UCO`s Oklahoma Center for Arts Education Presents

Youth Arts Day at the State Capitol

February 19, 2007

The Oklahoma Center for Arts Education (OCAE), located within the University of Central Oklahoma College of Arts, Media & Design, presents "Youth Arts Day" from 9 a.m. to noon March 6 on the fourth floor Rotunda at the State Capitol.

The event kicks off “Youth Arts Month” in Oklahoma, a time set aside to raise awareness of the importance of the arts and art education in the state.

"Youth Arts Day at the Oklahoma State Capitol celebrates the critical importance of arts education in students` lives," said John Clinton, dean of UCO`s College of Arts, Media and Design and Executive Director of OCAE.

"This special day is set aside to remind us, and all decision makers, that the arts hold a special place in every child`s life.”
                                                                      Lindsey Miller, Miss Oklahoma 2007
Among the featured speakers at the event will

be Lindsey Miller, Miss Oklahoma 2007. Miller will sing, and will also speak about the importance of arts education in her life.

In addition, the event will feature performances from the Oklahoma Music Educators’ Association Children’s Chorus, the Chickasaw Nation Children’s Chorus, the Ponca City High School Orchestra and the Broken Arrow combined Middle School Orchestra.

The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Ines Burnham, OCAE program manager, at (405) 974-3784, or online at iburnham@ucok.edu.

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