CFA Newsletter June 10, 2016 Dear CFA Students and Parents, Today marks the end of senior exam week – congratulations to all our seniors for making it through the school year! The 2016 Special Senior edition of the CFA Newsletter will come out next week, so please keep an eye out for that! Seniors – we still have Honor Cords and certificates for some of you. When you get a chance, please stop by the CFA Office to sign for your Honor Cords – we know you will want to wear these with your regalia at graduation!

Again, we are so proud of our seniors – congratulations to the class of 2016!

Congratulations again to our wonderful CFA Level IV Senior Dancers for their fantastic dance

showcase – “Idiosyncratic” – which was last Friday night at VCU’s Grace Street

Theatre! Another shout-out to Aliyah Battle, Alayah Easley, Braxton Baker, Daija Little,

Delores El-Amin, Elise Burns, India Gardner, Jo’Nae Olds, Juliet Gilbert, Karyn Cumming,

Kristen Cole, Melrica Williams and Savannah Simmons! Another shout-out to our fabulous

CFA Dance Teachers, Ms. Fink and Ms. Niermeyer!! Congratulations, Dancers, for a job well

done!

2016-2017 Performance Dates for all current and incoming CFA students Attention all CFA Students and Parents! Below is the performance calendar for the 2015-2016 school year. As time gets closer, we will have more information about the specific tech week rehearsal times. In the meantime, please note these dates on your calendar. Remember that your CFA performances are graded events and are MANDATORY – you will sign a contract when you get your CFA Handbook at the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year stating that you are aware of these dates. Thanks for your help with this

Center for the Arts Calendar of Events for 2016-2017

2016 September 15 FCFA Ice Cream Social @ 7:00 p.m. HHS Main Commons

FCFA fall partnership drive

November 18 and 19 Visual Arts Fall Showcase @ 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. CFA Jeff Hall Gallery November 18 and 19 Performing Arts Fall Showcase @ 7:30 p.m. HHS Auditorium (Tech week rehearsals @ night November 14-17)

2017

January 21 CFA Audition Workshop for new students February 4 CFA Auditions for new students (Audition snow date is Saturday, February 11)

March 24-25 Theatre Spring Showcase @ 7:30 p.m. HHS Auditorium (Tech week rehearsals @ night March 20-23)

March 31-April 1 Dance Spring Showcase @ 7:30 p.m. in HHS Auditorium (Tech week rehearsals @ night March 27-30)

April 21-22 Musical Theatre Spring Showcase @ 7:30 p.m. in HHS Auditorium (Tech week rehearsals @ night April 17-20)

April 22 Visual Arts Spring Showcase @ 5:00-7:00 p.m. CFA Jeff Hall Gallery

May 12 Senior Theatre Showcase @ 7:30 p.m. in CFA Black Box Theatre May 16 CFA New Student Orientation @ 7:00 p.m. in HHS Auditorium

May 19 Senior Musical Theatre Showcase @ 7:30 p.m. in HHS Auditorium May 26 Senior Visual Art Showcase

7:00 p.m. Art Works

320 Hull Street, Richmond, VA 23224 (291-1400)

June 2 Senior Dance Showcase: 7:30 p.m. @ Grace Street Theatre, VCU. Tickets

$5 and SOLD IN ADVANCE in the CFA Office.

June 3 CFA Honors and Awards Picnic: 11:00 a.m. HHS Auditorium Picnic to follow in HHS Main Commons/lawn

For more information about these events, please call 228-2718 or visit our website: http://blogs.henrico.k12.va.us/cfa

CFA SPOTLIGHT

Congratulations to our 2016 FCFA Scholarship/Award winners: FCFA $750 Dance Curriculum Area Scholarship – India Gardner-Hunter and Juliet Gilbert FCFA $750 Musical Theatre Curriculum Area Scholarship – Shala Davis and Alanis Frantz FCFA $750 Theatre Curriculum Area Scholarship – Meena Harrish and Candace Hudert FCFA $750 Visual Arts Curriculum Area Scholarship – Katie Hennessee and Emily Mustian FCFA $1500 Lee G. Hanchey Scholarship – Joseph Zampetti FCFA $500 William Patrick Gorman Award – Jajsani Roane Congratulations to our 2016 Brad Boynton Award winners: Dance – Justin Holloway Musical Theatre – Karyn Cumming Theatre – Olivia Matthews Visual Arts – Joseph Zampetti

CFA ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Best wishes to Kara Robertson and Fern Canova, graduates of the CFA Dance program, as they perform on the Kennedy Center stage in Washington D.C. this weekend at ACDA’s National College Dance Festival. Kara, a recent graduate of VCU’s dance program, is the choreographer of Amid, in which she will also perform. Her piece is one of three representing the Mid-Atlantic Conference at the festival. This is how an adjudicator described Kara’s piece: Combining fierceness and delicacy, four dancers inhabit the space against Nico Muhly’s ethereal and pulsating score. Their fluid

strengths are a mixture of release and power creating interstitial spaces where bodies rise in voluminous exploration. Anna, currently attending Anderson University, will perform in Journey Draft 4, choreographed by Frederick Earl Mosely. We are so proud of both of these young women! For more information about the festival, click on this link: http://www.acda.dance/?page_id=582

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Friends of Center for the Arts (FCFA) Corner

Website: www.friendsofcfa.com Email: friendsofcfa@gmail.com

FCFA Corner Friends of Center for the Arts (FCFA) Corner Supporting Our Students and Faculty

Website: www.friendsofcfa.com Email: friendsofcfa@gmail.com

Thank you to everyone who supported FCFA this year. What a great year we have had. Through all of the showcases, school events, picnics, socials, and so much more, you have supported us with donations and service. FCFA could not provide all of the teacher and student programs without our partners. Thank you! To those of you with seniors, congratulations! To those of you with students returning next year, we look forward to partnering with you for another great year. To our new parents, we look forward to getting to know you and your students.

Also, we would like to extend a heartfelt note of appreciation to the FCFA Board Members who served on the Board for the 2015-2016 school year: Paul Mustian (President August- December); Martha Youngblood (President January –June); Jody O’Neill (Treasurer); Kelly O’Connor and Lorrie Zampetti (Secretary); Kim Clem; Terri Hague; Barry Matthews; Jeff Mauro; Andy Meyer; and Michelle Shuster. Thank you all for the countless hours spent on FCFA events for the students of the CFA – this past year was successful because of your time and talents. Congratulations to our newest Board member who will be joining the Board for the 2016-2017 school year: Marsha DiFrango; Terry Duke and Karen Ragland! Welcome! Have a great summer and please look for FCFA’s table at the August fee nights where you may join as a member, sign up to help out and meet other parents. Thank you for being our FRIEND! **********************************************************************************************

HHS News *Henrico High School Graduation is Tuesday, June 14 at 11:00 a.m. at the Siegel Center*

2016 FINAL EXAM SCHEDULES Regular Exams June 13th Period 1 and 2 == Dismissal at 1:00 June 14th GRADUATION @11:00 NO EXAMS!!! NO STUDENTS!! ** All staff expected to attend/participate in graduation** June 15th Periods 3 and 4 == Dismissal at 1:00 June 16th Periods 6 and 7 == Dismissal at 1:00 June 17 Period 5 DISMISSAL AT 10:40!!!! LAST DAY NOTE – all students MUST take their exams according to the FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE. Teachers MAY NOT deviate from the exam schedule and give students exams on different days or times. If you need to take an exam on a day different from the official exam schedule, ONLY DR. MONROE MAY GIVE AUTHORIZATION TO DO SO. Please do not ask your CFA Teacher or even Dr. Poxon if you can take your exam on a different day or time – you must see Dr. Monroe! Many thanks in advance for your cooperation with this!

CFA EXAM PROCEDURES – please READ!!!

Dear CFA Students and Teachers – Please see the exam schedule for the CFA EXAMS! Please note – ALL EARLY DISMISSALS MUST BE ARRANGED IN ADVANCE through the ATTENDANCE OFFICE. Dr. Poxon and CFA Teachers CANNOT authorize early dismissals for students. THANK YOU for your cooperation with this HHS POLICY.

The CFA exam policy is as follows – please read this carefully ALL LEVEL II classes will take ONE EXAM BLOCK ONLY. ANY seniors in LEVEL IV classes will take the FIRST EXAM BLOCK ONLY. For the double blocked CFA classes – which are Levels I and III -- please see the schedule below: CFA DANCE EXAMS – All students in CFA Dance Level I, Level III and Level IV MUST stay for BOTH EXAM BLOCKS. Please see Ms. Fink if you have any questions. CFA MUSICAL THEATRE EXAMS -- All students in CFA Musical Theatre Level I and Musical Theatre Level III will attend the FIRST EXAM BLOCK only. If you want to leave for the SECOND EXAM BLOCK, you MUST arrange for an EARLY DISMISSAL in advance. Please see Ms. Moody or Mr. Day if you have any questions. CFA THEATRE EXAMS – All students in CFA Theatre Level I and Theatre Level III will attend the FIRST EXAM BLOCK only. If you want to leave for the SECOND EXAM BLOCK, you MUST arrange for an EARLY DISMISSAL in advance. Please see Mr. Ritter if you have any questions. CFA VISUAL ARTS EXAMS – All students in CFA Visual Arts Level I MUST stay for BOTH EXAM BLOCKS. Please see Ms. Dowdy if you have any questions. All students in CFA Visual Arts Level III DO NOT HAVE TO STAY if they have completed the PRACTICAL PORTION in advance. If you have completed the

practical portion and want to leave for the SECOND EXAM BLOCK, you MUST arrange for an EARLY DISMISSAL in advance. Please see Ms. Dowdy if you have any questions.

Again – please ASK if you have any questions about your exam schedule. Parents – feel free to call me if you have any questions about

the exam schedule! STUDENTS – you have the schedule, so NOW you need to STUDY,

STUDY, STUDY and STUDY!

**************************************************************************** STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES 2016 RADAR Summer Dance Intensive June 20th – June 23rd and June 27th – 30th

9:30am – 5:00pm

Henrico High School

302 Azalea Ave

Richmond, VA 23227

Cost:

Both Weeks: $375 + $25 non-refundable registration fee

One Week Only: $250 + $25 non-refundable registration fee

Richmond-based RADAR invites intermediate and advanced dancers in high school or college to join us for an exciting

eight-day dance intensive. The intensive is designed to give dancers an opportunity to develop their dance technique and

express themselves creatively during the summer. Both weeks include daily technique classes in ballet and modern,

repertory rehearsals, as well as an opportunity for artistic growth in the improvisation and composition courses. The

intensive will conclude with a showing of choreography and reception for family, friends and the community.

See the attached flyer and this link for more information about RADAR

http://www.radardance.com/#!classes-and-workshops/w6t5r

VMFA Fellowship Program

Now an online application!

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship program is a vital source of funding for the visual arts and art history in Virginia. VMFA is committed to supporting professional

artists and art students who demonstrate exceptional creative ability in their chosen discipline and, as such has awarded nearly $5.5 million to Virginia’s artists since the

program’s creation more than 75 years ago.

The VMFA Fellowship program was established in 1940 through a generous contribution made by the late John Lee Pratt of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Offered through VMFA

Statewide, Fellowships are still largely funded through the Pratt endowment, and supplemented by annual gifts from the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation and the J.

Warwick McClintic, Jr. Scholarship Fund. The Fellowship program has a long and

established history of supporting Virginia’s artistic talent and has helped to further the careers and studies of many distinguished individuals, including recent recipients Charlie

Brouwer of Wills, Cynthia Henebry of Richmond, and Leigh Anne Chambers of Courtland.

VMFA offers $8,000 awards to professional artists, $6,000 awards to graduate students, and $4,000 awards to undergraduate students. Applicants may apply in the disciplines

of Crafts, Drawing, Film/Video, Mixed Media, New/Emerging Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Art History (graduate students only). All

applicants must be legal residents of Virginia and student applicants must be enrolled full-time in degree-seeking programs. Applicants’ works are reviewed anonymously by

distinguished jurors and awards are made based on artistic merit. The deadline for Fellowship applications is 5pm Friday, November 4, 2016.

We ask that you please encourage interested students and professional artists to apply.

Full eligibility criteria, can be found at www.VMFA.museum/fellowships. Visit this page

during the summer of 2016 for information on how to apply for a 2017-18 VMFA Fellowship.

Questions?

Frequently Asked Questions

Jenny Harding Fellowship Program Coordinator

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 200 N. Boulevard Richmond, VA 23220-4007 t: 804.204.2685 e: jenny.harding@VMFA.museum

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Seniors – enjoy your last “weekend” as a high school student! By next weekend, you will be a GRADUATE of Henrico High School

Fondly, Dr. P Stephanie Poxon, Ph.D. Director Center for the Arts