Fine Arts Festival Featuring Empty Bowls
A celebration of creativity and compassion!
The John Cooper School proudly hosted its highly anticipated annual Fine Arts Festival yesterday on April 17th. This year’s festival highlights a beloved annual tradition, Empty Bowls, showcasing The School’s commitment to artistic expression and community service.
Kara Whiting, Visual Arts Department Chair at The John Cooper School, stated: “Our goal is to create an event and partnership that gives back to our extended community, Interfaith of The Woodlands, in the name of art. This event teaches our students to use their art to give back, instilling empathy, compassion, and kindness. It gives our students the real-world opportunity to witness their art in action and to see how their art makes a difference in the world.”
Community members from The Woodlands and throughout the Greater Houston Area joined together to raise money for families in need. Members of the community gathered inside The Sims Student Center on The School’s campus with artwork and clay pottery bowls created by Lower School students filling the tables. Proceeds from the event go to Interfaith Food Pantry to help feed the hungry. To get involved or to learn more about this event visit: www.johncooper.org/emptybowls.
The Fine Arts Festival at The John Cooper School is a cornerstone event, celebrating creativity and innovation across various artistic disciplines. From visual arts exhibitions to theatrical performances and musical showcases, the festival showcases the talents and passions of The John Cooper School’s students and its faculty.
As attendees step onto the campus grounds, they are greeted by a kaleidoscope of artistic endeavors. From captivating musical performances echoing through the air to intricate aerial silks routines that dazzled the audience, the festival is a symphony of artistic expression. Visitors wandered through galleries adorned with student-created paintings, sculptures, and mixed-media pieces, each telling their own unique story.
Interactive workshops offered participants the opportunity to immerse themselves in various art forms, from painting Draco the Dragon on an easel, making beaded bracelets and necklaces, potting pet-friendly pets, and even creating textured art with multi-colored sand. Food trucks, the Signatures vintage tent, and a caricature artist were also present to entertain guests as well.
At the heart of The John Cooper School is the cultivation of well-rounded individuals who embrace creativity, critical thinking, and compassion. The annual Fine Arts Festival, with its inclusion of Empty Bowls, underscores The School’s philosophy of nurturing each student’s potential, both as artists and empathetic members of society.
By participating in initiatives like Empty Bowls, students learn the importance of using their talents for the betterment of others, embodying The School’s commitment to service and ethical leadership. This tradition exemplifies creativity for good.
The John Cooper School is incredibly thankful to the Fine Arts Council, the Friends of the Fine Arts, and the entirety of The School’s Fine Arts Program for making this event such a success.
The John Cooper School
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The John Cooper School is an independent, non-sectarian, co-educational, college preparatory day school. Our mission is to provide a challenging education in a caring environment to a diverse group of select students, enabling them to become critical and creative thinkers, effective communicators, responsible citizens and leaders, and lifelong learners.
The John Cooper School seeks to attract qualified individuals of diverse backgrounds to its faculty, staff, and student body. The School does not discriminate against any individual in admissions, educational programs, personnel policies, general practices, or employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, physical disability, or age.
The John Cooper School seeks to attract qualified individuals of diverse backgrounds to its faculty, staff, and student body. The School does not discriminate against any individual in admissions, educational programs, personnel policies, general practices, or employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, physical disability, or age.
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