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| name = Arts and Humanities

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| established = 1999

| type = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]] [[Magnet school|magnet]] [[High school|high school]]

| schoolboard = [[Lincoln Public Schools]]

| principal = James Blake

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| grades = [[Ninth grade|9]]-[[Twelfth grade|12]]

| nickname = Arts<ref name="artsnickname">"Arts" is used in the school's official [http://arts.lps.org/ website] URL, for example.</ref>

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'''Arts and Humanities Focus Program''', commonly referred to as '''Arts''',<ref name="artsnickname"/> is a [[Focus programs in Lincoln, Nebraska|focus program]] that specializes in [[art]] and the [[humanities]]. The school opened in 1999,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arts.lps.org/about/index.html |title=Arts and Humanities Focus Program - About our Program |publisher=Lincoln Public Schools |accessdate=2009-05-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603105247/http://arts.lps.org/about/index.html |archivedate=June 3, 2008 }}</ref> and is housed in a historic bottling plant along the banks of [[Antelope Valley Project|Antelope Creek]] in [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]], [[Nebraska]], United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynebraskan.com/2.3976/focus-program-students-find-first-fridays-important-1.995815 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614165514/http://www.dailynebraskan.com/2.3976/focus-program-students-find-first-fridays-important-1.995815 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 14, 2011 |title=Focus program students find first Fridays important |last=Rooney |first=Megan R. |date=February 7, 2005 |publisher=Daily Nebraska |accessdate=2009-05-09 }}</ref>

'''Arts and Humanities Focus Program''', commonly referred to as '''Arts'''<ref name="artsnickname"/>, is a special focus high school in [[Lincoln, Nebraska]] dedicated to nurturing the passions and work of local ninth to twelfth grade students interested in pursuing an education in the arts. It is located at 643 South 25th Street and holds class from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday during the regular LPS school year.

== HistoryAcademics ==

The program opened its doors to students in the fall of 1999 in a former [[Coca-Cola]] bottling plant which it shares to this day with other private businesses. The initial teaching staff included five teachers but district wide budget cuts caused staff reshuffling that left the program with four full time teachers for the 2004–05 school year.

== Programs and Partnerships ==

The program's current regular activities include:

* An entry in Lincoln's [[First Friday (public event)|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]]

* TheOccasional occasional visitvisits to an academic lecture forum or welcoming of a guest lecturer to the program

* A partnership with the Arts are Basic<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060206142013/http://www.unl.edu/artsarebasic/ Arts are Basic]</ref> Aesthetic Education program

The Arts and Humanities Focus program has welcomed several speakers over the past six semesters, including actor/ and 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 visitedwho have includedvisited include author [[Daniel Quinn]], author/ and activist [[Howard Zinn]], and President of the [[ACLU]] [[Nadine Strossen]].

==References==

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