CAP Spring-Summer 08 Class Schedule

For more information about all CAP classes please call (661) 222-2708.


CAP AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS:


***All CAP After-School programs are free. No previous experience is required and registration is open to students ages 13 to 19, with the exception of the media arts programs for middle school students (ages 10-14). Register on the first day of class. Parent’s/Guardian’s signature will be required on the participant’s registration form. Attendance to all sessions is required.
 


ART-IN-THE-PARK MUSIC PROGRAM
This twenty-week music program features small group and individualized music instruction for teenagers ages 13 to 19. The program culminates with public performances in April at Art-in-the-Park, REDCAT, and other community performance venues.
 

Class dates:
 January 28-April 18, 2008

Class times:
Bass, Mondays, 4:00-4:30pm
Music Theory, 4:30-5:00pm
Band, Mondays, 5:00-6:00pm
Beginning Guitar, Mondays, 6:00-7:00pm
Percussion, Wednesdays, 4:00-7:00pm
Percussion, Fridays, 4:00-7:00pm
Instructors:
CalArts School of Music student instructors led by CalArts School of Music alumnus Noah Harmon

Location:
Art-in-the-Park

5568 Via Marisol, Los Angeles, CA 90042

Tel: (323) 259-0861


BANNING’S LANDING COMMUNITY CENTER SONY PICTURES MEDIA ARTS PROGRAM (SPMAP)
This thirty-week media arts program is held twice a week, after-school for middle school students (ages 10 to 14) at the Banning’s Landing Community Center in Wilmington. The workshops cover drawing, painting, animation and media arts, taught by CalArts faculty, alumni and students. The middle school students learn drawing and painting techniques, drawing from the model, how to animate, how to put together an art portfolio and how to create artwork on computers. The program culminates in a public exhibition and screening of the artwork produced by the students. This program is part of the Sony Pictures Media Arts Program, a partnership between the CalArts Community Arts Partnership, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
 
  

Class dates:
January 21-June 11, 2008

Time:
Mondays & Wednesdays 4:00-7:00pm,

Instructors:
Led by CalArts School of Film/Video alumni Ruben Esqueda and Manuel Cuchilla, and CalArts student instructors
 

Location:
Banning’s Landing Community Center

100 W. Water Street, Wilmington, CA 90744
Tel: (310) 522-2015

CALARTS DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS PROGRAM

Entitled “Going Green”, this class includes discussions and hands-on conceptual projects using Adobe Creative Suite software, scanners and digital cameras. Large-format color posters will be produced based on environmental themes such as eco-friendly living, sustainable landscapes and green roofs, reducing our carbon footprints, creating cleaner and healthier communities, clean energy, and global warming. This class is for productive high school students who are willing to form personal views for content in their work. Students will be encouraged to focus on content-based social statements, political comments, or cultural narratives. Regular attendance is preferred for working in class.
 

Class dates:
 February 5-May 27, 2008

Time:
Tuesdays 4:30pm-7:00pm

Instructors: CalArts School of Art faculty Shelley Stepp and CalArts student instructors

Location:
CalArts Mac Lab

24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, CA 91355

Tel: (661) 222-2708


CENTER FOR THE ARTS EAGLE ROCK SONY PICTURES MEDIA ARTS PROGRAM
 
(SPMAP)
This thirty-week media arts program is held twice a week, after-school for middle school students (ages 10 to 14) at the Center for the Arts Eagle Rock in Eagle Rock. The workshops cover drawing, painting, animation and media arts, taught by CalArts faculty, alumni and students. The middle school students learn drawing and painting techniques, drawing from the model, how to animate, how to put together an art portfolio and how to create art work on computers. The program culminates in a public exhibition and screening of the artwork produced by the students. This program is part of the Sony Pictures Media Arts Program, a partnership between the CalArts Community Arts Partnership, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
 

Class dates:
 January 23-June 13, 2008

Time:
Wednesdays and Fridays, 3:30-6:30pm

Instructors:
CalArts School of Art faculty Chris Peters, CalArts School of Film/Video alumnus Pouya Afshar, and CalArts student instructors

Location:
Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
2225 Colorado Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90041

Tel: (323) 226-1617


INNER-CITY ARTS HIGH SCHOOL ANIMATION PROGRAM
 

This CAP program begins in October and continues through May. Twenty-four weeks of workshops are held for 20 to 40 high school students. The students learn basic animation, zoetropes, flip books, hand animation, computer animation, and drawing on film. The class includes a 24-hour animation marathon weekend in which students produce collaborative films. The students each create an animated short and collaborative film which is screened in culminating festivals at Inner-City Arts, the REDCAT Theater, CalArts, and other venues. All students receive DVDs of their work.

Class dates:

January 26-May 3, 2008
 (our apologies for the late change this schedule)
Time:
Saturdays, 10:00am-1:00pm

Instructors:
CalArts School of Film/Video faculty Leo Hobaica Jr., and CalArts student instructors

Location:
Inner-City Arts

720 Kohler,
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Tel: (213) 627-9621


LOS ANGELES CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIES (LACPS)
YOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY/PUBLIC ART PROGRAM

The Spring Semester LACPS/CAP program provides twelve Saturday workshops for up to 50 high school students. The course takes place in the state of the art Photography Facility of the Art School at CalArts. LACPS/CAP students work closely with faculty and student instructors and are taught a variety of darkroom skills, and computer skills while they focus on creative assignments and work towards a public exhibition. An exhibition of photographs and mock-ups of the posters is presented at CalArts and other venues. The bus shelter images are displayed in many public locations throughout the city of Los Angeles.

Class dates:
March 1-May 24, 2008

Time:
Saturdays, 10:00am-4:00pm

Instructors:
CalArts School of Art faculty John Bache and Andrew Freeman, CalArts MFA Graduates, and current CalArts student instructors

Van pickups are available at 9:00 am at Franklin, Cleveland, and Lincoln High Schools. For van schedule please contact CAP at (661) 222-2708
Location:
CalArts, School of Art Photo Lab, Sublevel
24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, CA 91355

Tel: (661) 222-2708


PLAZA DE LA RAZA ADVANCED MUSIC TRAINING PROGRAM
 

This CAP program provides advanced instrumental instruction for up to 100 teenagers in trumpet,  guitar, bass, drumset, voice, piano, songwriting, music theory and composition and several music ensembles, including salsa band. Eighteen weeks of instruction takes place at Plaza de la Raza beginning in October and continuing through March. The workshops culminate in a recital at Plaza de la Raza in March.
 
 

Class dates:
 January 11-March 14, 2008

Class Times:
Drums, Wednesdays, 5:00-8:00pm
Music Appreciation, Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30pm
Bass, Wednesdays, 5:00-7:00pm
Guitar, Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00pm
Music Appreciation, Fridays, 4:00-5:00pm
Music Appreciation, Fridays, 6:00-7:00pm
Bass, Fridays, 5:00-6:00pm
Voice Lessons, Fridays, 4:00-6:00pm
Choir, Fridays, 6:00-7:00pm
Guitar, Fridays, 5:00-6:00pm
Guitar Ensemble, Fridays, 6:00-7:00pm
Rock Band, Fridays, 7:00-8:00pm
Instructors:
CalArts School of Music student instructors led by CalArts School of Music alumnus Noah Harmon
 

Location:
Plaza de la Raza

3540 North Mission Road, Los Angeles, CA 90031

Tel: (323) 223-2475


PLAZA DE LA RAZA MODERN DANCE PROGRAM
 

This 18-week program for middle and high school students focuses on modern dance techniques and choreography. Participants create individual original pieces as well as collaborations with the entire class. The dance classes are held once a week in the dance studios at Plaza de la Raza. The dance program students perform in a year-end dance recital at Plaza de la Raza.
 

Class dates:
 January 11-March 14, 2008

Times:
Fridays 4:00-6:00pm
Instructors:
CalArts School of Dance faculty Francesca Penzani and CalArts School of Dance student instructors
 

Location:
Plaza de la Raza

3540 North Mission Road, Los Angeles, CA, 90031

Tel: (323) 223-2475

PLAZA DE LA RAZA PUPPETRY PROGRAM

This 18-week puppetry production class gives students an opportunity to collaboratively create a puppet play. Instructors teach workshops in puppet and mask making using a variety of materials including cardboard, cloth, paper maché, and found objects. Creative writing and visual art are also important components of the class as well as filming and video editing using state-of-the-art digital equipment. All of these elements culminate in public performances in the Spring at Plaza de la Raza.

Class dates: January 9-March 22, 2008

Time:
 Wednesdays, 5:00-7:00pm

Instructors:
CalArts School of Theater alumna Shannon Scrofano, CalArts School of Art Diego Garza and CalArts student instructors
 
 

Location:
Plaza de la Raza

3540 North Mission Road, Los Angeles, CA 90031
Tel: (323) 223-2475

PLAZA DE LA RAZA YOUTH THEATRE PROGRAM
This CAP program provides approximately 45 high school and junior high school students with thirty weeks of instruction in acting, movement, and voice. Students collaborate with teachers, a composer, and a playwright to create an original piece of theater. Artist specialists such as costume, set and lighting designers will join the process in layers during the course of the work to further collaborate in making a full production. A class in design will be offered as an optional supplement for those who are interested in design and technical aspects of production. Classes are held three evenings per week, beginning in October and continuing through May. Free public performances are held in May at Plaza de la Raza and at the REDCAT Theater in downtown Los Angeles.
 

Class dates: 
January 14-May 31, 2008

Class Times:
Beginning Theatre workshops,
Mondays, 6:00-8:00pm

Movement for Theatre workshops,
Tuesdays, 6:00-8:00pm
Int/Adv Theatre workshops,
Thursdays, 6:00-8:00pm

Theater Design,
Saturdays, 10 am – 12:00 pm
(January 14-May 31, 2008)

Classes will meet for rehearsals everyday (Monday thru Friday) from 5:00-8:00pm starting on March 17th until the opening of the play in May.
Instructors: Former CalArts School of Theater faculty Barbara June Dodge, CalArts School of Theater faculty Marvin Tunney, guest playwright Herbert Siguenza, and CalArts student instructors
 

Location:
Plaza de la Raza

3540 North Mission Road, Los Angeles, CA 90031

Tel: (323) 223-2475


SAN FERNANDO GARDENS COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER SONY PICTURES MEDIA ARTS PROGRAM
 (SPMAP)
This thirty-week media arts program is held twice-weekly after-school for middle school students (ages 10 to 14) at the San Fernando Gardens Community Service Center in Pacoima. The workshop covers drawing, painting, animation and media arts, taught by CalArts faculty, alumni and students. The middle school students learn drawing and painting techniques, uses of various media, animation production, and basic uses of the video camera. The program culminates in a public exhibition and screening of the art work produced by the students. This program is part of the Sony Pictures Media Arts Program, a partnership between the CalArts Community Arts Partnership, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Class Dates:

January 21-June 10, 2008

Time:
Mondays & Tuesdays 4:00-7:00pm

Instructors:
CalArts School of Film/Video faculty John Mahoney, CalArts School of Film/Video alumnus Jonny Gomez and CalArts student instructors
 
 

Location:
San Fernando Gardens Community Service Center

10896 Lehigh Avenue, Pacoima, CA 91331

Tel: (818) 834-9266


SANTA CLARITA VALLEY ARTS PARTNERSHIP SATURDAY MUSIC PROGRAM

This program offers twenty weeks of Saturday master classes for up to one hundred elementary, middle and high school students. Classes include theory, composition, vocal ensemble, percussion, strings ensemble, chamber ensemble, jazz ensemble , and more. The program culminates with semester-end recitals performed in the CalArts Main Gallery.
 

Class dates:
 January 26-April 12, 2008

Time:
Saturdays, 1:00-5:00pm

Theory I, 1:00-2:00pm
Theory II/Composition, 2:00-3:00pm
Computer Music, 2:00-3:00pm
Is Rhythm a Payne in your class?, 2:00-3:00pm
Vocal Ensemble, 3:00-4:00pm
Strings Ensemble, 3:00-4:00pm
Jazz Ensemble A, 3:00-4:00pm
Latin/World Percussion Ensemble, 3:00-4:00pm
Chamber Ensemble, 4:00-5:00pm
Jazz Ensemble B, 4:00-5:00pm
Latin Ensemble, 4:00-5:00pm
Instructors: CalArts School of Music student instructors under the direction of CalArts School of Music Associate Dean Susan Allen and CalArts School of Music alumnus Drew Jorgensen.
Location:
CalArts
School of Music, Rehearsal Rooms
24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, CA 91355

Tel: (661) 222-2708

 

SANTA CLARITA VALLEY YOUTH ORCHESTRA

The Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra is the premiere youth orchestra in the Santa Clarita Valley. The organization has three levels of orchestras for elementary through college age students and performs a variety of music from the classical genre. CalArts student instructors play alongside the students as section leaders/mentors. Classes culminate in a performance at the College of the Canyons Performing Arts Center. Registration for the classes is handled by the College of the Canyons.
www.scvyo.org
 
 

Advanced Orchestra:
Mondays, 6:00-8:30pm

Intermediate Orchestra:
Saturdays, 9:00am-12:30pm

Class dates:
Classes are held in the fall and spring sessions.
Please call COC for registration details: Tara Schwab, Orchestra Manager, (310) 422-4509

Instructors:
Damian Berdakin, Russell Moss, Melinda Rice, Tara Schwab and Chris Wheeler
Location:
College of the Canyons
24655  Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355

SELF-HELP GRAPHICS & ART DIGITAL MEDIA PROGRAM
 

This is a 30-week, free-of-charge program for teenagers (ages 15 to 18) which takes place once-a-week at Self-Help Graphics & Art. Students learn computer design applications, printmaking, T-Shirt design, screen printing and digital video production. The program culminates with an exhibition of the work at Self-Help Graphics & Art, at the California Institute of the Arts, as well as with a screening at REDCAT.
Class dates:
 January 15-May 27, 2008

Time:
Tuesdays 4:00-7:00pm

Instructors:
CalArts School of Theater alumnus Reggie Coleman and CalArts student instructors
 

Location:
Self-Help Graphics & Art

3802 Cesar Chavez Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90063-1896

Tel: (323) 881-6444


WATTS TOWERS ARTS CENTER SONY PICTURES MEDIA ARTS PROGRAM (SPMAP)
 

This 30-week media arts program is held twice a week, after-school and on Saturdays for middle school students (ages 10 to 14) at the Watts Towers Arts Center in Watts. The workshops cover drawing, painting, animation and media arts, taught by CalArts faculty, alumni and students. The middle school students learn drawing and painting techniques, drawing from the model, how to animate, how to put together an art portfolio and how to create art work on computers. The program culminates in a public exhibition and screening of the art work produced by the students. This program is part of the Sony Pictures Media Arts Program, a partnership between the CalArts Community Arts Partnership, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
 

Class dates:
 
January 23-June 14, 2008

Time:
 Wednesdays 4:00-7:00pm and Saturdays, 11:00am-2:00pm

Instructors:
CalArts School of Critical Studies faculty Betty Lee, CalArts School of Film/Video alumnus Pouya Afshar and CalArts student instructors
 

Location:
Watts Towers Arts Center

1727 East 107th Street

Los Angeles, CA. 90002

Tel: (213) 847-4646


WATTS TOWERS ARTS CENTER PIANO PROGRAM
 

This 24-week CAP course is an introduction to playing the piano for young people held at the Watts Towers Arts Center. Students learn the basics of music although all levels of experience are welcomed. The program culminates in a public piano recital held at the Watts Towers Arts Center in the Spring.
 

Class dates:
 January 23-April 26, 2008

Time:
Wednesdays, 3:00-7:00pm
Saturdays, 10:00am-4:00pm

Instructor: CalArts School of Music alumna Brenda McGee

Location:
Watts Towers Arts Center

1727 East 107th Street

Los Angeles, CA 90002

Tel: (213) 847-4646


WILLIAM REAGH LOS ANGELES PHOTOGRAPHY CENTER SONY PICTURES MEDIA ARTS PROGRAM
 (SPMAP)
This thirty-week media arts program is held twice a week, after-school and on Saturdays for middle school students (ages 10 to 14) at the William Reagh Los Angeles Photography Center near MacArthur Park. The workshops cover drawing, painting, animation and media arts, taught by CalArts faculty, alumni and students. The middle school students learn drawing and painting techniques, drawing from the model, how to animate, how to put together an art portfolio and how to create art work on computers. The program culminates in a public exhibition and screening of the art work produced by the students. This program is part of the Sony Pictures Media Arts Program, a partnership between CalArts Community Arts Partnership, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
 

Class Dates:
 
January 23-June 14, 2008

Time:
Wednesdays 4:00-7:00pm and Saturdays 11:00am-2:00pm
Instructors:
CalArts School of Film/Video alumnus Javier Barboza, CalArts School of Film/Video alumnus Jonny Gomez and CalArts student instructors
 

Location:
William Reagh Los Angeles Photography Center

2332 West Fourth Street

Los Angeles, CA 90057

Tel: (213) 382-8133


CAP IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS:


***CAP is also engaged in in-school programming in many school sites throughout Los Angeles County. These free arts workshops are available to students in the partner schools and organizations.
 
 


ARTSCOOL PROGRAM

The ArtsCOOL Program was developed in 2002 as a partnership between CAP and the Los Angeles Unified School District Arts Education Branch and Educational Options Program. Currently, ArtsCOOL offers programming at 20 Options High Schools in Los Angeles County. These schools each receive 30 weeks of arts programs which meet once-a-week for two hours per class. The classes are taught by teams of CalArts faculty artists, current CalArts students and CalArts alumni who share their expertise in visual arts, writing, film/video, and the performing arts. The schools are located throughout Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley, South Los Angeles, East Los Angeles, Hollywood, Venice, Pacific Palisades, Carson, Huntington Park, Westchester, and downtown Los Angeles areas. Hundreds of high school students participate in the culminating performances and exhibition held annually at California Institute of the Arts, Plaza de la Raza, REDCAT (The Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater) located in the Walt Disney Concert Hall Complex, and other venues.
 


Option schools currently participating in the CAP/ArtsCOOL Program are:
Central East Los Angeles High School
Del Rey High School
Eagle Tree High School
Amelia Earhart High School
Albert Einstein High School
John Hope High School
Independence High School
Miguel Leonis High School
Robert Lewis High School
Jack London High School
Monterey High School

New Jefferson High School
Phoenix High School
Ramona High School
Will Rogers High School
San Antonio High School
Temescal Canyon High School
Henry Thoreau High School
Walt Whitman High School
John Wooden High School

Instructors: CalArts faculty members Marvin Tunney, Beatrice Lawluvi, Darcy Huebler, Steve Brown, Leo Hobaica, Niki Rousso-Schindler, among others, and CalArts alumni Reggie Coleman, Miyo Hernandez Yeko Ladzekpo-Cole, Jahmad Rollins, Morena Santos, Pouya Afshar, Chris Armstrong, Sandy Ding, Eddie Felix, Juliana Sankaran-Felix, among others, along with CalArts student instructors, and visiting artist Rose Portillo.
This program is available only to high school students attending the LAUSD Options High Schools participating in this program.
If you would like further information about this program please contact CAP’s ArtsCOOL Coordinator at (323) 304-1599.

FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL PLAYWRITING PROGRAM
 

This two-semester long CAP program is a collaboration among CAP, Franklin High School, and the CalArts School of Theater. Twenty to thirty students in Mr. David Levine’s theater classes participate once-a-week with CalArts instructors. The students learn theater games, exercises, and work one-on-one with the CalArts graduate students to create original five-minute plays. The plays are all presented at CalArts’ New Works Festival in the Spring, acted by the MFA acting students with the high school playwrights on stage.
 
 

Classroom Teacher:
David Levine

CAP Instructors:
CalArts School of Theater alumna Vicky Grise, and CalArts School of Theater graduate students

Time and dates: Wednesdays

Location:
Franklin High School

820 North Avenue 54

Los Angeles, CA 90042

Tel: (323) 550-2000


GERTZ-RESSLER HIGH SCHOOL – VOCAL PROGRAM

THE ALLIANCE FOR COLLEGE-READY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
 

The vocal program takes place for 10 weeks during the Fall semester and 10 weeks during the Spring semester. This program focuses on classical vocal repertoire as well as contemporary, jazz, and world music traditions. Through a curriculum encompassing many musical idioms, students will expand their technical and expressive boundaries with the study of improvisation, extended vocal techniques, and vocal techniques from around the world. The program culminates with a public performance at the high school in the spring.
Class Dates:
 February 4-April 14, 2008
Class Times:
Mondays, 3:45-5:00pm

Instructor:
CalArts School of Music student Wendy Vazquez
 

Location:
Gertz-Ressler High School

2023 South Union Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90007

Tel: (213) 745-8141

Fax: (213) 745-8142

Principal: Howard Lappin

Classroom Teacher: Christine Snyder


WILLIAM HART HIGH SCHOOL WRITING PROGRAM

This two-semester, twenty week-long writing program is a collaboration among the CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP), Wiliam S. Hart High School, the CalArts School of Critical Studies and the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations. The program is lead by CalArts School of Critical Studies faculty member Mady Schutzman and three teams of CalArts School of Critical Studies graduate students. The program involves a group of approximately fifty E.S.L. students from William S. Hart High School  in an intensive creative writing workshop that will culminate with readings at CalArts and at William S. Hart High School on May 7, 2008, with the publication of a collection of the students’ writing.

Class Dates:
 January 16-March 19, 2008
Class Times:
Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30am

Wednesdays, 1:00-2:00pm

Thursdays, 11:20am-12:20pm
CAP Instructors:
School of Critical Studies faculty member Mady Schutzman and CalArts MFA student instructors Dan Baker, Kate Guthrie (Group 1), Stephanie Martin, Sara Finnerty, Kia Parks (Group 2) and Sarah Burghauser  and Jen Hawe (Group 3).
Location:
William S. Hart High School

24825 Newhall Avenue

Newhall, CA 91321

Tel: (661) 259-7575

Assistant Principal: Maria Lacy

Teachers: Diane Babko and Katrina Dolinsky

INNER-CITY ARTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANIMATION PROGRAM
 

Each semester, CAP brings animation education to an elementary school working with Inner-City Arts in downtown Los Angeles. Approximately 32 fifth graders from LAUSD elementary schools such as Frank del Olmo Elementary School, Sierra Park Elementary School and Norwood Elementary School, work twice-a-week with CalArts faculty and student instructors to learn animation techniques and produce an animated short film. This semester the instructors are working with students from El Sereno Elementary School. The students explore animation through making flipbooks and zoetropes, inventing characters and writing stories, recording voices and sounds, and creating cut-out puppet animation. The completed films are screened in festivals at Inner-City Arts, REDCAT, and other venues. All students receive DVDs of their work.
Class dates: February 4-May 5, 2008
Time:
Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:00-noon

Instructors:
CalArts School of Film/Video faculty Leo Hobaica, CalArts alumnus Ruben Esqueda, and CalArts student instructors

Location:
Inner-City Arts

720 Kohler Street

Los Angeles, CA 90021

Tel: 213.627.9621


MY FRIEND’S PLACE CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM
 

The CAP Creative Writing Program works with students individually and in groups to create works which express a variety of concerns ranging from individual, social, and political identity to the emotional dynamics of family and interpersonal relationships. Because students at My Friend’s Place are often at particular risk to homelessness and marginalization, their work addresses commonly accepted notions of background, present status, and of the future with uncommon urgency. Working with faculty and graduate instructors from the CalArts MFA Writing Program, students produce poetry, stories, essays, artwork, photography, and video in an expanded notion of the expressive limits of “writing.” The year-long, two semester workshops culminate in both the publication of an anthology of student work and a public reading at My Friend’s Place.
 

Class Dates: January 15-May 20 2008
Class Times: Wednesdays and Fridays, 12:30-3:30pm
Instructors:
CalArts School of Critical Studies faculty Jon Wagner and CalArts MFA Writing Program students instructors
Andrea Spofford, Dante Zuniga-West, Zane Thimmesch-Gill, and Brittany Goode.
Location:
My Friend’s Place

5850 Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood, CA 90028

Tel: (323)908-0011


BELL HIGH SCHOOL/VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS VIDEO PROGRAM
 

This is a 20-week program for teenagers (ages 15 to 18) which takes place after-school, once-a-week at Bell High School during the school year. The course includes learning basic video techniques, lighting, sound, interview techniques, story development and story boarding, and digital editing on state-of-the-art digital equipment. The workshops culminate in screenings of the students’ videos at Bell High School, Visual Communications, CalArts, at REDCAT Theater, on the World Wide Web and other venues. All students receive DVDs of their work.
 

Class Dates: 
January 23-April 30, 2008

ClassTimes:
Wednesdays, 2:00-4:00pm

Bell High School teacher:
Joan Dooley

CAP Instructors:
CalArts School of Film/Video faculty Nancy Buchanan and CalArts student instructors
 

Location:
Bell High School

4328 Bell Avenue
Bell, CA 90201

Tel: (323) 560-1800


SHARE THE WORLD PROGRAM

The CAP Share the World Program, a partnership with the City of Santa Clarita and the six local Santa Clarita School Districts, brings CalArts world music and dance ensembles to provide performances and workshops for students in elementary, middle and high schools throughout the Santa Clarita Valley. The ensembles available range from jazz, Latin jazz, Balinese Gamelan to North and South Indian music, and African music and dance among many other offerings. The program begins in October and continues through May.
If you are associated with a public elementary, middle or high school in the Santa Clarita Valley, and would like to schedule a concert/workshop or receive further information about this program please call the CAP Public Programs Coordinator at (661) 291-3037.
 
 


WATTS TOWERS ARTS CENTER JAZZ AND WORLD MUSIC PROGRAM
 

The CAP Jazz and World Music Program with the Watts Towers Arts Center brings free performances by CalArts music and dance ensembles to high schools in the Watts, South Central Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley and East Los Angeles areas. The ensembles available range from jazz, Latin jazz, Balinese Gamelan, to North and South Indian music, and African music and dance, among many other offerings. Over two thousand young musicians take part in this program which includes master classes in specific instruments. The program begins in October and continues through May.

If you are associated with a high school in Los Angeles County, and would like to schedule a concert/workshop or receive further information about this program please call the CAP Public Programs Coordinator at (661) 291-3037.


CAP SUMMER ARTS PROGRAM


Apply now!

Application deadline: June 2, 2008

Program dates: July 7-24, 2008

Location: Plaza de la Raza, 3540 Mission Road, Los Angeles, CA 90031

Contact: Carribean Fragoza, CAPSA Coordinator (cfragoza@calarts.edu [1])

The CAP Summer Arts Program (CAPSA) is a free, three week-long intensive summer arts program for experienced young artists entering grades 10, 11, 12 or graduating high school in 2008, interested in further exploring their art form, building their artistic skills and deepening their cultural understanding and personal expression in one of five arts disciplines: Creative Writing, Dance, Film/Video, Music, and Visual Arts. This program is led by outstanding artists on faculty at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and CalArts student instructors  who will guide you through exciting and creative experimentation in the arts.

Click here to learn more about this program. [2]

Click here to download the application. [3]

Click here to submit your application online. [4] If you choose to apply online you will still need to print the application (see above to download and print the application form) and complete the release section. Please mail the completed release form to Caribbean Fragoza, CAP Office, 2470 McBean Parkway, Valencia, CA 91355. If you have any questions please contact Caribben Fragoza at 661.253.7715.