Arts and Humanities
Address
643 S. 25 Street Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Information
Type	Public magnet high school
Established	1999
School board	Lincoln Public Schools
Principal	John Neal
Faculty	4[1]
Grades	9-12
Nickname	Arts[2]
Website	arts.lps.org

Arts and Humanities Focus Program, commonly referred to as Arts,^[2] is a focus program that specializes in art and the humanities. The school opened in 1999,^[3] and is housed in a historic bottling plant along the banks of Antelope Creek.^[4]

[edit] Academics

The program's current regular activities include:

• An entry in Lincoln's First Friday art gallery exhibitions on the first Friday of every month, where the students show off their newest work.
• Several visits to the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
• The occasional visit to an academic lecture forum or welcoming of a guest lecturer to the program
• A partnership with the Arts are Basic Aesthetic Education program

The Arts and Humanities Focus program has welcomed several speakers over the past six semesters including actor/director Peter Riegert, New York mime Bill Bowers, DC Comics and Marvel Comics cartoonist Bob Hall and director Rodney Evans to name a few.

Past speakers visited have included author Daniel Quinn, author/activist Howard Zinn and President of the ACLU Nadine Strossen.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Arts and Humanities Focus Program website

Coordinates: 40°48′25″N 96°41′07″W / 40.80690°N 96.68524°W / 40.80690; -96.68524