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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 |deadurl=yes |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|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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* 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: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 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==