Yelm Community Schools Arts Consortia

The Arts Consortia is sponsored by the Washington State Arts Commission, the Yelm Prairie Arts Association, the Yelm Community Schools and members of the Yelm community.  ACT is an acronym for Art-Community-Teachers and the number that follows the name represents how many years the group has been operational.

The primary goal of The Arts Consortia is to bring quality visual arts programs to as many and eventually all the students and teachers in the Yelm Community Schools and to provide art experiences for the community. Get the details here - YPAA Calendar and post a message on the YPAA Message Board or, visit the Arts Consortia page by clicking here.   Every May the Arts Consortia puts on a week of exhibits and special events in collaboration with the community in order to show the great accomplishments of the students and teachers of the community.  Professional artists are also invited to participate and many, many local businesses provide exhibit space.  The local and area newspapers highlights the arts throughout the week.  More information about the 2005 Art Walk in available by clicking here.

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Our Mission

Opera Pacifica (Opera Pacifica Education and Repertory Association) is a Non-Profit organization serving south-western Washington including the areas of Olympia, Lacey, Hoquiam Centralia and Chehalis, Fort Lewis and Yelm. Opera Pacifica was founded on March 20, 2002.

It is our goal and mission to perform a minimum of two major operas per year, hold regular recitals, perform at various fundraisers and community events, conduct classes for young people in music appreciation and performance, conduct lecture series with performance examples for school children and at adult education classes.

It is our intention to create a conduit for mentoring apprentice singers and instrumentalists, as well as set, costume, and lighting designers, sound engineers, stage managers and directors. We have already begun to place aspiring young musicians alongside professional mentors in the orchestra and chorus.

We desire to make opera more accessible to the communities we serve, not only through the above activities, but also by providing scholarships to aspiring musicians and free lectures and discounted performances to seniors.
 

The Fox Theater Restoration Project – Centralia, Washington

Opera Pacifica has purchased the beautiful Fox Theater (circa 1930) in Centralia, Washington. This elegant, historic theatre is located on the corner of South Tower and Locust Streets in Centralia.

Our "come as we are" performance, Let Freedom Sing, was held at The Fox on September 11, 2004 and marked the first live performance at the Fox in over 50 years! We hope this will be the beginning of many performances — both live and on screen.

Watch the progress and read more about the project on the Opera Pacifica website - click here.

Women In Harmony

The Women In Harmony singers have always been a big part of Yelm's holiday festivities.  In 2004 they will the performed in "A Salute to Christmas" and " Handel's Messiah" along with Kids in Harmony, The Curmudgeons Quartet, and the Opera Pacifica. on November 28th, December 3rd and December 10th, 2004!  They are regular performers for many of the Yelm Community events and local service organizations.

 

Check the Yelm Prairie Arts press pages for more information.