Educators Make and Enjoy Art at SECCA

Dancers with Open Dream Ensemble

Diane Byrd and Anne Collins

 

On Thursday Aug. 23, more than 40 teachers from area schools attended the first Teacher Night at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art. 

Educators from Moore Magnet School included Diane Byrd, a speech pathologist, and Anne Collins, the guidance counselor. Laurie Wiesner-Phillips, an art teacher at Wiley Middle School, was there with a friend, Dinah McCotter.

Deborah Randolph, curator of education for SECCA, said, “We wanted to create a special evening just for teachers -- to thank them and welcome them back to school and provide classroom resources for them.”

Activities included exhibit tours, hands-on activities and a performance by the Open Dream Ensemble, a music theater and dance group formed by alumni of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.   

Laurie Wiesner-Phillips, Dinah McCotter, Deborah Randolph