Whose Education? Art Education Teaching Practices Exhibition
9 am–5 pm
Center for Art and Public Life, Oakland campus
5275 Broadway
Info: 510.594.3763 or www.center.cca.edu

This exhibition presents curricula and projects from CCA's Art Education 2 course, taught at Far West High School in Oakland. The course takes a social-justice approach and promotes the art of teaching, combining contemporary art with progressive education.

100 Families Oakland: Art & Social Change
The West Oakland Experience Creating Connections: Art is Change, Collaboration is Power

Reception: Saturday May 3, 2- 5pm

The 100 Families Oakland: Art & Social Change project enlivens the creative spirit and celebrates the power of families and neighborhoods in Oakland, through the transformative process of creating art that promotes hope, action, and beauty.

The West Oakland segment of 100 Families ran Wednesday, January, 30th – April 9th at M. Robinson Baker YMCA, 3265 Market Street at Brockhurst, Oakland, CA. Twenty-eight families participated in the this segment of the 100 Families Oakland: Art & Social Change, a community art project for 100 Families from Oakland neighborhoods (East Oakland, Fruitvale, Chinatown and West Oakland). The title of this year’s 100 Families segment in West Oakland is The West Oakland Experience with a focus on Creating Connections: Art is Change, Collaboration is Power.

Amana Harris, MAT, Associate Director of AHC and a California College of the Arts (CCA) alumnus, acted as the Site Coordinator for West Oakland 100 Families. Local Artist included: Kele Nitoto, Abnet Asnake, Nzinga Pace, Anthony Hall, Kim Turner, Aracely Sifuents-Ordaz, Daniel Panko, Jasmyne Richmond, Winn Taylor, Diana Alonzo, Maacah McCraw, Mike Brown and Tyrese Johnson, artists from CCA and other noted local artists assisted in art-making as community building.

For more information about the exhibition please contact Randolph Belle, 100 Families coordinator at 510.333.9175
or visit us online at:
100 Families
and
Attitudinal Healing Connection

The 100 Families – West Oakland project is made possible with the generous support of F. Noel Perry, National Endowment for the Arts, Columbia Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, and the Open Circle Foundation.

2nd Annual Teaching Artists Institute
“Yes Child, No Child, Whose Child, Every Child”
9 am–4:30 pm

Presented by: Alameda County Office of Education’s Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership, California College of the Arts’ Center for Arts and Public Life and the Alameda County Arts Commission.

A dynamic learning, networking and professional development opportunity for teaching artists and community artists interested in teaching in schools.

• How can Teaching Artists use arts learning to address historical inequities in the classroom?

• How do flexible frameworks help Teaching Artists organize integrated arts learning for multicultural classrooms?

• How can Teaching Artists leverage state and national education standards for visual and performing arts in grades pre-K thru 12?

Where
May 15: Berkeley Repertory Theatre
May 16 & 17: California College of the Arts Oakland Campus

Cost
$95 includes all 3 days of workshops and seminars, materials, and a performance of “No Child…” a play by Nilaja Sun presented by Berkeley Repertory Theatre

The Teaching Artist Institute is multi-disciplinary and appropriate for all teaching artists and community artists interested in working in schools.

Online Registration at Art IS Education

For more information please contact Belinda Taylor at belindat@mac.com

What's the Big Idea?
CCA Students collaborative exhibit with Bay Area youth & community groups

Reception: 6:30 – 8 pm Thursday, May 22

In response to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' Big Ideas, Community Student Fellows (CSF) work/study students assist young artists as they explore concepts of identity, culture, and humanity.  Featuring collaborative work and documentation process between the CCA students and the youth.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Gallery Hours
Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun: 12 - 5 p.m.
Thu: 12 - 8 p.m.
(Closed Mondays and major holidays)

Visual Thinking Strategies: The Basics
Art In Education Spring 2008 Mini-Course
Oakland campus

Course info

Instructor: Liz Harvey
Sat., 10 a.m.–4 p.m. (lunch: noon–1 p.m.), June 14
1 session. $110. CEU: 0.5 available through Cal State University East Bay. Prerequisites: none
Call #: OAK 400

Students are introduced to the basics of Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), an arts integration tool that can be used across the curriculum. This student-centered, research-based method of facilitating open-ended discussions is geared toward developing critical thinking skills, building visual literacy, supporting language development, and refining powers of observation.

Participants practice VTS and discuss the theoretical and practical aspects of this powerful teaching tool. Learn how to implement VTS as an entry-point arts integration tool, as well as how its used to support and augment schools with existing arts-learning practices.

Registration

• Write down the Call #, course title, tuition amount and lab fee information found above. You'll need that to fill out your registration form.

• Visit the Registration page to download, print and find instructions on submitting the registration form to register for your classes.

About the AIE Teaching Institute
The California College of the Arts Center for Art and Public Life and Office of Special Programs in collaboration with the Alameda County Office of Education is pleased to offer the Art in Education Teaching Institute:

The Art in Education (AIE) Teaching Institute is California College of the Arts' new year-round professional development program for Bay Area K–12 educators and teaching artists. The institute provides opportunities to build the knowledge and skills needed to teach and integrate the arts in an engaging, meaningful manner.

The institute was developed by the college's Center for Art and Public Life in collaboration with the Alameda County Office of Education to advance our region's capacity to offer high-quality arts learning experiences to all children. Classes offered draw primarily from visual art practice; however, educators and artists from all disciplines are welcome.

In this supportive, experimental workshop, students are introduced to basic art ideas, materials, and techniques. By examining contemporary art practices, participants expand their ideas of what art can be and discover that everyone can engage in art making. Experience the power of art to develop and present ideas, emotions, and understanding.

For more information visit the AIE Teaching Institute web pages. Here you will find information about the institute, certification and CEU, course descriptions and schedules, and registration information.

Art Retreat for the
Art In Education Summer 2008 Mini-Course
Oakland campus

Course info

Instructor: Jennifer Stuart
Mon.–Wed., 9 a.m.–3 p.m. (lunch: noon–1 p.m.), Aug. 11–13
Call # OAK 402
3 sessions. $320.
CEU: 1.5 available through Cal State University East Bay.
Prerequisites: none

Explore and reflect in an intensive arts workshop that engages participants to make and look at art nonstop for three days. Myriad art-making processes and techniques are explored, including traditional, multicultural, and contemporary.

Upon completion, students will be more comfortable with how to make and think about art, as well as be better prepared to bring the arts into the classroom in a powerful and authentic way.

Registration

• Write down the Call #, course title, tuition amount and lab fee information found above. You'll need that to fill out your registration form.

• Visit the Registration page to download, print and find instructions on submitting the registration form to register for your classes.

About the AIE Teaching Institute
The California College of the Arts Center for Art and Public Life and Office of Special Programs in collaboration with the Alameda County Office of Education is pleased to offer the Art in Education Teaching Institute:

The Art in Education (AIE) Teaching Institute is California College of the Arts' new year-round professional development program for Bay Area K–12 educators and teaching artists. The institute provides opportunities to build the knowledge and skills needed to teach and integrate the arts in an engaging, meaningful manner.

The institute was developed by the college's Center for Art and Public Life in collaboration with the Alameda County Office of Education to advance our region's capacity to offer high-quality arts learning experiences to all children. Classes offered draw primarily from visual art practice; however, educators and artists from all disciplines are welcome.

In this supportive, experimental workshop, students are introduced to basic art ideas, materials, and techniques. By examining contemporary art practices, participants expand their ideas of what art can be and discover that everyone can engage in art making. Experience the power of art to develop and present ideas, emotions, and understanding.

For more information visit the AIE Teaching Institute web pages. Here you will find information about the institute, certification and CEU, course descriptions and schedules, and registration information.