Programs
artscap introduces…
This series is designed to showcase Asbury Park residents who have received or achieved local, national and international recognition in their field. Lectures, performances, screenings and workshops offer an opportunity for Asbury Park residents to get to know some of their accomplished neighbors and celebrate the diverse fabric of our community.
Click on any of the following programs for pictures and details about each installment of this series:
• artscap introduces: History of The Paramount Theatre
• artscap introduces: Greetings from Asbury Park with Helen Chantal Pike
• artscap introduces: Matt Berman, architect
• artscap introduces: Jazz Legends of Asbury Park
• artscap introduces: Susan Pellegrini, filmmaker
• artscap introduces: Toward an Artistic Vision of Asbury Park: An ArtsCAP Roundtable Breifing
the acting studio at asbury park high school
This project, brings together high school students with a local theatre professional to explore theatre through improvisation, acting techniques, movement, and script development. Students are offered a unique chance to create and perform their own theatre production.
The 2006-2007 schoolyear featured the acting studio's debut performance at the APHS's spring concert. 2007-2008 begins with a Holiday play at their winter concert, and ends with a full theatrical production in the spring.
to learn how you can become involved with the Acting Studio, please contact William Whitefield at wwhitefield@optonline.net
Click below to view pictures of the acting studio in action:
• 2007-2008
photo literacy project
This 20 week program is a partnership with Bradley Elementary School, local photographer John Meyerhofer, and artscap. A local artist teaches basic photography concepts, terms and techniques to 2nd and 4th grade elementary school students. Every week, the students are given a camera to take home and document their communities, homes and world. They then write stories about the world they captured in their photographs. This sharpens their writing skills in an engaging and meaningful way—addressing, grammar, vocabulary, and content generation. At the end of the project, the students’ stories and pictures are gathered and bound into a book. A copy of the book is given to the school library and the work is exhibited in a local art gallery, so that the students are publicly recognized as artists and authors.
This invaluable program has recently received grants from Johnson & Johnson and Target, as well as financial support from many individual citizens. To make your tax deductible contribution to this program, please visit the paypal link on the bottom left menu of this website (you will have the option of earmarking your donation specifically for this program).
To volunteer your help for this program, or to learn more, please contact John Meyerhofer at Imax773@aol.com
Click below to view samples of student particpants' work:
• Exposure 1: 2005 - 2006
• Exposure 2: 2006 - 2007