UCS sponsors K-12 Fine Arts Festival this week

Utica Community Schools will present its annual K-12 Fine Arts Festival March 31 through April 4, located at Ewell Elementary at 23 and Shelby roads. 

The annual festival will feature nearly 4,000 pieces of student art work from every UCS school. 

Gallery hours for the free event will be from 6:30-8 p.m. on Monday, March 31; 1 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 1 and 2; and from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, April 3 and 4. 

An opening reception will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 31. A free shuttle to the reception will be available from Switzer Elementary, Wiley Elementary and Eisenhower High School. 

Students will be showcasing both 2D and 3D pieces, which include drawings in pencil, pastel, ink, paintings in tempera, acrylic, and oil, traditional and digital photography, short films, PSA's, video game design, fibers ranging in fashion to weavings, relief and in the round sculptures and newly made ceramic pieces.

Each of the past two years, more than 10,000 patrons visited the art show.