Center Grove students to celebrate all things art at festival

Lovers of music and art can get their fill at a local school district’s arts festival.

Visual and performing arts will take center stage in Center Grove over the next week and a half. The annual Festival of the Arts will feature students from all eight schools in the school district.

The event will be held in conjunction with the Show Choir Spring Spectacular, Spring Band Concert and Orchestra Spring String Fling.

This year’s Festival of the Arts will include more than 3,000 pieces of art, including acrylic, water and oil painting, ceramics, photography, pen & ink, and pencil drawings, from the elementary schools, middle schools and high school. This exhibit is free and open to the public.

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All events are at Center Grove High School, 2717 S. Morgantown Road.

The times and dates of each festival event is:

Art festival

3 to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday

11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday

3 to 8 p.m. May 17 and 18

1:30 to 3:30 p.m. May 19

1 to 3 p.m. May 20

No tickets are required and viewing the art is free.

Choirs Spring Spectacular

7 p.m. today and Friday. Tickets are $10 and silver cards will be accepted for today’s show only. All high school choirs will perform.

Orchestra Spring String Fling

7 p.m. Monday. Orchestras from the high school and middle school will perform. The event is free.

High School Bands Spring Concert

7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Admission is free. All of the high school’s concert bands will perform.