_Academy for the Arts at First Baptist Church of Asheville_
(http://afta-fbca.net/)
Mission
The Academy for the Arts at First Baptist Church of Asheville seeks to
empower students of all ages and backgrounds in reaching their greatest
potential both as artists and as human beings. Our highly-skilled teachers
create
an atmosphere of nurture and expectation in which students pursue
excellence in their artistic crafts, developing mature and disciplined
character.
Believing that artistic inspiration and talents are gifts which need to be
shared in order to be fully realized, we offer regular and exciting
opportunities for individual and group performance.
Core Values
* Human Development: The arts are an essential expression of divine
and human creativity; therefore, growth in artistic ability expands a person
’s capacity to experience the sacred dimensions of life, to discover more
of one’s own talents and skills, and to give gifts of beauty and meaning to
the world. As other opportunities for learning artistic crafts diminish or
disappear, we offer our community the resources and experiences which will
cause both the arts and persons to thrive.
* Community: The arts have a nearly-unique power to connect people
across differences and diversities of every kind. The experiences of
learning, performing, and enjoying artistic crafts offer people the
opportunity to
know, to encourage, and to value one another on the common ground of
aesthetic excellence. We offer such common ground to our community.
* Church as “Patron” of the Arts: Historically, the church and
other faith-communities have inspired, provided for, and offered material,
emotional, and spiritual support for the arts and artists. We are reclaiming
the role of patron, or sponsor, of the arts as a way of serving God and our
neighbors through the nurture of artists who will fashion beauty and,
thereby, glorify God who is its source.
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