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| name = Arts and Humanities

| image = [[Image:Arts and Humanities logo.jpg|124px]]

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| established = 1999

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

| schoolboard = [[Lincoln Public Schools]]

| principal = JohnJames NealBlake

| faculty = 4<ref>{{cite web

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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 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |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>

== Academics ==

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* Several visits to the [[Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery]]

* Occasional visits 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:80/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.

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