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PORTFEST 2018
HEARTS' largest annual fundraiser is the renowned PortFest, a music, arts and community festival. Artists, musicians, poets and painters alike gather for an outdoor celebration to showcase the arts in our school district and community. Volunteer opportunities include: Fundraising, Volunteer Management, Event Planning, School Interactive Activity Leaders and many others. If you excel at throwing parties or planning meetings, are calm under pressure, organized or just want to help, join us and put those skills to good use! Sponsorship, exhibitor and concession opportunities are available, as well. For more information click here. |
THE RED PARTY 2018 SPONSORSA great big thank you to the sponsors of the 2018 Red Party. Your generosity allows HEARTS to fulfill its mission to enrich the arts in Port Washington and its public schools, by supporting our programs and initiatives, such as grants for schools. Please click here to learn more about the grants we fund thanks to your support.
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Looking Ahead
AFTERNOON ARTISTS REGISTRATION Open February 1, 2018 PORTFEST Saturday, May 19, 2018 HEARTS in the News (click on each title to view) HEARTS Full of Love for Port HEARTS: INSPIRING CREATIVITYHEARTS is an independent, grassroots not-for-profit 501(c)3 community organization whose mission is to add meaningful value to children's lives and our community by supporting, promoting and enriching the arts in Port Washington and its public schools.
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CURTAINS UP: A MUSICAL THEATER EXPERIENCE
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Port Washington School District 4th and 5th grade students will perform in the Curtains Up spring 2018 production of Peter Pan, Jr.! Rehearsals are underway and the show is going to be a hit! Show dates are Friday, June 15th and Saturday, June 16th. Don't miss it!
Check out facebook.com/CurtainsUpPW for more information. Past participants have expressed how Curtains Up is a life transforming experience! Watch this video and discover more. |
Video Credit: Allison Friedman, Stacey Medford, Emma Goldman and Curtains Up Participants
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HEARTS 2017 GRANTS IN ACTION
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Latin Hand Drumming with Pablo Rieppi
Hearts PW proudly sponsored world-renowned Uruguyan percussionist Pablo Rieppi, who presented three hands-on Latin American hand-drumming workshops to Schreiber ENL students and AP music theory students. These sessions taught the students to understand and perform culturally and musically important Latin rhythms. |
Photo credit: Port Washington School District Creative Arts Department
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Truly Behind the Scenes: Transformational
Make-Up Art Weber 7th graders and Schreiber's TV and Film Production students had the unique experience of spending a day with entertainment industry makeup artist Michael Maddi. Through an assembly, slideshow, Q&A and workshop, Maddi shared his secrets for transforming actors and actresses into older versions of themselves, as well as monsters and villains, among other looks. Students had the opportunity to get up close to samples, including a first-hand look at a mask that Maddi created for the famed villain “The Joker” on TV's Gotham. Maddi’s presentation educated the thoroughly engaged students about opportunities for a career in the arts. |
Photo credit: Port Washington School District Creative Arts Department
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Curtains Up: Musical Theater Workshop
This fall's Curtains Up: Musical Theater Workshop featured more than 50 4th and 5th grade students from all five local area elementary schools performing popular songs from musicals across the decades. Selections included "There’s No Business Like Show Business" (Annie Get Your Gun), "It’s a Hard Knock Life" (Annie), "If You Would Only Listen" (School of Rock), "Ease On Down The Road" (The Wiz), and “Footloose” (Footloose), among others. The event also featured a special performance by Curtains Up program alumni Carly Gold, who just finished the national tour of the musical Fun Home and sang "Ring of Keys" for all in attendance. Standing ovations for Program Coordinator Emily Baxter, Director Lauren Blank, and Musical Director Jake Glickman for their dedicated work on this program. |
Photo credit: Leigh Richards
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AileyDance Kids
Salem Elementary School first grade students had the opportunity to participate in this eight-week, in-school, hands-on, dance residency workshop in West African style dance. Enthusiastic students learned about the unity between the body, mind and spirit that is fundamental to African culture. Students also learned regional songs along with dances of welcome and praise culminating in a performance. This grant is funded in partnership with the Salem Compact Committee and The Ed. Foundation |
Video Credit: Leigh Richards
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ANNOUNCING HEARTS GRANT CYCLE CHANGE!!!
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HEARTS is excited to announce that we are making a change in timing to our grant cycle. HEARTS will be transitioning our grant cycle to coincide with the school year rather than the calendar year. We hope this allows for easier and more flexible planning for applicants! During this transition period, we will continue to fund HEARTS’ core and district-wide programs listed below. Please stay tuned for our grant application which will be available on our website in early winter 2018 for programming that will take place in the 2018-2019 school year. If you have any questions, please contact HEARTS at info@heartspw.org.
Update: Grant application for the 2018-18 school year is available now. Completed applications are due March 5, 2018.
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The Memory Project
Photo credit: Nicole Thomas |
DANCING CLASSROOMS
HEARTS is thrilled to partner again with the Creative Arts Department of the Port Washington School District, the HSAs, and the Ed Foundation to bring the amazing Dancing Classrooms program to all Port Washington fifth grade students. Children from all five elementary schools are stepped outside their comfort zones and learned essential life skills through the art of social dance.
