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Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center Celebrates Ella Fitzgerald's Birthday
Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center Celebrates Ella Fitzgerald's Birthday
Guest UserMay 22, 2025Comment
Newport News' April music fest honors native and icon, Ella Fitzgerald
Guest UserApril 14, 2025Comment
Anderson Johnson - Raw Vision
Anderson Johnson - Raw Vision
Downing GrossMarch 28, 2025Comment
Virginia Art Therapy Association Art Show
Guest UserMarch 3, 2025Comment
"The Color Purple: The Musical" Nominated for 2023-24 HRACT Awards

The cast and crew of “The Color Purple: The Musical” were honored with numerous nominations for 2023-24 HRACT Awards.

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Press ReleaseJuliana GrassiaAugust 9, 2024theaterComment
Samara Joy at the Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center
Samara Joy at the Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center
Downing GrossJune 4, 2023Comment
Top 10 Wedding Venues in Newport News, Virginia (2023) - WeddingRule.com
Top 10 Wedding Venues in Newport News, Virginia (2023) - WeddingRule.com

For the 2nd time, we were ranked in the top 10 Wedding Venues in Newport News by WeddingRule.com.

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Downing GrossJanuary 24, 2023Comment
Disney's Jungle Book 'swings' into the Downing-Gross Cultural Center [EINPresswire]
Disney's Jungle Book 'swings' into the Downing-Gross Cultural Center [EINPresswire]

The jungle is jumpin' with jazz in this exciting adaptation of the classic Disney animated feature The Jungle Book. Join Mowgli, Baloo, King Louie, and the gang as they swing their way through madcap adventures and thwart the ferocious tiger, Shere Khan.

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Downing GrossJanuary 24, 2023Comment
[VIDEO] - Spring 2021 - Introduction to Clay Puppetry and Film

Enjoy a few participant projects from this family-friendly class.

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VideoDowning GrossMay 18, 2021puppetry, puppet, tlc puppets, clay puppetryComment
[IMAGES] [VIDEO] - Reader's Theater Production of "All in the Timing"

The return of our Reader’s Theater series kicked off with David Ives’s All in the Timing

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Images, VideoDowning GrossMay 11, 2021readers theater, readers theatre, reader's, theatre, readers, all in the timing, david ives, play, newport newsComment
Blooming In The Whirlwind - Virginia Peninsula Media

Janelle Washington’s upcoming exhibit has been featured in Virginia Peninsula Media.

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Downing GrossApril 8, 2021Comment
[IMAGES] - Destination DG: Spring Break at DGCAC, Chalk the Walk

As a part of our Spring Break 2021 Activity Series, families were invited to come create chalk murals in front of our building.

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Downing GrossApril 8, 2021Comment
Top 10 Wedding Venues in Newport News, Virginia (2021) - WeddingRule.com

Want to know where we rank? Check out the article about the top 8 wedding venues in Newport News as of 2021.

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ArticleDowning GrossApril 6, 2021Comment
[VIDEO] - Shadow Puppet Production 2021

Check out these incredible videos by some of the truly talented participants in our Shadow Puppet Production class, held during Winter 2021.

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VideoDowning GrossMarch 27, 2021puppetry, puppet, shadow puppet, james, james cooper, tlc puppets, classes, workshopComment
Light From All Sides at Downing-Gross - Virginia Peninsula Magazine

Guest curator Clayton Singleton was featured in an article by Distinction Magazine which referenced his exhibit at Downing-Gross, Light From All Sides.

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Article, Write-Up, Press ReleaseDowning GrossMarch 6, 2021Distinction Magazine, Distinction, Clayton, Singleton, Clayton Singleton, Art, LFAS, Light From All SidesComment
Artist Clayton Singleton on race, love and the beauty of Blackness - Distinction Magazine

Guest curator Clayton Singleton was featured in an article by Distinction Magazine which referenced his exhibit at Downing-Gross, Light From All Sides.

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Article, Write-Up, Press ReleaseDowning GrossFebruary 19, 2021Distinction Magazine, Distinction, Clayton, Singleton, Clayton Singleton, Art, LFAS, Light From All SidesComment
[IMAGES] - Shadow Puppet Production with James Cooper

Check out some photos from James Cooper’s mystical class on the art of shadow puppetry.

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ImagesDowning GrossFebruary 18, 2021pictures, images, pics, shadow, puppet, production, shadow puppet, puppetry, james cooper, james, cooper, family, classes, past, workshopComment
Light Brings Black Art in Focus - Veer Magazine

Check out the Veer Magazine Article written by Betsy DiJulio on Light From All Sides, the January - March 2021 Exhibit.

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Downing GrossFebruary 9, 2021article, light from all sides, lfas, Clayton Singleton, Julian Haskins, Veer magazine, ArticleComment
James Cooper on Arts Undercurrent with Rebecca Evans - WHRV

Our incredible puppetry instructor James Cooper was interviewed by Rebecca Weinstein for Arts Undercurrent with WHRV.

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Downing GrossFebruary 3, 2021whro, whrv, arts undercurrentComment
[VIDEO] - Light From All Sides Livestream Artist Panel

The artists from the exhibit discussed their works and their experience in bringing this exhibition to life.

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Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center
2410 Wickham Ave,
Newport News, VA, 23607,
United States
757-247-8950 downing-gross@nnva.gov
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