Daniel Burkett, who will be a senior at Joplin High School this fall, is one of 186 juniors and seniors selected to attend the 2007 Missouri Fine Arts Academy scheduled for June 10-30 on the campus of Missouri State University, Springfield.According to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) website:
This is the twelfth year for the state-supported Fine Arts Academy which provides a unique and challenging learning environment for talented visual and performing artists -- singers, dancers, painters, musicians and sculptors – from Missouri high schools.
During the three-week residential program, students take part in interdisciplinary coursework, where various aspects of the arts are explored, experienced and integrated. Students devote part of each day to classes in their specific area of artistic expertise. Each afternoon includes other discipline-specific classes, along with private and ensemble lessons.
Evenings are packed with cultural, educational and social functions designed to help broaden each student’s experiences as an artist, a learner and a citizen. The academy’s co-curricular activities include gallery visits, workshops with guest artists and alumni, and community service activities that focus on the arts.
Each public and private high school in Missouri is eligible to nominate at least one student to attend the Fine Arts Academy. The participants are chosen through a competitive selection process that requires students to submit written applications and portfolios or performance
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