Events
In 2004, work by student artists from the Center for Creative Arts went on exhibit in the Mayor’s Office Conference Room for several months. This Art in Public Places program was sponsored and coordinated by Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga.
In 2005, twenty-five students from CCA visited Gangneung, South Korea to perform at the Fourth Annual International Junior Arts Festival. Over 500 students, ages 12 to 20, from Russia, Germany, Mongolia, Japan, the U.S. and Korea took part in the event.
In 2007, the Center for Creative Arts Dance Department hosted the Tennessee Association of Dance (TAD) annual statewide conference. This weekend of dance classes, seminars, lectures and performances brings internationally known master teachers to work with Tennessee students in ballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop, African, dance conditioning, yoga, musical theater, tap, swing, and contact improvisation.
Ongoing events include the annual Jazz Benefit at the Bessie Smith Hall with performances by students and faculty. The annual Chattanooga Dances! Concert is presented in the Center for Creative Arts Auditorium. The program highlights the city’s non-profit dance companies along with those schools who maintain a full time Dance Department. The Center for Creative Arts Theatre Department performs in the school’s Sandra Black Theatre.
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