The Twilight After School Program has a new addition to our weekly Programming at the Willow Creek/Bayside campus…a bike class! Every Wednesday you will find students from Willow Creek and Bayside having fun in the yard making, cleaning, and riding bikes. Students in grades 3-8 have the opportunity to participate in these amazing activities facilitated by Jonathan, a dedicated staff member from Trips for Kids – a non-profit organization that introduces young people across the globe to the world of cycling.
`Til Dawn has received a prestigious Contemporary A cappella Recording Award nomination for “Best High School Album” for their most recent CD Crescendo. In addition, Haley Keegan was nominated for “Best High School Solo” for “Til it Happens.”
Congratulations to all the `Til Dawn members–we wish them luck in the judging process! Awards will be announced on the Contemporary A cappella Society website on April 1.
And if you haven’t ordered your copy of Crescendo yet, click here now!
Established in 1992 by the Contemporary A cappella Society, the CARAs are the only truly global a cappella recording awards, with hundreds of albums considered each year. Nominating committee members and judges are selected from around the world, based on their a cappella expertise and no more than five nominations are awarded in any category.
The young artists in the Twilight After School art program, taught by Ascha Drake, have been thinking like printmakers. Through brainstorming, sketching, experimenting, layering, inking, and printing, students learned that printmaking is a physical process, and it takes many steps to complete a print. The beginning of the project began with thinking about the self. How does the world see who I am? What do I want to reveal to others through my art?
`Til Dawn Director Austin Willacy will receive a 2010 Avanti Award from the Joseph and Frances Brucia Foundation. Granted in the field of performing and visual arts, the Avanti Awards enable outstanding artists to pursue their dreams. Austin’s award will provide much-needed scholarship funds for `Til Dawn students.
The 2010 Avanti Awards will be presented on Friday, January 15 at a dinner celebration at the Mill Valley Community Center with `Til Dawn performing. Tickets are required.
Youth in Arts is the Marin County Affiliate of VSA arts California (Vision, Strength and Accessibility). YIA Mentor Artists work with students of all abilities in Pre-K to Post-Secondary Special Day Classrooms in and around Marin County.
This year, YIA Mentor Artist Hannah Dworkin has been working with students that have speech and language delays in an Early Intervention Program. Hannah designs curricula utilizing Music and Movement to enhance development in a variety of areas including Verbal Skills, Language Accuisition, Gross and Fine Motor Skills, Interpersonal Skills and Phonemic Awareness.
Students in Hannah’s class experience 45 minutes of singing, dancing and fun while building these important skills.
Shopping for gifts? How about our brand new book Faces of the Renaissance: 2009 Youth in Arts Italian Street Painting Festival at blurb.com? We’ve assembled a book showcasing the entire 2009 Festival (we think we’ve got at least a glimpse of every single square!) The book is indexed by sponsor and artist, and all purchases benefit Youth in Arts’ programs for Marin students.
Blurb.com is a print on demand service that will deliver your hard cover book straight to you (or a gift recipient). Preview the book online and buy your copy today–a great gift, but hurry! Holiday shipping deadlines are coming up very soon!
`Til Dawn, Youth in Arts’ award-winning high school a cappella troupe, is about to release Crescendo, their latest CD. We’re celebrating with a House Party in Mill Valley on December 5th–come listen to live performances of material from the new CD and help raise funds for the `Til Dawn scholarship fund. Contact Youth in Arts to request an invite with all the details for Saturday night!
Student work from Youth in Arts’ VSA arts program and Twilight After School will be on display at the art exhibit “Exposure III” at the MYC (Marin Youth Center) at 1115 Third St in San Rafael, on December 4th at 6PM.
YIA Mentor Artist Marty Meade has been working with Jennifer Hammond’s Special Day Class in Mill Valley through our VSA arts program, creating colorful and original fused glass art. Marty is a master of glass art, teaching the art form at the College of Marin and in schools throughout the area. Marty enjoys bringing students a variety of materials, encouraging them to go beyond ‘the limits’.
Join Sausalito Marin City students, families and staff, along with Youth in Arts Mentor Artists and other teaching artists, at an Art Walk event on Tuesday, December 1 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Bayside Elementary Multipurpose Room at 630 Nevada.
There will be over 400 student works on display, created by K-8 students of YIA Mentor Artists Brooke Toczylowski and Evan Bissell. Performances by in-school music students will be featured, along with a theater performance and capoeira (Brazilian dance-martial arts) demonstration by Youth in Arts’ Twilight After School program students.
Selected students will be honored for their work, achievement and contributions to school community life with new awards inspired by three well-known artists:
Recipients of the Frida Kahlo Award will be selected for their willingness to take risks and confidence in their approach to making art. The Dawoud Bey Award will honor students who are good listeners, who care about other people’s perspectives and who are positive community builders. And the Ruth Asawa Award will be given to students who are hard workers, determined and diligent about learning and making art.
The event is free to the community and light refreshments and dessert will be provided.
making, cleaning, and riding bikes. Students in grades 3-8 have the opportunity to participate in these amazing activities facilitated by Jonathan, a dedicated staff member from Trips for Kids – a non-profit organization that introduces young people across the globe to the world of cycling.
You can order `Til Dawn’s new CD Crescendo via Paypal with any credit card, even if you don’t have a Paypal account!
`Til Dawn, Youth in Arts’ award-winning high school a cappella troupe, is about to release Crescendo, their latest CD. We’re celebrating with a House Party in Mill Valley on December 5th–come listen to live performances of material from the new CD and help raise funds for the `Til Dawn scholarship fund. 
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