Visual Arts

Keppel Union Elementary School District

Lancaster Elementary School District

Las Virgenes Unified School District

Lawndale Elementary School District

Lennox 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

Pasadena 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

Santa Monica-Malibu 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.mobilemurallab.com

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).

Mobile Mural Lab

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Mobile Mural Lab kwall Wed, 03/08/2017 - 19:10

Phone

(323) 574-4483

Website

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Arts Integration Subjects

https://www.lineagepac.org

Special Education

About:

The MobileMuralLab (MML) collaborates with artists, organizations, cultural institutions, schools, and communities to facilitate interactive mural painting programs, events and workshops.

Student Programming:

The Mobile Mural Lab collaborate with teachers and administrators to create customized curriculum Integrated with interdisciplinary subjects.

Lineage Dance Company

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Lineage Dance Company kwall Wed, 03/08/2017 - 19:10

Phone

(626) 844-7008

Website

brian.lineage@gmail.com

Supervisorial District Located

Fifth

District Partners

Pasadena Unified School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Arts Integration Subjects

Alhambra Unified School District

Special Education

Yes

About:

Lineage Dance and Performing Arts Center is a nonprofit arts organization that creates dance performance, provides
arts education, nonprofit support, arts production infrastructure, dance classes for persons with movement challenges,
and more.

Student Programming:

Lineage offers teaching artist residencies, professional development, workshops, after-school dance programs, and more tailored to grade level and integrated to the curriculum needs of the school.

Professional Development:

Lineage Dance provides dance and theater artists to help teachers in STEM fields integrate the arts in the classroom.

Skirball Cultural Center

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Skirball Cultural Center kwall Wed, 02/15/2017 - 19:10

Phone

(310) 440-4679

Website

http://www.skirball.org

info@skirball.org

Supervisorial District Located

Third

District Partners

Burbank Unified School District

Culver City Unified School District

Glendale Unified School District

Lancaster Elementary School District

Las Virgenes Unified School District

Lawndale Elementary School District

Lennox School District

Lynwood Unified School District

Montebello Unified School District

Palmdale Elementary School District

Pasadena Unified School District

Redondo Beach Unified School District

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District

Wiseburn Unified School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

European

Arts Integration Subjects

http://www.theatreofhearts.org

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.

Theatre of Hearts

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Theatre of Hearts kwall Wed, 02/15/2017 - 16:10

Phone

213.384.6878

Website

info@theatreofhearts.org

Supervisorial District Located

Second

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

Arts Integration Subjects

Burbank Unified 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.

SODE School of Performing Arts

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SODE School of Performing Arts kwall Wed, 02/15/2017 - 16:10

Phone

818-913-5863

Website

http://bit.ly/2sq5jzk

msgoprincess@yahoo.com

Supervisorial District Located

First

District Partners

Glendale Unified School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

African

Latino

Other

Arts Integration Subjects

Castaic Union School District

Special Education

Yes

About:

SODE School of Performing Arts teaching artists are industry professionals who are passionate instructors, experienced in multiple dance genres, music and performing arts styles. Our goal at SODE School of Performing Arts is to educate, inspire and expose our students to dance, music, language and theater basics in a fun and safe environment. We believe in encouraging self-expression, creative thinking, and confidence building throughout all of our programs. SODE School of Performing Arts offers in-school dance programs throughout elementary and middle schools across Los Angeles. Our programs like; Happy Dancing Brain, Dancing Through Leadership, Dancing Through the Common Core, The Percussionists Adventure, Theater Workshop 101, Dance History Workshop and Stepping Stone Dance (dance for students with mental and physical limitations) are our most requested programs. We're proud to introduce our new 2016-2017 programs: Choreography Workshop, Dancing Trough Visual Arts, U.S. Dance History (Jr High/High School) and Kreative Kinders. Aside from our in-school programs we also offer after-school programs in language, music, improv, Shakespeare, Theater and dance as well as 3 different dance assemblies: The History of Dance, Mad Scientist and Dream Little Dream.

Student Programming:

Happy Dancing Brain:
Why Happy Dancing Brain?

SODE created Happy Dancing Brain to allow students of all capabilities to enjoy dance by exploring the art intellectually and creatively first. Happy Dancing Brain is a traditional dance program that focuses on cultivating creativity, building self-confidence, art integration and using dance as a problem solving tool.

Dancing Through the Common Core:
Theme: Four artistic processes organize the standards across the arts disciplines: Creating, Performing, Responding, and Connecting. During the length of the program students will execute dance warm ups, participates in Common Core based dance exercises that explores the four artistic processes, perform across the floor combinations, work on the end of term class choreography and practice stage presence skills for the end of term performance; the final exam. The Program: SODE School of Performing Arts has created Dancing Through the Common Core which combines traditional dance teaching with an emphasis on the Common Core Dance Standards. The goal is to use dance for critical thinking and allow the mind to do the work first before the body does. Messy Giants (workshop): Ever see a 3D papier mâché Mona Lisa? Or a tissue paper Degas painting? Messy Giants is a fun (but messy) class that allows your little artist to explore art history using arts and crafts, music and Theater games. Each week a SODE Teaching Artist will guide your young artist through eclectic arts and crafts project that will allow your little Picasso to express himself creatively and passionately! At the end of the session, every artist will take home their very own art portfolio.

Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center

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Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center kwall Wed, 02/15/2017 - 16:10

Phone

661-362-5305

Website

http://bit.ly/2tj2QTH

linda.candib@canyons.edu

Supervisorial District Located

Fifth

District Partners

Newhall School District

Saugus Union School District

Sulphur Springs Union School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

Arts Integration Subjects

http://www.pvartcenter.org

Special Education

Yes

About:

The Santa Clarita PAC K-12 Arts Education Outreach Program provides exceptional workshops, residencies, assemblies & bus-in opportunities for schools and students. Our roster continues to grow as we add new teaching artists and workshop choices as well as exceptional assembly programs. All of our programming meets or exceeds California’s Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) standards, and many of them support the California State Common Core Standards.

Since 2010, the PAC K-12 Arts Education Outreach Program has grown from a program servicing one school with residencies to a program that is now in 30 out of 40 elementary schools in the Santa Clarita Valley. Working with more than twenty teaching artists and performers we bring a wide variety of programs to participating schools. In addition, we host between five and seven bus-in performances at our state-of-the-art theatre located on the College of the Canyons Valencia campus.

It is our belief that early first-hand exposure to the arts plays an important role in child development. To reach this goal, the K-12 Arts Education Outreach Program exposes students to the visual and performing arts, while collaborating with local educators to develop enhanced arts education programs. Through school assemblies, bus-in events, classroom visits and family performances, students enjoy performances that meet or exceed California’s Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) standards.

Student Programming:

Palos Verdes Art Center

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Palos Verdes Art Center kwall Wed, 02/15/2017 - 16:10

Phone

310-541-2479

Website

gphinney@pvartcenter.org

Supervisorial District Located

Fourth

District Partners

Hawthorne School District

Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Arts Integration Subjects

Compton Unified School District

Special Education

Yes

About:

Palos Verdes Art Center / Beverly G. Alpay Center for Arts Education inspires individuals to create, appreciate and celebrate art. Since it was founded in 1931, PVAC’s exhibition, education and outreach programs have made the visual arts available, accessible and affordable.

Palos Verdes Art Center provides an economically and ethnically diverse community with:

Free art exhibitions, featuring national, international and regionally significant artists and juried exhibitions. Related educational programming includes docent tours, lectures, essays and supplementary workshops.

The Studio School offers art classes for all ages and skill levels in drawing, painting, ceramics, textiles, design, art history, glass blowing and printmaking. Tuition is modest, and financial assistance is available.

Awards and scholarships. In its 18 years, the Beverly G. Alpay Memorial Education Fund has given over $200,000 to student artists. Art experiences for differently-abled youth and adults. Special Mornings works with students in special education classes in Los Angeles County.

School-based art education for more than 7,000 Palos Verdes Peninsula students each year through Art at Your Fingertips. Standards-based art programs for schools through artist-taught workshops, artists residencies and exhibition tours.

Attractive rental space for weddings, parties and meetings.

Opportunities to volunteer and to network with other artists.

Student Programming:

Art At Your Fingertips: Now in its 40th year, 300 volunteer docents attend ten on-site workshops in order to deliver five, quality, standards-based art projects to 7,000 students grades DK-5 in every public and private school on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. This venerable program has developed partnerships to expand PVAC’s reach beyond the Peninsula to ethnically diverse, underserved students throughout Los Angeles County.

Special Mornings Art Program: Special Mornings began in 1981 as a program for differently-abled students and has expanded to include special needs adults at Canyon Verde Activity Center in Redondo Beach. Annually, seven Title 1 LAUSD schools participate in a five-week sequential art education program teaching the basics of art, enhancing the special needs students’ communication skills and self-esteem. Students come to the Art Center for their classes and also tour exhibitions, all of which is provided free of charge, including transportation.

Partners in Art focuses on sixth-grade students in Miraleste, Palos Verdes and Ridgecrest Intermediate Schools (Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District), bringing them to the Art Center for an exhibition tour with buses provided by Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe. An artist then goes into their classrooms to lead a project related to the exhibition. The resulting artwork is exhibited each spring during the Art Center’s annual celebration of student art.

In class, multi-week residency programs with artist-taught lessons meeting California visual arts standards, common core states standards and STEAM-inspired are available to elementary schools. Each has been successfully pioneered in the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District.

P.S. Arts

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P.S. Arts kwall Wed, 02/15/2017 - 16:10

Phone

(310) 586-1017

Website

http://www.psarts.org

info@psarts.org

Supervisorial District Located

Second

District Partners

Hawthorne School District

Lawndale Elementary School District

Lynwood Unified School District

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District

Wiseburn Unified School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Arts Integration Subjects