DEMONSTRATIONS & WORKSHOPS HARD ROAD THEATRE PRODUCTIONS
Founded in 2001, Hard Road Theatre Productions is a non-profit theatre company committed to providing Highland and the surrounding area with high-quality, affordable, live theatre productions. The usual performance season includes three or four productions that include all ages. They have also helped to improve the performance spaces at the local schools. For more information, go to HardRoad.org.
MURAL ADDED TO HIGHLAND ART WALK HIGHLAND
The Highland Arts Council is proud of its Art Walk and the ways in which art has enhanced our city. Currently, a brochure will take you on a self-guided tour of artwork that has been commissioned or donated by the Highland Arts Council, the Highland Garden Club, the Highland Community School, grants from the Highland Area Community Foundations, the Highland Chamber of Commerce, and specific individuals. We plan to expand the Art Walk and build Highland’s reputation to be the Arts Mecca of the Metro East as a Mural City. The National Endowment
for the Arts has granted the Highland Arts Council a matching grant of $10,000. This is the second time that the NEA has shown confidence in HAC and its mission to bring art to the community. We are honored and thrilled. This grant will help bring renowned artists from St. Louis, Robert Fishbone and his daughter Liza, to paint a mural on the west wall of the Weinheimer Community Center. He began the project in early 2021 and the hope is to have it completed for you to view on your trip to see the artists at Art in the Park. We know that the Weinheimer Community Center was built to bring our community together, and it has done that since 1949 through the generosity of forward thinkers within the city. Help us honor the building and memories
made there and deepen its value through art on its wall. The HAC is extending an invitation to citizens, businesses and organizations from the community who see the value in creating beauty in our city. We encourage you to partner with us to develop a mural that will bring people into our community and expand the local economy. Donors for the matching grant share ownership of Highland’s newest community art. There is still room to buy a brick to be placed under the completed artwork. Stop by the hospitality booth at Art in the Park to pick up a form and a map of the other art locations in Highland. Why not stay over and take it all in…Art in the Park and the Art Walk. Maps will be available at the hospitality booth.
SEPTEMBER 8-10, 2021 | ALTON TELEGRAPH, EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER, EDGE
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