PRESS RELEASE Contact: Lisa Scimens 510-655-6540 scimens@sbcglobal.net P.A.I.N.T.S. ANNOUNCES ACTIVITIES FOR ART IS EDUCATION MONTH

March 6, 2009 (Piedmont, CA)—PAINTS (Promote Art in the Schools, Inc.) will once again offer community events in March as part of Art IS Education month, as declared by Alameda County Superintendent of Schools, Sheila Jordan. In addition, the non-profit organization that supports art education in all of Piedmont’s six schools will offer a special series of grants for Piedmont educators.

On Sunday, March 29 from 12noon-3pm, PAINTS will open the doors of Ellen Driscoll Theater (325 Highland Ave.) for an art show and a Mad Hatter Tea party. The art show will encompass work from a variety of levels of Piedmont students. The Mad Hatter Tea party will be hat making party where recycled brown paper bags and other materials will be transformed by Piedmont children, with assistance from MOCHA (Museum of Children’s Art), into uniquely creative hats. A children’s “tea” and cookies will be served. There will be a special visitor, an actual “Mad Hatter”, to entertain and interact with the children. The events are free and the entire community is encouraged to attend.

As a sort of “Arts Stimulus Promotion”, the PAINTS board of directors has decided to offer a one-time series of special grants to teachers, specialists, and administrators—basically any educator—to attend one of a list of Alameda County Office of Education approved arts workshops or courses. PAINTS will pay for the fees associated with the courses. “We feel that many teachers may be hesitant to apply for classes on their own given the State’s economic condition and the resulting potential of staff or program cuts in our schools. In keeping with our mission to integrate art into all curriculums, we feel that the regular classroom teachers, especially those in the elementary schools, may end up providing the majority of our children’s art education in the classroom in the next year,” says PAINTS president Kim Belchamber.

“The courses offered are fabulous. They range from dance to studio art to art for occupational therapists who deal with children with special needs. We hope that may of our educators take advantage of our offer,” adds Belchamber. (For a complete list of courses, go to PAINTS website at www.piedmontpaaints.org.)

The money for the special grants comes from PAINTS fundraising efforts. Last year’s Bird House Gala raised a record $30K. “This year is PAINTS 20th anniversary, so the event, which will take place on May 29 at a beautifully, renovated home and garden on Glen Alpine, will celebrate PAINTS anniversary as well as offer more one-of-a-kind birdhouses and original art at the silent and Live auctions,” notes Karen Stanton, PAINTS Bird House Gala creator and coordinator.

PAINTS is a non-profit membership organization of parents and community members whose mission is to promote visual arts in the Piedmont schools. It provides a forum for parents, teachers and administrators to focus on planning a coordinated art curriculum through the Piedmont school district.

For more information about PAINTS, please visit www.piedmontpaints.org.

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Alameda County Office of Education's Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership

Workshops and Classes for Educators
CCA Teaching Institute

The CCA Teaching Institute (TI) seeks to transform the culture of teaching and empower learning through professional development in the arts. TI pioneers contemporary pedagogies and proven programs, training educators and teaching artists to be leaders in arts instruction and integration at the pre-K through 12th grade levels.

Participants can earn TI's groundbreaking Arts Learning Specialist Certificate by completing 12 units of coursework; continuing education units (CEUs) are available through the Alameda County Office of Education, but are not required.

Spring 2009 Mini Courses

Please scroll down for complete course description.

1. Introduction to the Studio Thinking Framework 03/09 and 03/11/09

2. Arts as a Cognitive-Therapeutic Experience for Special-Education Children and Teens 03/22 and 03/29/09

Introduction to the Studio Thinking Framework 03/09 and 03/11/09

Participants are introduces to the Studio Thinking Framework, a research-based tool that can be used to develop art and art-integrated curricula. Studio Thinking provides teachers with a language for describing what they intend to teach using the arts, and what students actually learn when working with the arts.

Participants experience a hands-on lesson and then deconstruct the experience. They learn how the tool was helpful in planning, targeting deep learning, and providing clear criteria for assessment. Participants are also introduced to a variety of ways that teachers have used this tool to improve their practices.

Instructor: Trena Noval
Date: 2 sessions/ Monday and Wednesday, 4:30 - 7:30PM, March 9 and 11
Cost/ CEU Units: $110/ CEU: 0.5, available through California State University East Bay
Prerequisites: None

Arts as a Cognitive-Therapeutic Experience for Special-Education Children and Teens 03/22 and 03/29/09

This workshop addresses cognitive, social and emotional factors involved in using the arts (including drawing, painting, sculpture, and mixed-media projects) with special education students. Participants will experience the developmental, practical, and therapeutic advantages of art projects for the enhancement of learning. No former art experience required. Wear comfortable clothes. A $10 materials fee is due to the instructor at the first session.

Instructor: Janet Long
Date: 2 sessions/ Sundays, 9:00 - 4:00PM, March 22 and 29
Cost/ CEU Units: $220/ CEU: 1, available through California State University East Bay
Prerequisites: None

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Contacts:

For detailed information on TI coursework and registration, visit: www.cca.edu/aie

CCA Teaching Institute Program and course info: 510.594.3768 or cca-ti@cca.edu
CCA Office of Special Programs Registration info: 510.594.3710 or ext-ed@cca.edu
CCA Center for Art and Public Life General info: 510.594.3757 or center@cca.edu

2nd San Francisco Bay Area Dance Education Forum

The California Institute of Dance Learning, a project of Luna Kids Dance, and Mills College Dance Department are co-hosting the 2nd San Francisco Bay Area Dance Education Forum. All leaders in education and the arts are invited to share their insights into the promises and pitfalls of providing comprehensive, high quality, art-based dance learning to all children residing in our community. We invite program directors, principals, arts managers, curriculum specialists, university arts and education professors and department chairs, child development center directors, dance teaching artists and all who care about the field.

The forum will be comprised of three main events:

1. a showcase highlighting the work of local professionals to bring dance alive in our community.

2. a moderated panel

3. interactive workshop discussions on challenges and strategies to bring dance learning to life for ALL SFBA children

Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 1:30 - 4:30PM

Location: Mills College, Haas Pavilion, Studio One, 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland

For more information and to register please call: 510.644.3629 or www.lunakidsdance.org

ReThink: Arts Integration with SFMOMA's ArtThink

Free professional development workshop for Visual Arts, Language Arts, and History Teachers (Grades 4-12 only) presented by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Integrate art, history, language arts and cultural studies into your core curriculum with SFMOMA's ArtThink. Find out how teachers are increasing visual literacy and artistic understanding by incorporating interactive media, hands-on lessons, and fun digital games into the classroom by using ArtThink, an extensive free online resource for teachers packed with nearly 60 lesson activities.

In this two-hour workshop, teachers will learn:

1. how educators are using online, interdisciplinary, thematic, standards-based curriculum for grades 4 through 12:

2. how interactive imagery, artists' interviews, and media from SFMOMA's vast collection can enhance core curriculum;

3. how professional development can help educators integrate technology in the visual and performing arts to better meet the needs of today's diverse learners.

Date: Friday, March 13, 2009, 11:00AM - 1:00PM

Location: SFMOMA, 151 Third Street, (between Mission and Howard Streets), San Francisco, 94103

For more information and to register please call: 510.604.0078 or Valerie@valeriecorvin.com

ArtEsteem Self As Super Hero

Inspired by our present need for heroes, the Self As Super Hero curriculum take individuals on a journey to gain a greater awareness of self and a larger perspective of heroism through an investigation of family, ancestors, culture, community and the world.

In this two-day visual arts professional development workshop, instructors will engage with artistic expressive methods, resiliency techniques and social justice concepts. The curriculum meets the California Visual Arts Content Standards of 3rd through 8th graders.

Date: Friday, March 20, 2009, 7:00 - 9:30PM and Saturday, March 21, 10:00AM - 4:00PM

Location: Studio One Art Center, 365 45th Street, Oakland

Audience: K-12 Teachers and Counselors

Cost: $150 for 1 CEU for Educators available through California State University East Bay, 1 CEU for LCSWs & MFTs through AHC and $100 for No CEU's

For more information and to register please call: 510.652.5530 or www.ahc-oakland.org

Teaching Artists Organized Presents: Monday's at Mocha

Five exciting Professional Development Classes for Teaching Artists, one Monday each month from 6:00 - 8:00pm. $12 (suggested donation) pay at the door, cash only please, No one turned away.

Dates: March 23, April 13, May 18 and June 8

Location: MOCHA (Museum of Children's Art), 589 Ninth Street, Oakland

 

March 23: Instructor, Miranda Bergman (MOCHA)
Integrating Art Across Curricula
Hands-on projects linking art with science and literacy

April 13: Instructors, Jill Randall and Sabrina Klein (Shawl-Anderson & Creative Education Consulting)
Demystifying the VAPA Standards
You too can teach in alignment with state standards (hint: you already are doing it!)

May 18: Instructor, Rica Anderson (Cal Performances)
Classroom Management
Who's in charge here, anyway?

June 8: Instructor, Dave Maier (Berkeley Rep School of Theatre)
Theatre Language Arts
Staging Stories from the curriculum

For more information and to register please visit: www.teachingartistsorganized.org or 510.931.6345.

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