Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District
Arts for All Committee -- Arts Education Advocacy Team
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 -- 6:00 to 7:15 PM
Board Room, SMMUSD District Office
1651 16th St., Santa Monica 90404
Arts for All is an arts education project of the LA County Arts Commission. 49 of the 81 school districts in LA County are now participating. SMMUSD has been an Arts for All school district since 2003, and each elementary school in the district has an Arts for All teacher liaison. The meetings are open to the public.
AGENDA
6:00 PM -- Welcome and introductions
6:05 PM -- Calendar review –
a. Last AFA/DAC meeting of the year June 6
b. Upcoming SMMUSD middle and high school VAPA events --
May 17 -- JAMS Advanced Art Show opening -- 5 PM -- Santa Monica City Hall
May 22 -- Malibu High Orchestra Concert -- 7 PM -- Malibu City Hall
May 22 -- Samohi Orchestra Pops Concert -- 7 PM -- Barnum Hall
May 24 -- John Adams Choir Concert -- 7 PM -- JAMS Auditorium
May 25 -- Samohi Spring Dance Showcase -- 7 PM -- Barnum Hall
May 25 to 29 -- Malibu High School Musical "9 to 5" -- MHS Auditorium
May 26 - Samohi Strings accompanying Glenn Frey -- The Wiltern
May 29 -- SMASH Middle School Concert -- Muir/SMASH Auditorium
May 30 -- John Adams Band Concert -- 7 PM -- JAMS Auditorium
May 31 -- Juan Cabrillo Art Exhibit -- 5 to 8 PM -- Cabrillo Elementary School
May 31 -- John Adams Orchestra Concert -- 7 PM -- JAMS Auditorium
May 31 -- Lincoln Choral Spring Concert -- 7 PM -- LMS Auditorium
May 31 & June 1 -- Malibu High Choir Cabaret -- 7 PM -- MHS Auditorium
May 31 -- Samohi Film Festival -- 7 PM -- Barnum Hall
June 1 & 2 -- Samohi Theatre's "Public Domain Production" -- Student written,
directed, choreographed scenes, dances and music -- 5 PM and 8 PM --
Humanities Center
June 5 - Samohi Band Pops Concert -- 7 PM -- Barnum Hall
June 6 -- Malibu High Band Concert -- 7 PM -- MHS Auditorium
June 7 - Lincoln Instrumental Pops Concert -- 7 PM -- LMS Auditorium
June 7 -- Malibu High Orchestra Concert -- 7 PM -- MHS Auditorium
June 8 -- Samohi Choral Spring Concert -- 7 PM -- Barnum Hall
June 9 -- Samohi Orchestra Senior Gala -- 6:30 PM -- Barnum Hall
VAPA Department calendar: http://www.smmusd.org/vapa/calendar.html
VAPA DAC event website: http://smmarts.info
Malibu High School Visual & Performing Arts Gallery (online) -
www.MalibuHigh.org/arts_gallery <http://www.MalibuHigh.org/arts_gallery>
Samohi Art Department - http://www.samohi.smmusd.org/art/index.htm
c. May 26 -- Santa Monica Symphony Concert (sponsored by the City of
Santa Monica) - 7:30 PM – Music by Grieg & Schumann -- Free concert --
SM Civic Auditorium, 1855 Main Street -- www.smsymphony.org
6:10 PM -- Review March meeting notes
6:15 PM -- Teacher liaison updates and announcements -- (Please review the "job description" below.)
6:20 PM -- Review K-5 Visual Arts curriculum -- http://www.smmusd.org/vapa/curriculum/index.html --
6:30 PM -- Presentation from Elda Pineda of P.S. ARTS -- http://www.psarts.org/ -- Elda Pineda is the Senior Programs Manager at P.S. ARTS. She received her B.A. in Theater from UCLA and began working as an arts educator at the UCLA Lab School and John Adams Middle School. As an actor and Teaching Artist, she worked extensively with educational outreach programs targeting at-risk youth, leading workshops for teens and young adults through theater companies including Sinegang and Trade City in Los Angeles, and Sining KilUSAn in Seattle. She is also the co-creator of the "Tell Your Story" after-school theater program for 8th grade girls. She continues to be involved with L.A. area multi-disciplinary arts organizations as an actor, director and writer. Ms. Pineda is an active member of the Los Angeles arts education community, serving on both the Santa Monica-Malibu USD and Los Angeles USD Arts for All advocacy teams.
7:00 PM -- VAPA Coordinator update -- Tom Whaley
7:10 PM -- SM/M Education Foundation update -- Rachel Faulkner
7:15 PM – Adjournment, and transition to the VAPA DAC meeting
Recent SMMUSD VAPA media coverage (see below)
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Contact information:
Tom Whaley -- VAPA Coordinator, SMMUSD – twhaley@smmusd.org
Rachel Faulkner -- SM/M Education Foundation – rachel.faulkner@smmef.org
Zina Josephs – Arts for All Committee Co-Chair -- zinajosephs@aol.com
Wendy McGinty – Arts for All Committee Co-Chair -- wwmcginty@aol.com
Teacher Liaisons:
Nancy Jordan (Cabrillo) -- njordan@smmusd.org
Anabella Fullerton (Edison) -- afullerton@smmusd.org
Teri Hakomori (Franklin) -- thalomori@franklinschool.net
Hong Le (Grant) -- hle@smmusd.org
Tese Treuenfels (McKinley) -- ttreuenfels@smmusd.org
Tamara Mugalian (Muir/SMASH) -- tmugalian@smmusd.org
Charlotte Campbell (Pt. Dume) -- ccampbell@smmusd.org
Ann Carey (Roosevelt) -- acarey@smmusd.org
Mayra Herrera (Will Rogers) -- mherrera@smmusd.org
Danika Burmester -- Education Associate, The Broad Stage -- Burmester_Danika@smc.edu –
http://thebroadstage.com/
Gigi de Pourtales Davis -- Annenberg Community Beach House -- gigidepd@gmail.com
Janis Gabbert -- VAPA DAC Chair -- janis.gabbert@yahoo.com
Kathryn Kert Green -- Artist; Art teacher -- KathrynKG@gmail.com
Asuka Hisa -- Education Director, Santa Monica Museum of Art -- asuka.hisa@smmoa.org --
www.SMMoA.org
Charlie Jensen -- Communications Manager, Arts for LA – CJensen@artsforla.org -- www.artsforla.org
Olivia Karaolis -- Program Manager, UCPlay Project -- OKaraolis@ucpla.org
Bambi Martins -- VAPA DAC Vice Chair -- bambimartins@gmail.com
Elda Pineda -- Senior Programs Manager, P.S. ARTS -- elda.pineda@psarts.org -- www.psarts.org
Lynn Robb -- Co-Director of Arts at Work; former Site Coordinator and Master Teacher for SmART
Schools West -- lynn.robb@verizon.net
D'Lynn Waldron -- Santa Monica Symphony, www.smmarts.info webmaster -- dlw@dlwaldron.com
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Resources:
SMMUSD Board-approved PreK-12 Arts Education Plan (Arts for All) --http://www.smmusd.org/vapa/pdf/StrategicPlan.pdf
SMMUSD Board-approved VAPA curriculum -- http://www.smmusd.org/vapa/curriculum/index.html
SMMUSD VAPA faculty and staff -- http://www.smmusd.org/vapa/faculty1.html
VAPA Glossary -- http://www.smmusd.org/vapa/pdf/DAC_VAPAGlossary.pdf
VAPA DAC -- http://www.smmusd.org/vapa/vapaDAC.html
VAPA DAC event web site -- www.smmarts.org
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