Crescendo Continues with Great Events!

See the full list of events this month here https://www.hiltonheadisland.org/crescendo-2019

Arts Education Glows with Delight

Arts Center Partners with HHI School for Creative Arts on Youth Lantern Parade Display

by Alana Adams

In 2006 the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina adopted Hilton Head School for the Creative Arts with the mutual goal of integrating the arts into the elementary curriculum through expanded services and enrichment programs utilizing the Arts Center’s resources.

When the Office of Cultural Affairs announced the Hilton Head Island Lantern Parade, to be held on November 9, 2019, it was a natural instinct for the Arts Center to reach out to the school to assist their budding artists with their lantern parade entries.

With the current trends in STEAM education (weaving together Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) the Lantern Parade created a perfect outlet to showcase how these brain-building subjects all work together in harmony.

Soon thereafter, the Arts Center’s Sr. Director of Education, Alana Adams met with Gretchen Keefner, Principal at HHISCA, and right away they two began brainstorming how the students could create a collaborative illuminated lantern sculpture that would allow as many students as possible the opportunity to participate in the community event.

Keeping with the theme of the parade, to celebrate to celebrate the history, ecology and people of Hilton Head Island, the school decided to create a 7’ long illuminated shrimp boat that will serve as a focal point for the school’s submissions.

Mrs. Adams and the school’s STEAM teacher, Dr. Cifaldi, are working with the Engineering Club to design, engineer, and construct this massive centerpiece.  Art Club students will be creating seagulls to hover around the boat and first graders, who learn about light and shadow in science, will be working on fish lanterns to swim alongside the boat. All teachers at the school are invited to have their students participate in making additional lanterns for the display and the school will even be having a free Family Night in late October, which will give an opportunity to any student in the school to bring their family to work on a lantern together.

Collectively the school hopes to light up the beach with a beautiful display that celebrates our coastal waterways which are such an integral part of our lives here on Hilton Head Island.

More Info about the Hilton Head Island Lantern Parade can be found online here including workshop schedules and information for room discounts from our host hotel,The Beach House.

Thanks to all of our event sponsors! Register Online Here to receive up-to-date info about the Lantern Parade like information about parking,workshops and more!

Photos courtesy of Steve Eberhardt Photography

Confessions of Madness

Jazz for All Ages

Last Chance for These Two Great Shows

"The Humans" by Stephen Karam

2016 Tony Award & Drama Desk Winner for Best Play. 

Brigid and Richard have moved into a shabby two-floor apartment in New York’s Chinatown just in time for Thanksgiving, and her family – mom, dad, sister and grandma – arrives from Scranton, PA to laugh, argue, and eat around the table. But also dished up are fears, real and imagined.

Now - October 27, 2019
HHP's Main Street Theatre

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 "Murder on the Orient Express" captures all the suspense that you expect from well-known crime novelist Agatha Christie.

A lavish trip through Europe quickly unfolds into a race against time to solve a murder aboard a train. When an avalanche stops the Orient Express dead in its tracks, the world's greatest detective -- Hercule Poirot -- arrives to interrogate all passengers and search for clues before the killer can strike again. With a locomotive full of suspects and an alibi for each one, "Murder on the Orient Express" is the perfect mystery full of twists and turns.

Now - October 27th
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina

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Local Art Auction

Fantastic evening featuring an auction of local art by esteemed artists and live music to benefit arts education opportunities for local schools and students.  Friday, October 25th @ 6 PM Karis Art Gallery       Piece featured: John G. Jensen, Luna Moth, Porcelain Filigree Vase

Mitchelville Anniversary Forum

"Eloquent Light" at the Art League

Art League Gallery will host Eloquent Light, a collection of landscape photography by local artist Bill Bogle, Jr., this October. The exhibit includes familiar lowcountry scenes of Spanish moss-draped live oaks and oceanfront dunes, the vibrant red rock formations of the American west, and solemn views along the New England coast. Bogle’s passion and success lie in recording moments when the light reveals his subjects at their most meaningful.

He has been displaying and selling his photographs for the past 15 years. His work can be seen in local galleries such as the Society of Bluffton Artists and the Beaufort Art Association.

Now - October 26th
Walter Greer Gallery @ the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina

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Come Out & Make a Lantern

Register for one of these great lantern making opportunities below!

Our hotel partner for the lantern parade is offering a Lantern Parade Package. The package includes discounted room rate for two nights, breakfast, and a lantern making workshop the morning of 11/9 - so no need to travel with your lantern!

More Info & Booking Here

And big thanks to the Beach House for hosting the official after party at the Tiki Hut featuring local band favorite Pretty Darn!

Turtle Lantern Kits Are On Sale Now

Stop by the gift shop at Coastal Discovery Museum or Hilton Head Toys @ Coligny Plaza and pick up your very own lantern kit to make your turtle lantern in the comfort of your own home. 

We'd love to see you as part of our bale of turtles marching behind our Mama Loggerhead, Chantelle Rytter's signature lantern to be unveiled at our parade! (Shhh, Sneak Peek Below!)

Community Create Applications Online Now

We want to hear your ideas! 

Two of the greatest resources that our community has is its people and their creativity. The Office of Cultural Affairs is seeking ideas from our community visual artists, performing artists, musicians, lecturers, and art professionals at every stage of their careers to submit proposals for our Community Creates Initiatives.

Full guidelines and criteria can be found online. Applications can be submitted year round and projects will be selected as time and budget allows. 

Check it out online here