Lawrence Arts Center

940 New Hampshire Street
Lawrence KS 66044

Phone: 785-843-2787
Fax: 785-843-6629
Email: [email protected]

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Description:
For almost 30 years, the Lawrence Arts Center has acted as a unifying force in our community, drawing people of all ages, neighborhoods, backgrounds and abilities to participate in an ever-growing array of education, exhibition and performance programs. Performing and visual arts programs have steadily grown to an annual participation of 95,000.The Gallery is filled continually with creative works ranging from children's works to that of professional artists. The Arts Education Program offers an extensive array of classes and workshops in drawing, ceramics, painting, printmaking, photography, writing and more. Dancers develop skills and have performance opportunities in the Dance Program . Preschoolers develop and learn through their creative experiences in the Arts-Based Preschool . Professional actors share their skills and experiences that engender creativity and confidence in students grades kindergarten-12th in the Drama Program. Events and performances are presented by community groups and the Center. The Center publishes The Arts in Action , a magazine about the arts in the community. Literary programming offers the Langston Hughes Creative Writing Award and the Lawrence Poetry Series.A Place to Imagine, the Lawrence Arts Center's new home, opened in 2002 in the 900 block of New Hampshire. The facility has two exhibition galleries, gallery sales shop, theatre, ten studios for art drama and dance classes. The Arts-Based Preschool has two classrooms and an outside classroom.