Sentry Insurance Invitation to the Arts brings world-class performing artists to
central Wisconsin to share their talents with local students. Through classroom
activities and workshops, students – from elementary through college – receive
hands-on experience and learn from some of today’s most talented and respected
artists, musicians and performers.
Proceeds from performances will be
donated to support fine arts programs in Stevens Point area schools.
Lectures, Workshops, & Demonstrations
Jean-Michel Cousteau
Explorer, Activist,
Educator and Filmmaker
Jean-Michel Cousteau,
internationally known environmentalist, marine explorer and film producer, will
be in Stevens Point to conduct workshops on marine environmental issues and
filmmaking for area grade school, high school and University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point students on Monday, October 26, and Wednesday, October
28, and will give a public talk and film presentation on Thursday, October 29 as
part of the Sentry Insurance Invitation to the Arts series.
The son of
the late Jacques Cousteau spent much of his life with his family exploring the
world’s oceans. For more than four decades, Cousteau has shared his love and
concern for the oceans through education and films. He is the leader of Ocean
Futures Society, a nonprofit organization dedicated to marine conservation,
research, exploration and communicating the issues affecting the world’s
oceans.