Event moved to 5/17 , see on calendar here http://achev.ipage.com/event/fine-arts-festival-on-zoom/

The Arts Festival is a wonderful time for our students to share their God-given talents.  This is a non-judged activity, designed to appreciate these talents of the homeschool community.  Due to time constraints, we may need to limit the number of activities per person (i.e. 2 solo events) depending on how many entries we receive!

We’ve had an amazing response in the past with such creative entries as comedic skits, dance, bands, mime, poetry reading, excerpts from plays, films, instrumental solos (piano, guitar, harp, violin…), vocal solos, photography, drawings, sewing, knitting, models and more.  This is also a great opportunity to recognize and encourage the hard work that goes into developing these life enriching skills.

We ask that all performing and fine art be appropriate for families with young children and glorifying to God. When our families come together as a group, we hope to create an atmosphere that allows for consideration and grace.

Values we trust every ACHEV family to embrace are:

• Artist/performer – Personal opinions and freedoms can and should at times be humbly set aside temporarily for the sake of the community. A good rule of thumb is if you have any concern it might offend, choose something safer to perform/create/wear. Remember all ages may be present, and ask yourself, “Will it honor God?”, and, “Will it bless those who hear and see?”

• Audience – There is a time and place to graciously make allowances for the differing opinions about what is appropriate to perform/create/wear. Since this event serves our entire membership, we can expect our diverse community to be just that: diverse. That is part of the beauty of community. We offer benefit of the doubt that each participant sincerely desires to honor God and bless those who hear and see.

We also believe constructive feedback is important. So please feel free to talk with leadership about any aspect of any ACHEV event or activity. Your input is valuable and appreciated.

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We are using Google Forms again this year.  Let us know if you have any questions about filling them out.    You will receive an email copy of the form you submitted and the email will contain a link allowing you to edit your response if need be.  You will not be able to edit your response without this link, so save this email.  If you make a mistake we can also delete the old form and you can submit it again.  It does not take long to fill out.  Please email bonnieadair@verizon.net if you have any trouble accessing or filling out these forms.  I am happy to help!

Submission forms are due by Friday April 10th and artwork is due at a drop off location by Saturday April 11th.  Please plan ahead as we need to stick firmly to the submission deadlines and won’t be accepting late entries.  The organizers have a lot of work to do to prepare for this event and  we need the help of the parents to make everything run as smoothly as possible.  Thank you for understanding.

Performing Arts Submission Form (limit 2 per student, not counting accompaniment performances): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfocGZs_oQe7mi_IkIl9o4G6_lOBbTWk8apbFzIlZAVHXxnXA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Visual Arts Submission Form (limit 3 per student): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdh7TOsTCusSR7_62SnFH0TzE1vqB8vf4M4swPvKHGalNJv1w/viewform?usp=sf_link

If you plan to participate in this event, please do not delay in filling out the form below to let us know how you would like to help.  We need to have some helpers in place long before the submission deadlines.  So, even if you haven’t filled out the forms for your kids’ art and performances, please still go ahead and fill out the volunteer form.  One job in particular that we would like to have filled early is someone to host/organize an “after party” for the families after the event where we can eat some food and fellowship, and maybe have games or activities.  This would be geared towards older kids since it will be late in the evening, but all ages are welcome.

Volunteer Job Sign Up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOWf9oJL7HT4mVm3m9avYKLx9NaT_uG_gAvZNDnt2MY4MMqA/viewform?usp=sf_lin