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Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE)

Covina-Valley Unified School District

Downey Unified School District

Duarte Unified School District

East Whittier City Elementary School District

El Rancho Unified School District

Gorman Elementary School District

Hawthorne School District

Hermosa Beach City Elementary School District

Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary School District

Inglewood Unified School District

Keppel Union Elementary School District

Lancaster Elementary School District

Las Virgenes Unified School District

Little Lake City Elementary School District

Los Nietos School District

Lynwood Unified School District

Manhattan Beach Unified School District

Monrovia Unified School District

Montebello Unified School District

Mountain View Elementary School District

Newhall School District

Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District

Palmdale Elementary School District

Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District

Paramount Unified School District

Pomona Unified School District

Redondo Beach Unified School District

Rosemead Elementary School District

Rowland Unified School District

San Gabriel Unified School District

San Marino Unified School District

Saugus Union School District

South Pasadena Unified School District

South Whittier Elementary School District

Sulphur Springs Union School District

Temple City Unified School District

Valle Lindo Elementary School District

Walnut Valley Unified School District

West Covina Unified School District

Whittier City Elementary School District

Whittier Union High School District

Wiseburn Unified School District

ABC Unified School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

Arts Integration Subjects

Alhambra Unified School District

Special Education

Yes

About:

As L.A.’s performing arts center, The Music Center convenes artists, communities and ideas with the goal of deepening the cultural lives of every resident in Los Angeles County. The Music Center provides year-round programming inside The Music Center’s four theatres, on Jerry Moss Plaza, outside at Gloria Molina Grand Park—a 12-acre adjacent green space—in schools and other locations all over Los Angeles County. The Music Center presents world-class dance with Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, participatory dancing experiences, free and low-cost public concerts and events, arts education programs, workshops, performances, interactive experiences and special events. The Music Center also manages the theatres, the Plaza and Gloria Molina Grand Park on behalf of the County of Los Angeles. The Music Center is home to four renowned resident companies—Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles Master Chorale, LA Opera and LA Phil.

Arts Education Programs
The Music Center's arts education programs serve young people and educators of all backgrounds and abilities, with festivals and events on campus, in-school performing arts assemblies, arts integration residencies for students (grades TK-12) and professional development for educators (TK-12) in dance, music, theatre visual and media arts. This includes The Music Center's Teach Through The Arts Initiative in support of Proposition 28 - with educator coaching and Professional Learning Community sessions with a Music Center teaching artist and online support. Our offerings feature over 50 performing arts assemblies (K-12) in dance, music, theatre and storytelling and free festivals and events each year, including the Blue Ribbon Children’s Festival (5th grade), the Very Special Arts Festival (TK-12) and student matinee dance performances (grades 6-12).

Skirball Cultural Center

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Phone

(310) 440-4679

Website

http://www.skirball.org

info@skirball.org

Supervisorial District Located

Third

District Partners

Burbank Unified School District

Inglewood Unified School District

Lancaster Elementary School District

Las Virgenes Unified School District

Lynwood Unified School District

Montebello Unified School District

Palmdale Elementary School District

Redondo Beach Unified School District

Wiseburn Unified School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

European

Arts Integration Subjects

http://www.animaction.com

Special Education

Yes

About:

The Skirball Cultural Center welcomes people of all communities and generations to participate in cultural experiences that celebrate discovery and hope, foster human connections, and call upon us to help build a more just society.

At the Skirball, learning means connecting to arts and culture, to history and the world around them through meaningful experiences. Our Education programs are unique in their emphasis on interpersonal engagement, multisensory learning, and values-based content. Led by inspiring educators, our programs strengthen learners' cultural literacy, encourage creativity and resourcefulness, and foster empathy, self-esteem and civic-engagement.

Student Programming:

Our school tours and performance programs for Pre K- Grade 12 students explore commonalities across cultures and spark creativity. Tours are aligned with Common Core State Standards and are supported with resources to help connect the on-site visits to classroom learning. Performance programs and workshop invite students to experience a wide array of music, dance, and theater up close and personal.

Professional Development:

Our Teacher Programs reflect the Skirball's deep commitment to fostering community and supporting experiential learning. We believe that creative classrooms give students unique tools to develop their identities, deepen their understanding of core subjects, and become active members of their communities. Hands-on workshops for K - Grade 12 teachers and administrators focus on integrating the arts into classroom curricula and igniting creativity and a love of learning for students and teachers alike.

AnimAction, Inc.

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AnimAction, Inc. kwall Wed, 02/15/2017 - 19:10

Phone

818-222-4690

Website

cliffo@animaction.com

Supervisorial District Located

Third

District Partners

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Arts Integration Subjects

http://www.theatreofhearts.org

Special Education

Yes

About:

Our methodology is successful because the "language" of animation is universal. It speaks to all ages and transcends cultural barriers. It is a powerful means of communication. We formed AnimAction in 1989, with a single purpose in mind: to utilize our professional expertise in creating a unique and innovative environment for young people; one where they could experience the spirit of collaboration, develop new skills, and exercise the ability to make their own creative choices. AnimAction incorporates components of media literacy, critical thinking skills, research and inquiry, teamwork and reflection, and the joy that students get out of making connections across various subjects of learning and life. This is all with the ultimate goal of articulating a powerful message through the magical medium of animation. AnimAction is a media-arts project based learning program that integrates with K-12 education curriculum so that students can create their own educational animated content. We have been recognized by the Solicitor General of Canada, the California Department of Education, UNICEF and the World Health Organization as being a valuable resource and tool for education. For the last twenty-five years AnimAction has provided hundreds of workshop programs to students and professional development for teachers throughout the United States and around the world. AnimAction youth animators have been two-time Prism Awards winners competing with ABC, CBS, NBC and American Lung Association. We have received 2nd Prize Adult Jury Award, The Chicago International Film Festival and received two Gold awards at Worldfest Houston.

Theatre of Hearts

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Phone

213.384.6878

Website

info@theatreofhearts.org

Supervisorial District Located

Second

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

Arts Integration Subjects

El Monte City School District

Special Education

Yes

About:

Theatre Of Hearts, Inc. was founded as a nonprofit corporation in 1987 to promote understanding between people through cultural and artistic forums and to empower local communities through education in the arts. In the wake of civil unrest in Los Angeles in 1992, Theatre Of Hearts initiated our Youth First Artist-In-Residence (AIR) Program. Our mission is to prevent and intervene in youth violence by involving underserved, at-risk youth, ages 4-18, in long-term high quality, multidisciplinary, standards-based arts educational workshops throughout Los Angeles County. The TOHYF Artist-In-Residence Program is established with the goal of activating the potential for profound transformation in the individuals we serve through the act of their creating art and thereby being empowered to make meaningful contributions to their community. Our overarching objective is to advance innovative standards based arts programming in visual and performing arts including writing that keeps pace with current trends in the educational systems we serve as well as providing these services in the midst of significant shifts in the demographics and cultural orientations in communities across Los Angeles County. We provide excellent custom-designed arts education at urban schools, probation camps, juvenile halls, low-income housing communities, and libraries. We have witnessed the power of Youth First Artist-in-Residence programs to transform lives and to strengthen communities with over 150,000 young people and their families served since 1992.

Student Programming:

A professional artist-mentor is carefully selected to provide the participating group of 15-35 youth with hands-on arts instruction for the duration of the program. Sessions average at 2-4 hours, once or twice a week, during school or after school for 13-15 weeks for each discipline. TOHYF staff works closely with site administrators to custom design and select Visual and Performing Arts, (VAPA) Standard Based curriculum in (theatre, music, dance, visual arts and creative writing) that will address the specific needs of the youth being served. The TOHYF's entire curriculum is also designed to alien with the Common Core Standards.

TOHYF program activities are monitored with particular attention to art form techniques and vocabulary as well as academic learning outcomes. At the beginning of each artist residency, pre-tests are administered to students in order to gather a baseline assessment of foundation skills, vocabulary and terminology, as defined by the California Department of Education's VAPA Standards. The results are compared to post-tests collected at the residency's close. In every case, participants who engage in Youth First AIR programs achieve test scores that show significant gains in mastery of the subject matter over the course of the program.

Professional Development:

Theatre Of Hearts/Youth First professional development offers a wide range of opportunities for teachers and administrators of all grade levels and subjects. Educators are engaged in art making as the means to develop innovative strategies to energize their approach to teaching and transform classroom dynamics. Each professional development event or series is custom designed to feature highly interactive sessions led by professional Artist Mentors. The result is an inspirational and fun way for the transfer of arts integration techniques and connecting language arts skills to one or more arts disciplines: creative writing, storytelling, or any of the visual and performing arts. The design of the training may support a Theatre Of Hearts/Youth First Artist-In-Residence project or act as a stand-alone resource for schools sites and districts. Focus areas include but are not limited to: Art-making, Cooperative Learning, Innovative Teaching Strategies, Lesson Planning and Unit Design, Community Involvement, Social and Emotional Learning, Special Populations, National Core Arts Standards, Arts as School Reform, and Multi-cultural Connections.

Los Angeles Opera

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Los Angeles Opera kwall Wed, 02/15/2017 - 16:10

Phone

(213) 972-7219

Website

http://www.laopera.com

educom@laopera.org

Supervisorial District Located

First

District Partners

El Monte Union High School District

ICEF Public Schools Charter Network

PUC Schools Charter Network

Magnolia Public Schools Charter Network

Green Dot Public Schools Charter Network

Alhambra Unified School District

Antelope Valley Union High School District

Arcadia Unified School District

Bassett Unified School District

Beverly Hills Unified School District

Castaic Union School District

Centinela Valley Union High School District

Burbank Unified School District

Charter Oak Unified School District

Claremont Unified School District

Compton Unified School District

Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE)

Covina-Valley Unified School District

Downey Unified School District

Duarte Unified School District

East Whittier City Elementary School District

El Rancho Unified School District

Gorman Elementary School District

Hawthorne School District

Hermosa Beach City Elementary School District

Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary School District

Inglewood Unified School District

Keppel Union Elementary School District

Lancaster Elementary School District

Las Virgenes Unified School District

Little Lake City Elementary School District

Los Nietos School District

Lynwood Unified School District

Manhattan Beach Unified School District

Monrovia Unified School District

Montebello Unified School District

Mountain View Elementary School District

Newhall School District

Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District

Palmdale Elementary School District

Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District

Paramount Unified School District

Pomona Unified School District

Redondo Beach Unified School District

Rosemead Elementary School District

Rowland Unified School District

San Gabriel Unified School District

San Marino Unified School District

Saugus Union School District

South Pasadena Unified School District

South Whittier Elementary School District

Sulphur Springs Union School District

Temple City Unified School District

Valle Lindo Elementary School District

Walnut Valley Unified School District

West Covina Unified School District

Whittier City Elementary School District

Whittier Union High School District

Wiseburn Unified School District

ABC Unified School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

Arts Integration Subjects

http://www.LAChoreographersAndDancers.org

Special Education

Yes

About:

In just less than three decades of existence, LA Opera has become, under the leadership of Eli and Edythe Broad General Director Plácido Domingo, the United States' fourth largest opera company and "...stands out as a newly important force in American Opera." (Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times). LA Opera created a sensation with its inaugural production of Verdi's Otello starring Plácido Domingo in 1986. Under founding general director Peter Hemmings and subsequently under Plácido Domingo, who became the company's general director in 2003, LA Opera has grown to become a company of international stature. LA Opera began producing opera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of Los Angeles County in 1986. The Company currently performs six to eight operas a year, as well as several operas for students which tour Los Angeles area schools. About 120 people work at the Company year-round, planning new operas, raising money to produce the operas, selling tickets, working on lighting, costumes and scenic designs, managing the finances, and creating programs for the community. More people are added when an opera is being produced. People are hired to sing and play in the orchestra, make the costumes, work backstage, and direct the operas. Some of the famous artists who have worked at LA Opera include Eli and Edythe Broad General Director Plácido Domingo and Richard Seaver Music Director James Conlon; singers Sondra Radvanovsky, Eric Owens, Juan Diego Flórez, Bryn Terfel, Vittorio Grigolo, Nino Machaidze, Anna Netrebko and Patricia Racette; directors Woody Allen, Peter Hall, Franco Zeffirelli, William Friedkin and Robert Wilson; and designers David Hockney, Ian Falconer, Gerald Scarfe, Maurice Sendak, and Gottfried Helnwein. For more information about LA Opera’s extensive Education and Community Engagement programs which reach approximately 140,000 people per year, please visit our website: www.LAOpera.org, call 213.972.3157, or email educom@laopera.org.

Professional Development:

OPERA FOR EDUCATORS LA Opera's award-winning 6-part Opera for Educators series explores opera from interdisciplinary points of view. The series focuses on artistic perception (applying learned vocabulary to analysis of opera), criticism (making judgments about artwork and supporting them), and aesthetics (exploring the philosophy of art) while examining historical and cultural context of the works to support the core curriculum and district wide emphasis on literacy. Teachers begin each day with a four-hour survey of the day’s theme from experts in their academic fields, making interdisciplinary connections to opera while examining historical and cultural context of the works, with an emphasis on vocabulary and aesthetics and career connections. The workshop concludes with an opera recital and time for questions on integration to adapt and develop material and techniques for taking art into the classroom. The goal is for teachers to develop and construct original lessons intended for classroom use based on the material examined during the content sessions. There are six, five-hour sessions for 30 hours of total class time. Available for LAUSD salary points and UCLA Extension credit. DISCOVER OPERA Discover Opera is an introduction to the art form, opera production, and LA Opera with LA Opera artists, designers, and administrators. Teachers hear recitals, watch an orchestra tech rehearsal and take a back stage tour. Moreover, we give teachers the tools to take opera back into the classroom through hands-on arts-integration seminars addressing California Common Core Standards. There are four, five-hour sessions for 20 hours of total class time. Available for LAUSD salary points and UCLA Extension credit.

Los Angeles Choreographers and Dancers

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Los Angeles Choreographers and Dancers kwall Wed, 02/15/2017 - 16:10

Phone

(213) 458-3066

Website

louisehr@LAChoreographersAndDancers.org

Supervisorial District Located

Second

District Partners

ICEF Public Schools Charter Network

Hawthorne School District

Los Nietos School District

Paramount Unified School District

South Pasadena Unified School District

South Whittier Elementary School District

ABC Unified School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

Arts Integration Subjects

http://www.inner-cityarts.org

Special Education

Yes

About:

Each year we serve 20,000-27,000 youth ages 5-18. This year we have also renewed our family classic The Patchwork Girl of Oz, touring to NC, also sponsored locally by the Children's Literature Department of the LA Central Library. We also produce the annual San Pedro Festival of the Arts, which presents 20-24 professional dance companies. Thousands of sponsors include LA County Museum of Art, Mark Taper Auditorium, and Kidspace; we tour locally for the LA and SB County School Districts, expanding to 22 states, MX and Taipei. We have "education" grants from DCA LA, Knabe's Arts Education Partnership, and an RFP from the LAUSD. Principal's letter and evaluations. Press packet.

More Info:

Los Angeles Choreographers and Dancers Arts Education
Fee sheet
Student Programming and Residencies

Student Programming:

Offerings include performances, workshops for students and professional development for teachers. These can become part of a Dance Residency or After-School Program. We have one of the best arts education programs focusing on dance available, and we also bring Physical Education programs of equal caliber for Charter and private schools. We have a wide variety of packages that include 10 workshops for 2 classes leading to performance with us at the school, 1 professional development for teachers, 2 performances by our professional dancers, and planning meetings and materials. We have another that has 20 or 30 workshops for 2-3 classes leading to performance. We have 10 programs that have been a staple on the Arts For All Website since it began.

Professional Development:

All our PD's: Creating a Dance (foundation), Weaving Dance into the Curriculum, Using Specific Cultural Dances, Writing a Dance-Choreographing An Essay, and Dance from "The Patchwork Girl of Oz" including our 1-time workshops, and residency Teacher/Teaching Artist collaborations where teachers follow up Reichlin modeling with their classes that leads to them actually teaching other teachers the lessons, prepare the participants to deliver sequential curriculum that meets the VAPA standards. Actual evaluations about the HANDOUTS: "The outlines were helpful in reading the handout- very interactive and it made all the staff want to participate." "It was a great reference & ideas, even assessment." "It gives a good quick overview of how to create a dance lesson." "Explains goals and objectives. It was engaging." "Clear purpose/objectives, connection to students" "Make it seem easier to include dance in the classroom. Fun and can be easily applied". "Creating a Dance" is our basic PD. Some specifics: the structure is an interactive movement class. We all moved before we could speak, and the emphasis in this PD is a warm-up session with Louise Reichlin. The participants become aware of the Elements of Dance, Space, Time, and Energy, and our body systems. We become aware of how we perceive movement, how we learn it, and how we can repeat it. Everyone perceives with a different part of their body system, and recognizing that helps each person understand each student has a unique way of learning, and multiple ways of presentation are necessary to teach. After the warm-up we learn a dance, and then break into four groups that design 8 counts each using the elements of dance and the Laban basics. Each is facilitated by our dancers. We put the entire dance together and perform it, followed by a discussion of the study guide notes, how to use this approach in the classroom, and finally a written evaluation. For more specifics on our PD's see Education on our website.

Inner-City Arts

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Phone

(213) 627-9621

Website

pd@inner-cityarts.org

Supervisorial District Located

Second

District Partners

Compton Unified School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

Arts Integration Subjects

http://www.dramaticresults.org

Special Education

Yes

About:

Inner-City Arts' mission is to engage young people in the creative process in order to shape a society of creative, confident and collaborative individuals. We provide arts classes and workshops for school-aged children, classroom teachers and school administrators.

When budget cuts eliminated arts instruction from Los Angeles public schools in the late 1970s, it was up to local communities to fill the gap. Skid Row area schools and students, already struggling, were at a clear disadvantage—until artist and educator Bob Bates was inspired by a vision to "create an art space for kids" to serve this population. He and Irwin Jaeger, a businessman, teamed up to form Inner-City Arts in 1989. Knowing the benefits of the arts in the lives of all children, Bob and Irv were determined to bring the benefits of a safe, creative environment to children in downtown neighborhoods, who would otherwise miss out.

A groundbreaking—and enduring—partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District brought students from 9th Street Elementary School to Inner-City Arts' first studio space on Olympic Boulevard. In its inaugural year, Inner-City Arts served a total of 60 elementary school students. With evidence mounting that Inner-City Arts' unique approach to arts education supported student gains in literacy and overall achievement, principals and teachers from other schools soon signed on. Inner-City Arts forged collaborations with other educators and the academic community to develop new programs targeting specific student needs. Programs were created to support classroom teachers, bringing the lessons of the studio to other academic disciplines. To date, Inner-City Arts has served over 200,000 students and 10,000 teachers in the Los Angeles area

Professional Development:

Inner-City Arts’ Professional Development Institute serves 1,400 classroom teachers, teaching artists, administrators and community members annually.

For pre-service teachers: University Partnerships Supporting Teachers in the Arts (Upstarts) provides an opportunity for graduate education students to develop a foundation for bringing the arts into the classroom. In partnership with the UCLA Teacher Education Program, Mount Saint Mary’s College and Cal State Dominguez Hills, Upstarts has provided opportunities for over 1,000 new teachers.

For schools: Arts in the Classroom offers full-staff development for schools, providing an introduction to arts engagement, integration strategies, restorative practices and trauma-informed pedagogy.

For individual teachers, teaching artists and members of the public: In Creativity in the Classroom, Creativity Practicum and STEAM Connections, participants explore their own creativity through a variety of media, and then build bridges between the arts and other disciplines to foster literacy, inquiry, critical thinking and community in their students. LAUSD Salary Points and University Extension Units are available for these programs.

For administrators: Education, Arts and Social Emotional Learning (EASEL) is a program designed for principals and administrators who want to bridge arts instruction with other content areas through a lens of social-emotional learning and brain-based research.

For the public: The Visiting Scholars and Artists Series and Intersections include both hands-on and lecture style gatherings that explore theory, research and practice in arts education and related fields.

For information about Inner-City Arts Professional Development programs, please contact: Valerie Miller, Professional Development Manager, 213-627-9621

Dramatic Results

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Dramatic Results kwall Wed, 02/15/2017 - 16:10

Phone

(562) 595-4600

Website

admin@dramaticresults.org

Supervisorial District Located

Fourth

District Partners

Walnut Valley Unified School District

Long Beach Unified School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

Arts Integration Subjects

Special Education

Yes

About:

Dramatic Results is an award-winning nonprofit that makes learning real by engaging educators and learners through collaborative hands-on projects that impact the practice of education. Since 1992, the agency has delivered educational programming to historically excluded students using art, design, and culture as an entryway into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) subjects. Over 32 years, the agency has served 35,000 students and empowered more than 450 classroom teachers. Our well-rounded approach includes hands-on and project based in-school, afterschool, weekend, and summer programming. Based in Long Beach, Dramatic Results works to increase STEAM programming and expose students across Los Angeles County to diverse career pathways. To support our work, visit bit.ly/donate2art.

Student Programming:

Dramatic Results approaches programs with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art (writing, photography, design, drawing, theater, and so much more), and Math as pathways to spark inquiry, discussion, and critical thinking. Our goal is to increase students’ sense of wonderment and, over time, increase their confidence and creativity within any field. The agency allocates 15% of our organizational budget to evaluate student success through three key measurements: problem-solving (ability to find creative solutions without giving up), wonderment (excitement for making and learning), and self-efficacy (peer communication and collaboration).

Our programs are delivered in-class, as a regular part of students’ school day, and outside of school through a collaboration of STEAM professionals. The agency offers a multitude of programs, including opportunities in design, media arts, STEAM, theater, visual arts, assembly workshops, and educator development. To learn more about our programs, visit bit.ly/DRprograms.

Dramatic Results’ programs are led by Teaching Artists, professional artists, and makers. Students learn to identify problems, find unique solutions, and lead their learning in a fun and creative environment. Students are encouraged to make mistakes. The agency values failure, and reinvention, as a key part of the learning process. Our programs align with Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, and Visual and Performing Arts standards, using Design Thinking and iterative strategies to strengthen students’ 21st century skills.

The agency is committed to disseminating our program design and outcomes to challenge the practice of education through local, state, and national workshops and conferences. Dramatic Results has presented at conferences for Arts Education Partnership, California Department of Education’s STEAM Symposium, California Science Education, Learning Forward, National and California Arts Education Association, National Association for Gifted Children, and the Joint Mathematics Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America.

Create Now, Inc.

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Create Now, Inc. kwall Wed, 02/15/2017 - 16:10

Phone

(213) 747-2777

Website

http://www.createnow.org

info@createnow.org

Supervisorial District Located

First

District Partners

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

African

African-American

Latino

Arts Integration Subjects