"I was energized by the field trips to other community arts education organizations."
—Shannon Barnes, Multi-Cultural Education and Counseling through the Arts (MECA)
- Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco, CA, November 3 – 6, 2010
- REGISTRATION
Site Visits and Student Showcases
Site Visits
Saturday, November 6, 2010
9:00am-12:00pm (with the exception of the Arts Education and Social Change tour which departs at 8:30am)
Tours depart from and return to the Parc 55 Hotel
Complete your conference experience with a behind-the-scenes look at some of the Bay Area’s exemplary community arts education providers. Visits include facility tours and overviews of each organization’s key programs and inner-workings—a great opportunity to be inspired, gain new ideas, and build relationships with your peers.
Arts Education & Social Change
Dance
Media Arts
Music
Theater
Visual Arts
ARTS EDUCATION & SOCIAL CHANGE (this tour departs at 8:30am)
Destiny Arts Center is an Oakland-based violence prevention and arts education organization that has been running after-school, weekend and summer programs for youth since 1988, through dance, martial arts, conflict resolution, self defense, and youth leadership programs for 3-18 year olds. Destiny’s mission is to end isolation, prejudice and violence in the lives of young people. Their mission is to address the direct correspondence of persistent crime and violence and the declining existence of safe, accessible after-school activities in Oakland. This site visit will give you the chance to see various programs in action, from the 3-6 year old martial arts and dance classes to the teen dance/theater company, and to learn more about their work in violence prevention and dance.
Out of Site: Center for Arts Education was founded in 2000 in responseto the need for relevant and conceptuallybased arts education, that is guided by youthdevelopment ideas, and that connectsunderserved youth to the broader community. Out of Siteoffers free after school, weekend and summer programs in visual, literary and performing arts to public high school students in the south part of San Francisco. Itsmission isto develop new models of teaching andlearning about the artsat a high school level;to inspire community engagement byparticipating in the world through thecreation of art; and,to create connections among communitiesthrough programs that are diverse in theirparticipants, their content, and teaching methods.Visit their state-of-the art new home on the campus of a private school and hear from staff and students on the importance of their community partnerships in making a sustainable and strong organization.
DANCE
ODC Dance Commons (ODC) is a groundbreaking contemporary arts institution with longstanding roots in the San Francisco community. As one of the most active centers for dance on the West Coast, we are unique for our fully integrated program vision and far-reaching impact. ODC encompasses ODC/Dance, a world-class dance company, ODC Theater, a nationally regarded presenting venue, and ODC School/Rhythm & Motion Dance Program which offers high quality technical training and recreational dance for youth ages 2-17 and over 200 classes a week for adults of all ages and levels. Delegates will tour both buildings on our campus (The ODC Dance Commons, and the newly renovated ODC Theater) and experience the lively sense of community consisting of students, faculty, musicians, and families.
For over thirty years dance education and outreach have been a vital part of San Francisco Ballet, which offers a formal training program in classical technique through the San Francisco Ballet School, as well as award-winning programs in outreach and education through the San Francisco Ballet Center for Dance Education (CDE). The CDE believes the arts have the power to create social change, and programs are structured to provide access and opportunity for all to explore dance as a powerful and important cultural art form. Each year over 25,000 people participate in the CDE’s eclectic mix of sixteen innovative community programs. Delegates will learn about the development and implementation of CDE and tour its state of the art facility. They also will observe classes at SF Ballet School.
MEDIA ARTS
Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) is the nation's largest nonprofit media arts center dedicated to providing access to media education and technology. BAVC is an affordable training center, a pioneer in technology-based workforce development and youth media training, and a critical resource for independent media makers. Founded in 1976 by a coalition of media makers and activists who wanted to find alternative, civic-minded applications for a new technology--PortaPak video--BAVC's continuing mission is to inspire social change by enabling the sharing of diverse stories through art, education and technology.
MUSIC
Founded in 1917, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music is the oldest independent conservatory on the West Coast dedicated to educating talented musicians from around the world to become artists of the highest caliber. Visit their brand new facility in the Civic Center on Oak Street which features state-of-the art classrooms, practice rooms, teaching studios, three performance halls, a large library and listening room, two high-tech recording studios and computer lab, a roof-top terrace and a café.
Founded in 1978, the San Francisco Girls Chorus has become a regional center for choral music education and performance for girls and young women ages 5-18. 400 singers from 45 Bay Area cities participate in this internationally recognized program, deemed “a model in the country for training girls’ voices” by the California Arts Council. The organization consists of a professional level performance, recording and touring ensemble and the Alumnae Chorus; the four-level Chorus School training program; and a Preparatory Chorus for 5-7 year olds. This site visit features a tour of the distinctive Kanbar Performing Arts Center --home of the Girls Chorus -- and a student performance.
THEATER
The Marsh develops new performance, providing artists with an intimate venue and an environment that encourages experimentation. Marsh Youth Theater (MYT) is the youth education program of The Marsh and provides youth ages 2-18 with a high quality theater arts experience integrating music, dance, drama, stagecraft and performance into one holistic program. Open to all young performers without audition and regardless of financial limitations, MYT exposes children to the vast world of multicultural arts by working with a diverse group of professional performing faculty. MYT's classes and performances take place in The Marsh's 12,000 square foot dance/ performance studio and theater. Conference delegates will have the opportunity to tour the facility, observe the youth theater troupe in rehearsal for an upcoming performance of "Siddhartha, The Bright Path", and hear from MYT's Program Director, staff and students about its programs
VISUAL ARTS
The Crucible is a non-profit educational facility that fosters a collaboration of arts, industry and community. through training in the fine and industrial arts. The Crucible promotes creative expression, reuse of materials and innovative design while serving as an accessible arts venue for the general public.
For 36 years, Kala Art Institute has provided professional facilities to artists working in printmaking, photography, and digital media. As a community-oriented organization, Kala is firmly committed to offering quality arts education to the general public and to public school children through its on-site program of classes and workshops and its Artists-in-Schools (AIS) program. Classes for the public range from woodcut to web site design, and from chine-collé to photo etching. Kala’s Artists-in-Schools program provides public school students with the opportunity to work with professional teaching artists on a wide variety of printmaking and digital media projects. The site visit will give you the opportunity to see artists at work in Kala’s shared studio space on Heinz Avenue in West Berkeley and to visit Kala’s new expanded facility around the corner on San Pablo Avenue featuring Kala’s Gallery, Community Classroom, and the Mercy & Roger Smullen Print and Media Study Center.
Student Showcases
Apply to Showcase Your Students (Deadline extended to: September 15, 2010) (PDF)
Apply to Showcase Your Students (Deadline extended to: September 15, 2010) (Word)
We’re pleased to invite community arts education providers in the Bay area to apply to showcase student performances and artwork during the conference. Student showcases exemplify the diversity of disciplines, age levels, cultures and program purposes within the Guild’s network; exhibit exemplary work being done by community arts educators; inspire conference attendees; and demonstrate programs delegates can replicate back home.