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Arts and Humanities Focus Program, commonly referred to as Arts, is a focus program that specializes in art and the humanities. The school opened in 1999, and is housed in a historic bottling plant along the banks of Antelope Creek.

Academics

The program's current regular activities include:

• An entry in Lincoln's First Friday art gallery exhibitions on the first Friday of every month, where the students show off their newest work.
• Several visits to the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
• The occasional visit to an academic lecture forum or welcoming of a guest lecturer to the program
• A partnership with the Arts are Basic Aesthetic Education program

The Arts and Humanities Focus program has welcomed several speakers over the past six semesters including actor/director Peter Riegert, New York mime Bill Bowers, DC Comics and Marvel Comics cartoonist Bob Hall and director Rodney Evans to name a few.

Past speakers visited have included author Daniel Quinn, author/activist Howard Zinn and President of the ACLU Nadine Strossen.

References

External links

• Arts and Humanities Focus Program website

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