CHCA Eagle's Eye 2014

Exuberantly creative
ArtBeat 2014
Mona Summers, Director of Fine Arts
ArtBeat 2014 by
ArtBeat 2014 “Created to be Creative” marked our 16th Annual Fine Arts Festival. This campus-wide event was a huge success thanks
to ArtBeat Chair Tammy Pacheco, Performance Chair Michael Kuremsky, the ArtBeat Committee, CHCA’s Fine Arts faculty and staff and
300+ volunteers. It was also successful due to the support of our presenting sponsor Friends of Fine Arts, our corporate sponsor Cindy
Coggins and the Coggins Group at Morgan Stanley and eight other ArtBeat sponsors – all for whom we are so thankful.
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16 years ago when I originally had this vision
for a fine arts festival, I certainly did not envision
the spectacular that this event would become.
While the entire CHCA arts program is my
passion, ArtBeat has a special place in my heart.
ArtBeat is that one day where our entire CHCA
community has an opportunity to come together
and celebrate the arts, our students and our
Creator who gave us the gift of arts. Our students
continue to amaze me with their talents, passion,
hard work and determination for excellence.
This inspires our entire Fine Arts faculty and
staff to continue to grow what is one of the most
outstanding Fine Arts programs in our city.
ArtBeat by the numbers:
Over 2,300 people attended the event.
The Hang Your Art Out art exhibit featured over 1,000
pieces of student artwork.
Over 750 students performed on three stages.
Over 640 arts and crafts projects were completed at
our 8 Hands-on-Art stations.
The ArtBeat 2014 poster featured 8 students’ artwork.
In the MSL HS Juried Art Competition, 19 cash prizes and
awards were presented in 8 different categories, which were
judged by 5 community artists and art educators.
7 professional artists (including two alumni) and 4 students
were featured as this year’s Demonstrating Artists.
13 different sponsors provided delicious food and drinks.