Exciting Events for the School Year
Trip to the Phil: The Four Elements
for elementary and middle school students
2022-23 School Program
September 13–16, 2022
9:45am and 11:45am
Hayes Hall
Naples Philharmonic
Radu Paponiu, conductor
Radu Paponiu and the Naples Philharmonic present a program that features musical depictions of the four elements (water, earth, fire and air) with music by Haydn, Rossini, Bizet and others.
Homeschoolers and families are welcome at the 9:45am performance. For school groups, there are both the 9:45am and an 11:45am performance.
Trip to the Phil is generously sponsored by Ned C. and Cynthia R. Lautenbach. A special thanks to the Florida Department of State Division of Arts and Culture.
Young Person’s Concert: Once Upon a Symphony
for elementary school students
2022-23 School Program
September 29 and 30, 2022
9:45am and 11:45am
Hayes Hall
Naples Philharmonic
Alvin Ho, conductor
Carolann Sanita VanderMeer, narrator
An interactive, educational and entertaining show designed to introduce children of all ages to the instruments of the symphony orchestra. Supremely crafted and well-paced, Once Upon a Symphony delights the students with bottle-music, hoseaphones, snake-charming oboes, powerful trumpets and more — always educating, always entertaining — so that the students are learning, loving and laughing about classical music throughout.
Homeschoolers and families are welcome at the 9:45am performance. For school groups, there are both the 9:45am and an 11:45am performance.
So Much Drama: Midsummer
for high school students
2022-23 School Program
October 3–4 and 6–7, 2022
9:45am and 11:45am
Hayes Hall
Gulfshore Playhouse
Naples Philharmonic
Radu Paponiu, conductor
The Naples Philharmonic and Gulfshore Playhouse present Midsummer, a 50-minute retelling of Shakespeare’s magical A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Featuring talented actors and musicians, this production is a fanciful tale of love, magic and fairies.
Homeschoolers and families are welcome at the 9:45am performance, For school groups, there are both the 9:45am and an 11:45am performance.
Link Up: The Orchestra Sings
for elementary school students
2022-23 School Program
October 25 and 26, 2022
9:45am and 11:45am
Hayes Hall
Naples Philharmonic
Alvin Ho, conductor
Heather Ivy, vocalist
Melody, rhythm and harmony all change, shift and develop. Our emotions, and sometime even our movements also shift and develop when we experience music. Through the Link Up repertoire and interactive performance with the Naples Philharmonic, students will discover how the orchestra sings! (Student and teacher guides are provided free of charge, in partnership with Carnegie Hall.)
Homeschoolers and families are welcome at the 9:45am performance. For school groups, there are both the 9:45am and an 11:45am performance.
14th Annual Student Exhibition
2022-23 School Program
May 6 through July 22, 2023
Hayes Hall Galleries
Students grades pre-K through 12 are eligible to participate. Achievement awards are presented to outstanding students. Three $1,000 scholarships are given to high school seniors continuing their education. We welcome works in any media — photos, drawings, collage, sculpture, paintings, etc. Two-dimensional works are required to be matted/mounted or framed.
Submission Deadline
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Art teachers must submit information about each piece, including artist’s name, title, medium, dimensions, school name, grade level and art teacher’s name.
Deliver Artwork to Artis—Naples, Hayes Hall Lobby
Thursday, April 27, 3-5pm
Friday, April 28, 3-5pm
Monday, May 1, 2-4pm
Opening Reception
Saturday, May 6, noon-2pm
To participate, please contact Jessica Wozniak, jwozniak@artisnaples.org.
ArtSmart in School
2022-23 School Program
This free art education program sends trained arts educators from Artis—Naples to local schools in order to provide interactive presentations and hands-on art projects. Encouraging curiosity and creative problem solving, ArtSmart brings the art world to the classroom.
Education Tours
of The Baker Museum
2022-23 School Program
These special tours of The Baker Museum are led by trained docents and provide students unique insight into the art and artists featured in current museum exhibitions. Visits last approximately 90 minutes and include an art activity when desired.
Phone Orders
School Orders
239-254-2621
Jessica Wozniak, School and Family Programs Manager
For school group tickets and reservations of 10 or more.
Please note that for all schooltime performances, the purchase of 10 student admissions entitles schools to one free adult admission.
Family Orders
239-597-1900
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