Visiting Artist
Download the 2012 Visting Artists Flyer
FAME contracts with respected artists whose work coincides with the focus of our current year cultural arts theme. These artists visit the classrooms throughout the year to provide presentations and hands-on activities at local FAME member schools.
In 2010 the FAME Visiting Artists performed 106 times for 17,735 students. An additional 20,000 children and adults had the opportunity to see these performances at the three FAME Festivals-Merrillville, Fort Wayne, and Wabash, Indiana.
To celebrate FAME's silver anniversary, we are proud to bring back FAME's first visiting artist, Mark Kistler. Mark Kister is a star on his own Emmy award winning show "Imagination Station" (unfortunately not currently available on the local PBS station).
View the website for Visiting Artist, Mark Kistler
We are also pleased to bring back another visiting artist favorite, the Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater. The Ensemble is the premier dance company and in residence at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago.
View the website for Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater
Another past favorite performer is coming back, Kevin Locke, Native American Hoop Dancer
View the website for Visiting Artist Kevin Locke
Performing only at the Merrillville Festival on March 10, 2012, are "the masters of the steelpan", Liam Teague and Robert Chappell
View Liam Teague Website
View Robert Chappell Website
Registration and Scheduling
You must be a FAME member to participate in this program.
To become a FAME school member, click here.
To bring the FAME Visiting Artists to your school, click below for online registration and scheduling!
Register for Mark Kistler here
Register for Ensemble Espanol here
Register for Kevin Locke here