FOUNDATION FOR ART AND MUSIC IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION INC

ARTS CAMP - A WEEK LONG OVER-NIGHT SUMMER RESIDENTIAL ARTS CAMP AT CAMP LUTHERWALD. 40 CAMPERS (AGES 8-16) TOGETHER WITH AN OUTSTANDING FACULTY OF ARTS EDUCATORS GATHERED TO CREATE A UNIQUE STUDENT ARTIST COLONY. 10 OF THE CAMPERS RECEIVED FULL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE CAMP. CLASSES IN MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS, DRAMA, DANCE, AND STORYTELLING ARE INTERSPERSED WITH CAMP ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SWIMMING, BOATING AND ROCK WALL CLIMBING. THE CLASSES ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE IMMERSION IN THE CREATIVE ARTS CONCENTRATED AROUND THE ANNUAL CULTURAL FOCUS. FOR 2024-25 THE CULTURAL FOCUS WAS TALES OF THE CARIBBEAN. VISITING ARTIST PROGRAM - FAME'S MULTICULTURAL VISITING ARTIST PROGRAM SEEKS TO BROADEN CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS AMONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH PERFORMANCES BY LEADING EXPERTS FROM DIVERSE CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD. IN 2025 WE HAD CARIBBEAN ARTIST, TERESA VALESQUEZ, DO LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS OF HER TEXTILE ARTWORK. WHILE SHE WEAVED, SHE TOLD THE STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE FAME FESTIVAL ABOUT THE ART FORM. MUSIC AND ART FESTIVAL - HELD EVERY YEAR DURING SPRING IN THE MONTH OF MARCH, THIS TWO-DAY FESTIVAL IN FORT WAYNE AT THE GRAND WAYNE CENTER FEATURES AN AVERAGE OF 50 PERFORMING GROUPS, 6,100 STUDENT PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURES, AND THE IMAGINARIUM HANDS-ON CREATIVE ARTS CENTER. PERFORMANCES BY VISITING ARTISTS, THE INTERACTIVE INSTRUMENT PLAYGROUND ALL ADD TO THE EXUBERANT ATMOSPHERE THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE CREATIVITY OF INDIANA'S ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. ANNUALLY, APPROXIMATELY 28,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE FAME FESTIVAL, WITH AN ESTIMATED 40,000 SPECTATORS. 100 VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY COME TO HELP WITH THE WORK.