Middle and high school students and their families are encouraged to visit New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, NOCCA, 2800 Chartres Street, New Orleans, as the Center opens its doors to the community on Saturday, Jan. 21, 10 a.m.-noon with an Open Studio Day. 

All applications to NOCCA’s programs are due by the end of January, so this is the perfect time for students to visit NOCCA and learn how to apply and audition.  No RSVP is required.

At Open Studio Day, families can see first-hand our artist-teachers’ studios and classrooms. Guests can talk directly with NOCCA faculty and students to learn about NOCCA’s audition process and what it’s like to be a NOCCA student.

Highlights of the Open Studio Day include:

• Information on Academic Studio: the full-day attendance option with arts and academics instruction for rising 8th graders from across the region

• Announcement of arts attendance options of half day and afterschool instruction in: creative writing, culinary arts, dance, media arts: filmmaking and audio production, classical instrumental music, jazz, vocal, drama, musical theatre, theatre design and visual arts

NOCCA, Louisiana’s arts conservatory for high school students, offers students from across the state tuition-free arts instruction in creative writing, culinary arts, dance, media arts: filmmaking and audio production, music, theatre arts, visual arts and academics. For more information, visit www.nocca.com.