Lowcountry Habitat for Humanity ReStore, 612 Parris Island Gateway in Port Royal. Call 843-525-0055 for donation pick-up or to serve as a ReStore Volunteer. Find just what you need at just the right price. Selling new and gently used, furniture, cabinets, appliances, home improvement supplies, tools, lighting, windows and doors, hardware and much more. New items arrive every week! Store Hours are Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Donations accepted Tuesday and Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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Quality arts educators share their artform in an exciting community arts center, August 31-October 14th for 6 to 16 year-olds; $45 per child, per class: circus skills, acting skills, strings, arts sampler, collage, Art That Moves, plus intensives in October and November. Family discounts & scholarships available, just ask while registering, no extra paperwork: 843-379-2787 or in person @ ARTworks in Beaufort Town Center. http://www.beaufortcountyarts.com.
>> full description of each class:
Performing Arts ~ Acting skills with Jenn Shand for ages 9-12, a low key and a noncompetitive introduction to acting. Students will gain self confidence in their ability to express themselves as they learn the basic acting skills through drama activities such as role playing, story dramatization, pantomime, improvisation, and scene work.
Visual Arts ~ Art that Moves with Kelly Davidson for ages 12-16. Students will learn about design, geometrics, color, focus and motion, as we hand build Kaleidoscopes and wind chimes. Using metals, reflective glass, colored glass and other objects, students will be fascinated by the moveable works of art they are able to create.
Performing Arts ~ String Orchestra with Ami Rabinowitz for ages 9-14. Prepare two orchestra pieces in four parts for a performance while learning music theory and instrument skills. Students will learn a few new scales, warm-up exercises, and even some history about their instrument. This class is intended for the orchestra student with at least a year of strings class or private lessons.
Visual Arts ~ Arts Sampler with Jada Gray, for ages 6-9. Students will learn about color, line and media to create Jasper Johns inspired artwork. Jasper Johns is a famous South Carolina American contemporary artist who works primarily in painting and printmaking.
Thursdays beginning September 2nd thru October 14th
Performing Arts ~ Circus Skills with JW Rone, for ages 10-15. Explore the exciting physical arts of juggling, balancing and clowning and their relationship to performance.
Visual Arts ~ Fun Creations with Polymer Clay with Kelly Davidson, ages 6-9. This class provides students with a fun learning opportunity in polymer clay art while working on the projects they'll be proud to use or give as a gift. This class will help develop new interests and skills in the fun working environment. Students will learn how to mix colors, create textures, shape and cut and using clay techniques; and apply these to make pens, a mirror and a 3-D aquarium, all using colorful polymer clay.
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The York W. Bailey Museum is open to the public Monday through Saturday from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. Admission is $5 for adults; $4 for seniors; $2 for youth (up to age 16). Named for a Penn School graduate and the first African American Medical doctor to serve St. Helena and neighboring Islands, the museum is housed in the Historic Cope Industrial Building. It is comprised of four Galleries and a Book and Gift Store. Open to the public, over 10,000 visitors come to the museum each year to take part in its Cultural Lessons and Demonstrations Educational Program, view its exhibits, for public programming, or to simply experience the unique blend of history, education and culture. The permanent exhibit showcases some of the oldest professional photographs of African American people, the original 1863 school bell, and artifacts related to Sea Island and African American history and culture. The History and Culture Department maintains Penn Center's historic collection which dates back to 1862 and for more information call (843) 838-2432 or go to www.penncenter.com web site.
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Beaufort Writers: Meeting 5:30 p.m. every Tuesday in the Beaufort County Airport on Lady's Island conference room.
