In April The Shreveport Convention Center becomes a bluster of activity and a burst of bold color as the Shreveport Regional Arts Council fills over 95,000 square feet of the center with Northwest Louisiana’s annual student showcase of visual, literary, performing, culinary and film Art, plus more than 50 S.T.E.A.M., make-and-take activities to celebrate the creativity of children of all ages.

This year, the #LIGHTITUP Bakowski Bridge of Lights Texas Street Bridge Project will give area festival goers the chance to learn all about the process that goes into designing for the light shows for the bridge AND even add their own flair to a gigantic Artbreak Light Show design being curated by Broadway Lighting Designer Jason Lyons and designed by festival goers themselves during this year's Artbreak!

The festival opens to the public Friday  when the Convention Center is bustling with student singers, dancers, musicians and performers; young film producers; emerging chefs; thousands of high school, middle school and elementary school visual artworks; thousands of poems, short stories, Haiku and other literary artworks; hundreds of banners showing the support of major sponsors; and several thousand proud parents celebrating the creative achievements of Caddo Parish students of all ages.  

There is no break in the action during ArtBreak with more activities, more student art, more new ways to create and more people than ever.  It’s the largest student arts festival in the south, and you don’t want to miss it.

Schedule of Events

Friday, April 21, 5-9pm

Film Prize Jr. Screenings 5 PM - 9 PM 2nd Floor 

Poetry Out Loud  6 PM - 9 PM 2nd Floor 

Fashion Forward  6:30 PM – 9 PM   2nd Floor 

Friday 6:00 PM    STRAIGHT UP ABILITIES @ McDonalds Stage

Friday 7:00 PM    UNCLE DEVIN @ McDonalds Stage

McGivney Family Stage

Friday 5:00 PM  WOGA Guitar Class
Friday 5:30 PM  Bossier Christian Academy Girls Ensemble
Friday 6:00 PM   Herndon Magnet - Ava Miller & Sidney Patillo
Friday 6:30 PM
Friday 7:00 PM    Oak Park Elementary Sparkling Spartan Danceline
Friday 7:30 PM    Cherokee Park Elementary Step Team
Friday 8:00 PM    C.E. Byrd Drama Department

McDonalds Stage

Friday 5:00 PM    
Friday 5:30 PM    Turner Tiger Honor Choir and Band
Friday 6:00 PM    STRAIGHT UP ABILITIES
Friday 6:30 PM    STRAIGHT UP ABILITIES
Friday 7:00 PM    UNCLE DEVIN
Friday 7:30 PM    UNCLE DEVIN
Friday 8:00 PM    Central School Choir
Friday 8:30 PM    Caddo Heights Cheerleaders and Drumline

Citizens National Bank Stage

Friday 5:00 PM     Summer Grove Elem 5th Grade Choir
Friday 5:30 PM     Youree Drive Middle Spartan Singers Werner Park Choir and Cheer
Friday 6:00 PM     Eden Gardens Honor Choir
Friday 6:30 PM     A.C. Steere Elem Choir and Cheer
Friday 7:00 PM     Caddo Middle Magnet Choir & CE Byrd High School Choir
Friday 7:30 PM     Southwood HS Silver Spurs Danceline
Friday 8:00 PM     Southwood HS Symphonic Winds, Jazz Ensemble, and Blue Bandits

Saturday, April 22, 10am-9pm

Film Prize Jr. Screenings 

10 AM - 9 PM at 4 theatres on the 2nd Floor

All-Parish Honor’s Music Program 

10 AM - 3 PM on the Citizens National Bank Stage

Sizzle Culinary Art Series 

10 AM – 4 PM   at the Middle Bay on 1st Floor

KTAL-6 ArtBreak’s Got Talent   

6 PM – 9 PM   on the Citizens National Bank Stage

McGivney Family Stage

Saturday 10:00 AM     TAP Drama - North Caddo/Caddo Virtual Academy/Northwood (Dion, D.)
Saturday 10:30 AM     TAP Drama - CE Byrd (Dion, D.)
Saturday 11:00 AM     TAP Drama - Herndon/South Highlands/Donnie Bickham/Eden Gardens (Dion, D.)
Saturday 11:30 AM     Talented Arts Program - Eden Gardens/Fairfield Elem/Youree Drive Middle/A.C. Steere Elementary Westwood Elem, Walnut Hill Elem (Broussard, T.)
Saturday 12:00 PM     TAP Music Caddo Magnet HS- (Powers, A.)
Saturday 12:30 PM     Talented Arts Program - Captain Shreve/Caddo Magnet (Jackson, T.)
Saturday 1:00 PM       TAP Music CE Byrd/North Caddo/Northwood - (Brown, L.)
Saturday 1:30 PM       TAP Music CE Byrd/North Caddo/Northwood- (Brown, L.)
Saturday 2:00 PM       North Caddo High School The Titan Legends Band
Saturday 2:30 PM       North Caddo Elem/Middle     The Sweet Potatoes
Saturday 3:00 PM       North Caddo Elem/Middle     The Sweet Potatoes
Saturday 3:30 PM       Ridgewood Middle School Dance
Saturday 4:00 PM       Glenbrook School
Saturday 4:30 PM       E.B. Williams Stoner Hill Elementary Recorders
Saturday 5:00 PM       Shreve Island Drama Club
Saturday 5:30 PM       J.S. Clark Boom Whacker Band

McDonald’s Stage

Saturday 10:00 AM     Riverside Show Choir
Saturday 10:30 AM     Fairfield Elementary School Choir, Cultural Dance and Varsity Cheer
Saturday 11:00 AM     South Highlands Elem Magnet Choir, Cheer, and Dancers
Saturday 11:30 AM     University Elementary Cheerleaders
Saturday 12:00 PM     STRAIGHT UP ABILITIES
Saturday 12:30 PM     STRAIGHT UP ABILITIES
Saturday 1:00 PM     Forest Hill Elementary Group
Saturday 1:30 PM     Donnie Bickham Middle School Patriot Players
Saturday 2:00 PM     CMCTS Poetry Club  CMCTS Cheer  CMCTS Band
Saturday 2:30 PM     Summerfield Elementary     Best Boys Presentation    
Saturday 3:00 PM     Judson Honor Choir
Saturday 3:30 PM     Northside Elementary Drumline & Dance
Saturday 4:00 PM     Queensborough Elem Choir And Event Team
Saturday 4:30 PM     Fair Park Prep Academy  Band and Auxillaries
Saturday 5:00 PM     UNCLE DEVIN
Saturday 5:30 PM     UNCLE DEVIN
Saturday 6:00 PM     

Citizens National Bank Stage

Saturday 10:00 AM     MS Honor Band
Saturday 10:30 AM     MS Honor Band / HS Honor Band
Saturday 11:00 AM     HS Honor Band
Saturday 11:30 AM     ES Honor Orchestra
Saturday 12:00 PM     MS Honor Orchestra
Saturday 12:30 PM     HS Honor Orchestra
Saturday 1:00 PM     Elementary Showcase Choir
Saturday 1:30 PM     MS/HS Honor Choir
Saturday 2:00 PM     Ridgewood MS Choir / Donnie Bickham MS Choir
Saturday 2:30 PM     Broadmoor STEM Music Department
Saturday 3:00 PM     Caddo Magnet High School Choir
Saturday 3:30 PM     North Caddo Elementary/Middle Wolfpack
Saturday 4:00 PM     Southern Hills Elem Cheer, S.I.S., and G.E.N.T.S
Saturday 4:30 PM     Booker T. Washington HS Stage Band
Saturday 5:00 PM     TALENT SHOW Setup
Saturday 5:30 PM     KTAL ArtBreak’s Got Talent - TALENT SHOW

Sunday, April 23,  12-5pm

Sunday 1:00 PM     FILM PRIZE JR. Award Ceremony 2nd Floor

McGivney Family Stage

Sunday 12:30 PM     BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
Sunday 1:00 PM     BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
Sunday 1:30 PM     BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
Sunday 2:00 PM     BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
Sunday 2:30 PM
Sunday 3:00 PM     North Highlands Elem Payton Holloway - Monologue

McDonald’s Stage

Sunday 1:00 PM     Claiborne Magnet Elementary Honor Choir
Sunday 1:30 PM     Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle Choir
Sunday 2:00 PM     Atkins Elementary B.E.S.T. Fraternity
Sunday 2:30 PM     Mooringsport Elementary Pre-K/Kindergarten
Sunday 3:00 PM     
Sunday 3:30     Woodlawn HS  Baby Jukebox Marching Band, Cheer, and Choir

Citizens National Bank Stage

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Luther Cox Jr. and Inter City Row Modern Dance Company

Sunday 3:00 PM     ArtBreak Awards Ceremony

ALL WEEKEND!!!

• Juried Visual & Literary Arts Exhibition View more than 2,000 Student Artworks on two floors!
• Winners’ Circle of Art with $22,000 in Cash Prizes – 1st Floor Hallway
• Elementary and Middle School Showcase exhibited on 1st floor
• High School Showcase exhibited on 2nd floor in Halls
• School Exhibition Booths – Check out the prized Arts Programs in each School! Elementary and Middle School Booths on 1st floor; High School Booths are on the 2nd Floor.
• LIGHT IT UP! Design the ArtBreak Light Show – create your signature light “statement!” Meet Jason Brady, Broadway Lighting Designer, the professional Artists – John Lomax, James Marks, Mimi Webb and Austin Jennings - and the Student Design Team Graduates who are programming the “Bakowski Bridge of Lights on the Texas Street Bridge!” - 1st Floor Hallway
• PERFORMANCES! – Three stages are brimming with performances all weekend – see the stage schedule!
• Hands - On Art Activities - More than 25 Make and Take Art activities taught by Northwest Louisiana Professional Artists and themed to the William Joyce Book, The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs. Each activity showcases how the Arts combine with Science, Technology, Engineering and Math to make STEAM!
• Poet TREE! Create your personal leaf and leave (leaf) it on the giant tree!
• Community Art Organization Activities – Meet the School Partners who provide supplemental School Arts Learning!
• Caddo Schools Book Fair – Choose the best books and stories for children from ECE through Middle School!
• Souvenir Booth – Get your ArtBreak T-Shirt, purchase an original work by a Student Artist, and purchase an “Image of ArtBreak” tile or Artwork at the Souvenir Booth – 1st Floor Hallway

Nothing celebrates the achievements of Caddo Parish Students in a bigger way than ArtBreak where the kids are creating, cookin’, jammin’, filming, performing and letting off S.T.E.A.M.; where major sponsors are stepping up the game to showcase thousands of students and their skills; and where outstanding student creations collect more than $20,000 in cash awards.

**First Lesson FREE With Paid Registration & Code MACKID**