WABASH, IN – Honeywell Arts In Education invites the public to a special celebration of the Honeywell
CommUNITY Arts Program on Friday, March 24 at 7:00 p.m. at the Manchester Junior High Auditorium.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the free event, which will feature artwork displays and performances by
CommUNITY Arts student participants. Guests will also be able to mingle with the teaching artists and
enjoy Mexican antojitos (snacks).
CommUNITY Arts is a multi-week collaboration between Honeywell Arts In Education and Manchester
Community Schools. The program began in early March as teaching artists Ana Velazquez, Emily
Guerrero, and Brian Kruschwitz were in the English Language Learner and Spanish 4 classrooms each
week, inspiring students to give voice to their individual stories through visual art, storytelling, and music.
The reception celebration is a culmination of the program and will give junior high and high school
students a chance to showcase their weeks of work through performance and their original Mexican folk
art creations known as alebrijes. English Language Learners in grades K – 6 will also be featured
performers during this evening, sharing the tissue paper flowers they created as they sing the song,
“Flowers” in multiple languages.
The Honeywell CommUNITY Arts Program is made possible by the Flagstar Foundation with additional
support in part from the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the
Arts, a federal agency.
An offering of Honeywell Arts & Entertainment, Honeywell Arts In Education is a collection of programs
created for educators to reap developmental benefits in the classroom. The program provides 49,000
opportunities for students in 83 schools in 14 counties annually and is offered at little or no cost to the
schools. These programs are made possible by generous supporters of Honeywell Arts & Entertainment,
a nonprofit charity dedicated to providing arts, education, and entertainment for all.
