON OCTOBER 8.

NEW RECEPTION DATE IS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2006 at 2PM.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE LAST MINUTE CHANGE.