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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011McNear Students Travel the World with Youth in Arts
Sunday, May 15th, 2011On May 12, McNear Elementary students in Petaluma “traveled the world” through our Youth in Arts “Passport” program. Three groups of students, from grades K-5, began their trip with performances by Julia Chigamba and Chinyakare, who introduced them to the traditional music and dance of Zimbabwe.
Julia Chigamba
Students then trekked out to the Passport area, where stations included African mask making with Mentor Artist Angela Baker, Italian Street Painting with Mentor Artist Genna Panzarella and indigenous Mexican Music and Dance with Mentor Artists Miguel Martinez and Ernesto Olmos.
Mexican Jaguar Dance
Youth in Arts staff also provided stations featuring Origami paper folding, Henna design and creation of a personal “flag” for each student.
At each area, students found a map showing where the art form originated and questions to answer and record on “Passports” they received at the beginning of their journey. McNear teachers and staff decided to pair older children with lower grade “buddies” in each group, so that third through fifth-graders could assist K-2 students with the activities.
Buddies working together
It was a sunny, lively and art-filled day! Thanks to McNear for joining Youth in Arts on this around-the-world expedition!
Travel the World with Youth in Arts
Second Graders Explore Expressive Line with Vincent Van Gogh
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010Starry Starry Night over Mt. Tamalpais, by Julia James
Second Graders at Mary Silveira School learned about the artist Vincent van Gogh and created their own version of his famous painting connecting it to the region in which they live.
Week One, Landscape Drawing
After drawing their landscape, students first painted the stars and moon
Using expressive lines, students experimented with short, long, thin and moving lines, which were then painted using tempera paint and a variety of brush sizes. Students also learned about shading when they added black to their other colors.
Expressive Lines include short, long, straight, wavy, dotted and swirling
Questions explored by the students included:
How do I draw the landscape I see, and what happens when the sky meets the land?
How can I use different lines to show emotion and movement in my art?
How many different types of line can we find or invent?
Adding sand and PVA glue to tempera paint adds texture
Painting the large areas first
Our second meeting was all about color when students painted their personal version of Starry Night.
The student added their own home on Mt. Tam to personalize their Starry Night
Details of swirls and wavy lines add energy to the painting
We explored the questions:
How can we use blue, purple, turquoise, and brown to create a night scene?
How can we use paint and a paintbrush to create movement?
How does adding a little black change the shade of the colors?
Giving students ample opportunity to stretch and explore lines, paint and color provided a fun and vibrant learning experience for all.
Mentor Artist Welcome Dinner: Building an Artist Community
Friday, October 29th, 2010
Community Tree: What does it mean to be an artist? How can we use art to build community?
We were pleased to see so many familiar faces at our annual Youth in Arts Artist Welcome Dinner, held on October 21. We were able to catch up with friends old and new. We asked ourselves questions like ” Who Am I?”, “How do people see me?”, and “Why is community important?” And “How can we use art to build community?”
Mentor Artists specializing in Theater, Music, Dance, New Media, and Visual Arts worked together to create the Community Tree, illustrating how art and teaching artists can work to build a strong, vibrant, creative community.
We want to offer a special thank-you to Dharma Trading Company for their generous donation of silk paints and fabric: making our beautiful tree possible.
"How can we come together to face our greatest challenges, our biggest questions? Feel, Create, Wonder, Be... Listen, Give, Connect...
The Artist dinner offered Mentor Artists a valuable opportunity to collaborate and share.
Mentor Artists Marty Meade, Louis Chinn, and Sophia Cooper contributing their thoughts to the Community Tree
Greetings from the Sausalito Marin City Arts Demonstration Grant
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010We are in our second year of the Arts Demonstration Grant in Sausalito Marin City, and exciting projects and collaborations are evolving.
Last year a foundation in the visual arts was established, and this year students are being exposed to different ways to express themselves musically.
Mr. Allen Biggs has been working with the K-8 students in the SMCSD; teaching them about drumming, rhythm, reading notes, connections to Contemporary artists, and making musical compositions together.
Autism Awareness Through the Arts
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010Youth in Arts Mentor Artist Laurie Marshall invites you to participate in a virtual mural project to increase awareness of Autism!
The Oak Singing Tree for Autism
The 1st Virtual Mural
Sept 1, 2010 – Oct. 15, 2010
“What do I pay attention to in the World?” and “What do I want to change?”
Send your image: http://autismtree.zumyn.org
The Oak Singing Tree for Autism will be the 14th in a series of murals made by over 8000 people from 15 countries – the first virtual experiment. Each participant will send in an image of his or her own photo, painting, sculpture, collage, drawing in response to the two questions above. With the help of Internet technology, the various works of art will be uploaded into a photo-mosaic an oak tree on the earth in space. The tree creation will be closely followed on Facebook, Twitter and other media.
YIA Mentor Artist Laurie Marshall's Singing Tree
The Oak Singing Tree for Autism will be displayed in US Congress in June, 2011 and will be exhibited in high-traffic public places as well as online to bring awareness to autism.
Laurie and other highly skilled YIA Mentor Artists are available to teach arts to students of all abilities through the Youth in Arts, VSA arts program.
Hopes and Dreams Project
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Brooke Toczylowski, YIA Arts Specialist for Bayside School and Willow Creek Academy in Sausalito, has installed the beginnings of HOPES and DREAMS, a community art project which will temporarily house the hopes and dreams of everyone on campus. There are ribbons around the school’s columns, with small tags attached by more ribbons. These tags have words and images that represent that person’s wishes.
All students will create their Hopes and Dreams tags during their art class with Ms. Brooke this week. Tonight, at Back to School Night, parents, faculty and administrators will have the opportunity to participate. The project will be hanging for 2 ½ weeks.
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Peace One Day
Friday, September 10th, 2010Arts Specialist Brooke Toczylowski celebrated Peace One Day, an international holiday with her students at Bayside Elementary and Willow Creek Academy. Brooke’s third graders were learning about ephemeral artworks so it was a nice link. AIS Director Suzanne Joyal led a street painting workshop and then the students worked on the rough surface between the two school campuses to create a visual celebration of Peace.
Peace One Day
Suzanne demonstrates shading and blending
Celebrating VSA arts!
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010Students in Steven Maldonado’s Special Day Class at the College of Marin, held a gallery 
showing of the artwork they created in our VSA arts class under the mentorship of Roni Hoffman-Duncan.
Students create Mythical Creatures with recycled materials.
Each child created mono-prints, a personal treasure box and a 3-D recycled art animal. Students were so excited to share their work with their piers, teachers and parents!
YIA Mentor Artist Roni Hoffman-Duncan explores a variety of techniques with students, using recycled materials and paper maché. Each student creates a unique creature from their imagination.
In the creation of the treasure boxes, students brought items that were significant to them and created collages with pictures, found objects and magazine images. Each box is unique and represents the items, people and ideas that each student cherishes.
Youth in Arts Proudly subsidizes the VSA arts classes, making high quality arts programming accessible to people of all abilities.
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