Arts Education Department
The Arts Education Program offers a wide variety of opportunities for student participation and learning. At the elementary level, visual arts and music are presented to all students as an ongoing curricular subject to encourage their artistic and creative development. At the middle and high school levels, students may select for study courses in Band, Choral Music, General Music, Visual Arts, Theatre Arts, and Dance. Beginning at the fifth-grade level, the String Orchestra program is offered to all interested fifth and sixth-grade students as part of a sequential instructional program (grades 5-12) to develop fine motor skills, aural development, and background for success in instrumental music.
As an outgrowth of the Arts Education Instructional Program, artistic opportunities such as All-County Middle and High School Band, All-County Chorus, All-County Dance, All-County Theatre Festival, Cumberland County Youth Orchestra, Cumberland County Middle School Youth Orchestra, Fall & Spring Evenings of Dance, Summer Orchestra Workshop, Spring Orchestra Festival, High School Juried Art Show and the annual Cross Creek Mall Visual Arts Exhibit are sponsored for the development of the higher achieving student. Our students and performing ensembles have a strong tradition of consistently receiving numerous awards, recognition, scholarships, and advance placements in various local district, and state competitions, festivals, and performing arenas.
Upcoming Arts Education Events
Elementary School All-County Chorus Clinic - February 28, 2025.
The Elementary School All-County Chorus Clinic will be on February 28, 2025 at the Crown Theater. The concert will be at 7:00pm on February 28th at the Crown Theater.
High School All-County Dance Clinic-March 6-7, 2025.
The High School All-County Dance Clinic will be held at Reid Ross Classical School on March 6-7, 2025. This year the guest choreographer is Alexandra Joye Warren.
High School Juried Art Show will run from March 7-30, 2025 at the Fayetteville/Cumberland County Arts Council
High School Juried Art Show awards program - March 25, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. at the Arts Council
Ms Forensics Onstage at the Central Services Board Room - April 9, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.
This event will feature students who placed first or second in the county wide tournament.
Spring Evening of Dance - April 29, 2025
The spring Evening of Dance and All County Dance Performance will be held on April 29, 2025 at the Crown Theater. The performance will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Cumberland County Schools Cross Creek Mall Student Art Show - April 24 - May 8, 2025
CCS Summer Strings Camp - June 9-12 and 16-19, 2025 from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at Seventy-First HS
CCS Summer MS Band Camp - June 9-12, 2025 from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at John Griffin MS
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2465 Gillespie St.
Fayetteville, NC 28306
Phone: 910-678-2622
Fax: 910-678-2605
Carla Crenshaw
Director of Arts Education