Ridgefield Youth Arts Month celebrates the arts

RIDGEFIELD — March is Ridgefield Youth Arts Month, and schools in Ridgefield are celebrating youth involvement in the arts with a month full of art activities, classes, and events. Thanks to a partnership between the Ridgefield School District, the Ridgefield Art Association and the Ridgefield community, young people all across the area have the opportunity to get their creative juices flowing with a wide range of opportunities for creative exploration.

The Ridgefield School District Art Show will be 5 to 7 p.m. March 29 at the Ridgefield High School Performing Arts Center. Student artwork from all Ridgefield schools will be on display.

The Ridgefield “Art in Action” event will also showcase the talents of Ridgefield’s youth. The event will be held 6:30 p.m. March 30 at the Ridgefield High School Performing Arts Center.

On March 11, students also staged performances of “Johnny Appleseed,” an original play by the Missoula Children’s Theatre, at the Ridgefield High School Performing Arts Center.

In addition to these events, volunteers assembled hundreds of kits for Ridgefield Youth Arts Month art classes. Some classes were held in person, bringing students together to create and learn. But in an effort to reach even more students across the school district, some of the classes were held via Zoom meetings or through videos.

No matter whether they were held remotely or in-person, classes all filled quickly and were offered free of charge, thanks to donations from sponsors including the Ridgefield Public Schools Foundation, Rose Real Estate, ABM Janitorial, Dance Fusion NW, Woodland Chiropractic, and the Ridgefield Community Gleaners Association.

Organizers saluted Ridgefield Youth Arts Month committee members Terri Cochran, Carla Kendall-Bray, Maureen O’Reilly, Patricia Thompson and Barbara Wright for their contributions.