Celebrate The Arts Night at CVU

Artwork credit Taylor Chatoff

Champlain Valley Union High School (CVU) in Hinesburg will be hosting its eleventh annual Celebrate The Arts Night on December 13th.

From 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. you can enjoy a visual arts show of over 450 pieces created by students currently enrolled in CVU arts courses and from around the district with work on display from Allen Brook, Williston Central, Shelburne Community, Hinesburg Elementary and Charlotte Central Schools.

Every student from CVU’s Intro through Advanced Placement Studio Art will be showing a piece they feel best represents their work from the semester.  Also on view will be practical art work made by Technology Education, and fashion by Basic Clothing Construction and Fashion Design students. Business students will be sharing information about their collaboration with the Vermont Haiti Project and their upcoming trip to Haiti.  Additionally, you will be able to learn about and purchase advanced tickets for their annual Family Formal, benefiting Make-A-Wish Vermont.

Pop-up musical performances this year include shows by CVU’s Women’s Chorus in the science wing from 7:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. and a 6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. show by CVU’s Jazz Ensemble in four corners.   At 7:30 p.m., in the CVU Theater, notable main-stage performances will be given by music students including Symphonic Winds and Women’s chorus.  Family and Consumer Science classes will provide free refreshments.  There will be art activities for the whole family!

New this year! NEXUS students will be sharing their Nexhibitions in the Library from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. See what these innovative independent learners have been up to.  The night will also feature Sustainability student work in the café from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.