CAP Instructors choreograph with their hip hop dance class at Dorsey High School
CAP Instructors choreograph with their hip hop dance class at Dorsey High School
CAP Alumni Instructor teaches visual art to 2nd and 3rd graders at Newhall Elementary School in the Art Pilots Pedagogy Class
CAP Alumni Instructor teaches visual art to 2nd and 3rd graders at Newhall Elementary School in the Art Pilots Pedagogy Class
CAP Instructor teaches puppet animation in the Sony Pictures Media Art program (SPMAP) at the Wilmington Branch Library.
CAP Instructor teaches puppet animation in the Sony Pictures Media Art program (SPMAP) at the Wilmington Branch Library.
CAP offers a variety of paid opportunities for both current CalArts students and recent graduates who are interested in gaining experience in arts education and community engagement.

School-Based Programs

CAP offers a variety of in-school arts programming at public schools across LA County.

CAP Elementary Programs
CAP partners with Saugus Union School District elementary schools West Creek Academy, Rosedell Elementary School, and Bridgeport Elementary School to provide six to eight weeks of in-school Visual, Digital, and Performing Arts classes for the 2019-2020 academic year. Classes will be led by one alumni Lead instructor, and selected classes will be assisted by a CalArts student instructor. 

Applications for lead instructors for our CAP Elementary Programs are now open. Apply here.

Applications for CalArts student instructors for our CAP Elementary Programs are also open. Apply here.

For more information about teaching with CAP in schools during the 2019-2020 school year please email Program Manager James Waterman at jwaterman@calarts.edu. 

Summer Arts at Dorsey High School 

In partnership with Dorsey High School, CalArts Community Arts Partnership Summer Arts (CAPSA) offers free creative labs for high school students in Los Angeles County. CAPSA: Creative Labs is a free 4- week summer interdisciplinary arts program designed for high school students to explore, interact, and play with all the disciplines taught at CalArts. CAPSA: Creative Labs classes are led by two Lead Instructors and two Calarts Assistant Instructors. The program is hosted at Susan Miller Dorsey High School Mondays through Fridays from 9:30 AM-2:30 PM. Dates: July 1-26 (with 4th and 5th of July off), & July 27th (culmination day).

This year we have teaching opportunities in the following artistic disciplines:

  • Film/ Video
  • Animation
  • Music (music production ) 
  • Visual Art ( photography & printmaking) 

Applications for Lead Instructors are now open Lead Instructor - CAPSA

Applications for CalArts Assistant Instructors are now open Assistant Instructor CAPSA

For questions, please contact Program Manager, Alma Catalán at acatalanmontiel@calarts.edu

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CalArts x SCPL Summer Workshops

 

This 8-week summer program is presented by a partnership between the CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP) and the Santa Clarita Public Library (SCPL). CAP is a program of California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), and offers free after-school and school-based arts programs for youth in every discipline taught at the Institute. To learn more, please visit www.calarts.edu/cap.

Applications for Summer 2024 are now closed.

If you have any questions about this partnership or these positions please contact Tara Burns, Community Programs Manager at tburns@calarts.edu.

 

CalArts x LAPL Central Branch Summer Workshops

This 5-week summer program is presented by a partnership between the CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP) and the Central Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL). CAP is a program of California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), and offers free after-school and school-based arts programs for youth in every discipline taught at the Institute. To learn more, please visit www.calarts.edu/cap.

Applications for Summer 2024 are now closed.

If you have any questions about this partnership or these positions please contact Tara Burns, Community Programs Manager at tburns@calarts.edu.