{"id":19422,"date":"2022-01-24T14:37:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T19:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=19422"},"modified":"2022-01-24T14:37:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T19:37:44","slug":"lakeland-sister-cities-international-young-artists-authors-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/01\/24\/lakeland-sister-cities-international-young-artists-authors-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"LAKELAND SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ARTISTS &#038; AUTHORS SHOWCASE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harrison School for the Arts will host Lakeland Sister Cities International\u2019s \u201cYoung Artists and Authors Showcase\u201d opening reception on February 7, 2022, from 6 to 7 p.m. This is a free event and open to the public.&nbsp; Harrison School for the Arts is located at 750 Hollingsworth Rd., Lakeland, FL 33801.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"178\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/harrison.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19423\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artists and authors, ages 13-18 from Lakeland-area schools have been invited to submit work.&nbsp;&nbsp;The theme for Sister Cities International\u2019s 2022 Young Artists Showcase is:&nbsp;<strong>\u201cGeneration Rescue: Sustainable Water for All\u201d.<\/strong>&nbsp; In line with the United Nations\u2019 Sustainable Development Goals, Sister Cities International (SCI) has adopted&nbsp;<strong>climate change<\/strong>&nbsp;as the overarching theme. &nbsp;Students were asked to create art based on climate change and the impact on water resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeland Sister Cities International (LSCI), a chapter of Sister Cities International, was formed in 1990.&nbsp; The mission of LSCI is to develop relationships with people and cities of similar interests to Lakeland from around the world.&nbsp; This unique program encourages cultural and educational exchanges, business opportunities and increased tourism by encouraging direct personal and professional relationships at the grass roots level.&nbsp; The City of Lakeland has five International Sister Cities listed below with the year the relationship was established.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Balti, Moldova&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1997<\/li><li>Chongming, China&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2007<\/li><li>Imabari, Japan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1995<\/li><li>Portmore, Jamaica&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2009<\/li><li>Richmond Hill, Canada&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1990&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harrison School for the Arts has been hosting this show for the past several years in partnership with Lakeland Sister Cities International.&nbsp; The first-place winners in the local Young Artists and Young Authors competitions are entered in the national \u201cSister Cities\u201d art and authors competitions.&nbsp; For more information on Harrison School for the Arts visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harrisonarts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.harrisonarts.com<\/a>&nbsp;and for more information on Sister Cities International visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakelandgov.net\/government\/sister-cities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.lakelandgov.net\/government\/sister-cities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harrison School for the Arts will host Lakeland Sister Cities International\u2019s \u201cYoung Artists and Authors Showcase\u201d opening reception on February 7, 2022, from 6 to 7 p.m. This is a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[2240],"class_list":["post-19422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-young-artists-authors-showcase"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}