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Arts News & Calendar

Each year, Battle Ground Academy's Fine Arts Department hosts more than 20 events, from in-class performances to holiday programs, instrumental concerts, drama productions, and art shows. Parents, grandparents, alumni, special friends, and community members fill the seats and galleries to enjoy our students' talent and creativity. 

Upper School Fall Play: "Museum" by Tina Howe

Battle Ground Academy’s Upper School Theatre Department will be presenting "Museum," at the school’s Sondra Morris and Robert N. Moore Jr. ‘52 Center for Arts and Entrepreneurship. Performances are set for October 5, 7-8, and you may now reserve your tickets.

"Museum" takes place on the final day of a group show of three fictional contemporary American artists being exhibited in a major museum of modern art. Over the course of the day, some 40 people walk through the show: art lovers, skeptics, foreigners, students, lost souls, fellow artists, and of course, museum guards. "Museum" is a play about communication, art and its meaning, and the modern intellectual. It is a wry, funny, smart, fast-paced show that is a joy to see or to perform.

Tickets for each performance are available below

ARTS CALENDAR

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Sondra Morris and Robert N. Moore, Jr. '52 Center - Theater - C107

All-School Summer Photography Show

The All-School Summer Photography Show, featuring works from BGA kindergarten through 12th-grade students and faculty, will be available for viewing in the Mary Campbell Visual Arts Center from October 5 through October 27.

All are invited to a come-and-go opening reception on Thursday, October 5, from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Mary Campbell Visual Arts Center galleries. 

ARTS NEWS

Two BGA Middle School Art Students Earn Awards in 2023 Scholastic Art Competition

Three works, created by two BGA art students, earned awards in this year's regional 2023 Middle Tennessee Scholastic Art Competition. 

The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are the most prestigious recognition initiative for creative teens and the largest source of scholarships for young artists.

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Seven BGA Upper School Art Students Earn Awards in 2023 Scholastic Art Competition

Ten works, created by seven BGA art students, earned awards in this year's regional 2023 Middle Tennessee Scholastic Art Competition. 

The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are the most prestigious recognition initiative for creative teens and the largest source of scholarships for young artists.

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BGA’s Upper School to present ‘The Mouse that Roared'

Battle Ground Academy’s Upper School Drama Department will be presenting “The Mouse that Roared,”adapted for the stage in 1963 by Christopher Sergel, at the school’s Sondra Morris and Robert N. Moore Jr. ‘52 Center for Arts and Entrepreneurship.

Performances are set for Sept. 29 and Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 2 at 2 p.m.

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Third Quarter Mary Campbell Easel Award Goes To Junior Gillian Biasden

Join us in congratulating junior Gillian Baisden on being selected to receive the third quarter Mary Campbell Easel Award for 2021-22! Gillian discovered her love for art at an early age and has worked diligently through the years improving a variety of her artistic skills. Specifically, Gillian has been adamant in figuring out how to master colored pencil and has come very close to doing this as evidenced by this rendering. Gillian is currently in Honors Studio Art working toward her AP Art and Design portfolio for next year.

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Ten BGA Art Students Earn Awards in 2022 Scholastic Art Competition

Twelve works, created by ten BGA art students, earned awards in this year's regional 2022 Middle Tennessee Scholastic Art Competition. The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are the most prestigious recognition initiative for creative teens and the largest source of scholarships for young artists.

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Junior Alice Wang Receives Second Quarter Mary Campbell Easel Award

Congratulations to junior Alice Wang on being named the Mary Campbell Easel Award winner for the second quarter of 2021-22! Alice has been at BGA for four years and has taken art classes each year, working diligently on her drawing and painting skills. Alice's oil painting skills have reached a new level while working on her self-portrait "The Blossom of Youth." We are excited to see her growth as she develops her sustained investigation for her AP portfolio next year.

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BGA Students' Art Chosen for the 14th Annual Middle Tennessee Regional Art Exhibition

Artwork by Jimin Lee 27, Isabella Northam '23, Dalia Diab '22, and Chloe Drugeot '22 has been selected to be displayed at the 14th Annual Middle Tennessee Regional Art Exhibition 2022 to be displayed at the John C. Hutcheson Art Gallery at Lipscomb University in Nashville, January 14, 2022 - February 19, 2022.

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Senior Dalia Diab Receives First Quarter Mary Campbell Easel Award

BGA is pleased to honor senior Dalia Diab for winning the 2021 first quarter Mary Campbell Easel Award! "The Black Sheep" is a 18 x 24 oil painting on a wood panel and is part of Dalia's AP portfolio. Dalia has been a dedicated visual art student throughout her tenure at BGA and has recently come into her own sense of artistic style, finding a new interest in water-soluble oil paints. Her impressive skills, artistic curiosity, and dedicated work ethic will open doors to many successes ahead on her artistic journey at BGA and beyond.

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Laughter's On the Menu with BGA's Upper School Production of "The Government Inspector"

Battle Ground Academy’s Upper School Theatre Department will be presenting The Government Inspector by Nikoli Goglo at the new Sondra Morris and Robert N. Moore Jr. ’52 Center for Arts and Entrepreneurship

Performances are set for Thursday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. COVID-19 safety precautions will be in place, and tickets will be limited to allow for social distancing and must be purchased by going here

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Senior Elizabeth Small Receives Fourth Quarter Mary Campbell Easel Award

Elizabeth Small '21 has been chosen to receive BGA's fourth quarter Mary Campbell Easel Award. Elizabeth is a risk taker when it comes to working with a variety of materials and has a vibrant, eclectic perspective which earned her the "Most Imaginative Artist" award this year.

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BGA Fourth Graders Participate in Songwriting Workshop

BGA fourth graders recently made their way to the Sondra Morris and Robert N. Moore, Jr. '52 Center for Arts and Entrepreneurship for a songwriting workshop as part of the Country Music Hall of Fame Words and Music Program. 

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BGA Students’ Artwork Wins Awards

Artwork by Julia Evans ‘27, Sam Wright ‘26, Charlotte Slater, ‘26, Emma Creecy ‘21, and Mary Katherine Walt ‘21 won awards at this year’s Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition.

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Junior Dalia Diab Receives Third Quarter Mary Campbell Easel Award

BGA is pleased to honor junior Dalia Diab with the Mary Campbell Easel Award for the third quarter. Dalia has been a dedicated visual art student throughout her tenure at BGA and has recently come into her own sense of artistic style, finding a new interest in water-soluble oil paints. She is currently an Honors Art student and building the foundation of her AP Studio Art Portfolio for her senior year. Dalia’s impressive skills, artistic curiosity, and dedicated work ethic will open doors to many successes ahead on her artistic journey at BGA and beyond.

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BGA's Newest Building Nears Completion

Construction of BGA's new Sondra Morris & Robert N. Moore Jr. '52 Center for Arts and Entrepreneurship building is nearing completion with an anticipated move-in date of late March 2021.

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BGA Students Receive Top Honors in 2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Nine BGA students have won awards in the 30th Annual Middle Tennessee Scholastic Art Competition. An exhibit of their works will be displayed at Cheekwood February 6-21. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the nation’s longest running and most prestigious art scholarship and recognition program for creative teens, and the largest source of scholarships for young artists.  

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