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Harris Center for the Arts Program Guide 2023-2024

Long envisioned as a critically important element for Folsom Lake College, the visual and performing arts center was initially conceived as a facility to instruct, develop, and guide talented students to become actors, musicians, dancers, visual artists, and behind-the-curtain technicians. In February, 2011 the Center opened as "Three Stages at Folsom Lake College" and by the end of its second full season it had already attracted over 300,000 patrons to its offerings. The Harris Center for the Arts seeks to enrich the lives of people throughout California’s capital region by providing venues and opportunities to experience artistic work, celebrate cultural traditions and participate in the creative process.

Long envisioned as a critically important element for Folsom Lake College, the visual and performing arts center was initially conceived as a facility to instruct, develop, and guide talented students to become actors, musicians, dancers, visual artists, and behind-the-curtain technicians. In February, 2011 the Center opened as "Three Stages at Folsom Lake College" and by the end of its second full season it had already attracted over 300,000 patrons to its offerings.
The Harris Center for the Arts seeks to enrich the lives of people throughout California’s capital region by providing venues and opportunities to experience artistic work, celebrate cultural traditions and participate in the creative process.

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About Folsom Lake College<br />

Advocates <strong>for</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> Education<br />

Falcon’s Eye Theatre presents Puffs<br />

Cinema at Folsom Lake College. Since<br />

producing its first season of plays<br />

in 2007, <strong>the</strong> company has become<br />

known regionally <strong>for</strong> its creative and<br />

provocative takes on <strong>the</strong>atre classics.<br />

Students and community members are<br />

encouraged to audition and serve as onstage<br />

or technical talent. This season,<br />

Falcon’s Eye will present adaptations<br />

of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under<br />

<strong>the</strong> Seas in <strong>the</strong> fall and <strong>the</strong> Broadway hit<br />

Cabaret in <strong>the</strong> spring.<br />

MOSAIC Dance Company<br />

Presents Evening of Dance<br />

Falcon’s Choir presents<br />

Student Showcase<br />

Folsom Lake College (FLC) is proud to be<br />

home to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Harris</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Arts</strong>.<br />

This unique partnership fusing education<br />

with <strong>the</strong> arts allows students in FLC’s<br />

instructional programs to train with<br />

acclaimed international and local artists in<br />

a state-of-<strong>the</strong>-art facility.<br />

Simply put, <strong>the</strong> visual and per<strong>for</strong>ming<br />

arts at Folsom Lake College are<br />

thriving! Students have an array of<br />

academic programs and classes to<br />

choose from, along with professional<br />

learning opportunities in art, dance,<br />

Annual Student Art Show with<br />

student artist Sara Schulz<br />

music, and <strong>the</strong>atre. Our talented faculty<br />

– many of whom are working artists<br />

in <strong>the</strong>ir own right – are committed to<br />

providing students and <strong>the</strong> surrounding<br />

communities with engaging per<strong>for</strong>mances<br />

and exhibitions throughout <strong>the</strong> year.<br />

Some opportunities <strong>for</strong> Folsom Lake<br />

College students to participate at <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>Harris</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> include:<br />

Falcon’s Eye Theatre<br />

Falcon’s Eye Theatre is <strong>the</strong> production<br />

arm of <strong>the</strong> Department of Theatre and<br />

MOSAIC Dance Company<br />

Folsom Lake College’s MOSAIC Dance<br />

Company per<strong>for</strong>ms a variety of dance<br />

styles including ballet, jazz, tap, hiphop,<br />

contemporary, musical <strong>the</strong>atre, and<br />

modern dance. The name derives from<br />

<strong>the</strong> group representation of a “mosaic”<br />

of diverse people, with different bodies,<br />

colors, shapes and sizes, ethnicities,<br />

religious affiliations, and ideological<br />

positionings – a MOSAIC not just of<br />

dance, but of life! Each semester is<br />

capped off with its signature Evening of<br />

Dance per<strong>for</strong>mance.<br />

Music Ensembles<br />

Folsom Lake College students can<br />

pursue creative musical studies and<br />

develop per<strong>for</strong>mance skills by joining<br />

choral groups with songbooks spanning<br />

genres and instrumental ensembles<br />

ranging from World Music to traditional<br />

orchestras. Concerts, recitals, and<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mances are presented throughout<br />

<strong>the</strong> year showcasing rising student talent.<br />

Art Exhibitions<br />

Folsom Lake College’s visual arts students<br />

are instructed in a wide range of styles,<br />

techniques, and approaches, and a diverse<br />

mix of media from drawing and painting<br />

to printmaking, ceramics, sculpture,<br />

photography, and digital arts. Each spring,<br />

students have <strong>the</strong> opportunity to have<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir artwork on public display as part of<br />

<strong>the</strong> Annual Student Art Show held in <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>Harris</strong> <strong>Center</strong>’s Bank of America Gallery.<br />

Want to explore <strong>the</strong> visual and<br />

per<strong>for</strong>ming arts offerings at Folsom<br />

Lake College? Learn more and enroll<br />

now at flc.losrios.edu<br />

www.harriscenter.net <strong>2023</strong>-<strong>2024</strong> PROGRAM GUIDE 7

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