About
The Levoy Theatre, the River Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville Glasstown Arts District, and the Millville Arts and Innovation Center in partnership the Cumberland County & Cape May Cultural and Heritage Commissions are excited to announce our hosting of the 2024 Cumberland & Cape May Counties Teen Arts Festival in historic downtown Millville. The adjudicated categories for the 2024 Cumberland & Cape May Counties Teen Arts Festival are:Festival Highlights
This year's festival will be held on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 from 9 am to 2 pm. The Festival features many innovative components all designed to enhance the ability and careers of Cumberland and Cape May County Young Artists and to promote the importance of arts education in our schools. Students and arts teachers participating in the Festival will be offered:- Student Exhibits & Performances
- Student Critiques
- Student Workshops
Winners' Ceremony
The Festival culminate with a Winners' Ceremony on Wednesday evening, May 1, 2024, at the Levoy Theatre. Parents, teachers, general public, and press are all invited to attend! Stay tuned for more information as the date grows closer.Dates to Know
- February 28, 2024: School Registration & Adjudication Registration Goes Live
- March 15, 2024: Last day to register for School Registration & Adjudication Registration
- March 20, 2024: Adjudication Slots open on Signup Genius
- March 27, 2024: Adjudication Slots Close
- March 27, 2024: Workshop Schedule Released
- April 10, 2024: Workshop Registration opens on Signup Genius
- April 12, 2024: Film entries due. Please upload to Vimeo or Youtube and send the link to Cumberland & Cape May Teen Arts
- April 12, 2024: Creative writing entries due. Please send them to Cumberland & Cape May Teen Arts
- April 18, 2024, between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m.: Cumberland County schools drop off Visual Arts projects to Rowan Clay College, 321 N. High Street, Millville, NJ
- Visual Arts Labels must be attached to all projects. Please use these Labels
- TBD: Last day to register for workshops
Following is a brief description of each of the festival's major components:
Student Exhibits & Performances
The Festival will feature student visual art exhibits (2D & 3D) and student performances in dance, theatre (large and small groups), musical theatre, vocal choral music, solo & small ensemble vocal performances, large & small instrumental performances, piano, guitar, samples of creative writing/poetry & student-produced videos. The artwork will be on display during the entire festival. The work will represent the very best of Cumberland & Cape May County teen artists.Student Critiques
The Cumberland & Cape May Counties Teen Arts Festival is not a competition. Performances will not be compared or ranked in any way. Instead, the focus will be on sharing achievements and learning. All student work at the Festival will be publicly critiqued by professional artist adjudicators, both verbally and in writing.Students receive critiques of their work and often “sit-in” on the critiques of other emerging artists in their discipline, increasing their educational experience. The professional artist/adjudicators at the Festival will provide in-depth critical reviews and analysis of the students’ works, performances and group presentations — a process that all students report to be most beneficial to their growth as artists.
Students who excel in their particular art form are selected to be sent to the state level. Only students who are invited to participate can be adjudicated by state level judges. For more information on the NJ State Teen Arts Festival, visit here.
Student Workshops
Teaching artists come to adjudicate, as well as to teach workshops and master classes in their individual specialties, including drama, filmmaking, voice, acting, instrumental music, creative writing and more.The workshops and master classes help students develop perceptual, intellectual and technical skills; gain cultural awareness and understanding of various art forms; and develop personal aesthetic values. All Cumberland & Cape May County students attending the Festival may participate in these workshops and classes.
Student Workshops will focus on three areas:
- Student Master Classes: Workshops which offer in depth arts training in a student’s chosen field.
- Artistic Enhancement: A wide range of hands-on experiences in a variety of art forms providing students an opportunity to explore and learn about art forms they may not be familiar with.
- Observation: Being witness to how other artists create and execute their craft.