UCLA Visual and Performing Arts Education Program

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𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆
VAPAE Arts Ed 107 Class Exhibition

𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆
UCLA Royce Hall - The Artist Entrance
𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟯 𝗮𝘁 𝟴 𝗽𝗺

Organized by UCLA Visual and Performing Arts Education (VAPAE) students, lecturer Christina Korn and teaching associate Farshid Bazmandegan, 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 features 10 artworks inspired by the Hammer Museum’s 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 collection.

The exhibition includes works by student artists and educators including 𝗗𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗼𝘆, 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗵𝗶, 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗯𝗶𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗻, 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗷𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝘆𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗼, 𝗔𝘃𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻, 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗼, 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗛𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗻𝗴, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗮, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗷𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗫𝘂. Presenting performance art, self-portrait, sculptures, installation art, media art, visual collage, and illustrations, this exhibition focuses on the multiple dimensions and experiences of memory in exploring the personal and domestic realms. Artists and educators, searching the essence beyond the familiar, offer artworks that extend the conversations surrounding memory and provide educational potential to the students. 

Introduction text by Clair Hsiung
Poster designed by Ander Xu

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👏A round of applause for the guest speakers who graced us with their wisdom and insights during AE 20’s Arts in the Community panel this past Wednesday. 🌟

Keep reading to get to know our esteemed panelists - they are truly dedicated to fostering the arts in the vibrant community of LA! 🎭🎨🎶

𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 is the Director of Programming at 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙨, Vice President of Inglewood Wrapping Arms around the Community, and a Teaching Artist for The Actors Gang Prison Project and Creative Acts.

𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹 is Associate Director of Education at 𝙄𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧-𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙨 and has worked in the field of arts and education as a professional actress, teaching artist, classroom teacher, administrator and program leader.

𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗸 is founder and Executive Director of 𝙇𝘼 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨, an organization dedicated to promoting Los Angeles’ diverse neighborhoods through locally based, interactive, artistic and cultural programming.

𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗷𝗼 is 𝙇𝙖𝙨 𝙁𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙨 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩’s Community Engagement Manager, uplifting and centering student voices in the creation of workshops, events, and opportunities for teenage girls and gender expansive youth as they explore photography and the arts.

𝗙𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝘂𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘀 holds the position of Senior Manager, 𝙔𝙊𝙇𝘼 (𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙊𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖 𝙇𝙤𝙨 𝘼𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨) with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and is a board member with Arts for LA.

We’d also like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Executive Director Sabra Williams and Social Enterprise Director Helen Alonzo Hurtado for supporting their colleagues on the panel. 🙌❤️

     

Thank you to our Arts Ed 20 guest panelists who spoke on the topic of Art and Community in K-12 Schools.

Olivia Armas, Itinerant K-5 Art Teacher - Arts Ed Branch, LAUSD

Anvar Camacho, Education Specialist, UCLA Community School

Mahyan Lynch, senior theatre student, Los Angeles County HS for the Arts (LACHSA)

Elizabeth Dennehy, actress, educator, former LACHSA theatre teacher

Jantré Christian, Principal, Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts



     

We had an exciting day today at the Urban Artists class at the UCLA Community School!

Guided by VAPAE Teaching Artist Blaze, students started outlining and painting their school mural focused around climate change. 🌎💚

We’re so excited to see the project come to life in the upcoming weeks!

Thank you to guest speaker Silvia Tinajero for presenting to our students in Arts Ed 107: Visual Arts Methods for the Teaching Artist, and leading a lesson on symbolic self portraiture!

Born and raised in Los Angeles to Mexican parents, Silvia Tinajero is a proud product of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), where she attended South Gate City Schools from K-12.  Being part of the LAUSD Family and an employee for 34 years has guided her and led her to thrive in a variety of ways.  Along the way, Silvia had mentors who believed in her and knew that her passion had always been to help all students achieve, especially in the arts. At 18, she became a Teacher's Assistant, transitioned into being a Visual Arts Teacher, left the classroom to become an Intervention Coordinator/Instructional Coach and later served for 4 years as the only Local District Arts Specialist at Local District East.

Today Ms. Silvia Tinajero is the proud Assistant Principal at Grand Arts - Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts. She is dedicated and committed to preparing all her students with an equitable, first-class arts education; one that is well-rounded, provides real-world experiences, and opportunities that will guide all of her students to be college and career ready.

Repost from VAPAE Director Dr. Kevin Kane
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Presenting our at the conference
… Thanks & the brilliant .kunisaki for your support & partnership!!

Oh and in was gorgeous 🌸🌺🌹🌻🌼

Tonight Dr Davida Persaud and Dr Kevin Kane welcomed back Arts Ed 20 & VAPAE alum to speak with this year’s Intro to Community Engagement through the Arts class.
Thanks Blaze, Nyah, Brian, Bailey & Jackie for sharing all the amazing community arts work you’ve been doing since taking the class. Inspiring!

Building community with the Urban Artists class at the UCLA Community School 🌳

Students were asked to draw and share something they care about. After sharing, we collaged all the pieces together to create a paper quilt! 💚

We’re looking forward to creating more collective artwork with our new mural project this semester.

to this year's unforgettable Classroom in Residence program at the ! 📚🎓 Reminiscing on the fun times we had & success we achieved 🎨

Thanks to Jessica Wolf for this writeup 😊 - check out the link our bio to read all about it!

VAPAE’s spring quarter is off to a great start.🌿 We are very happy to introduce two new lecturers and three new teaching assistants!

🧑‍🎨Arts Education M102 – Intro to Arts Education for Multiple Publics: Theory and Practice 🖌️

Please join us in welcoming Joannza Lo, our new VAPAE lecturer for this course working alongside TA Aquilah Ohemeng.

🎨Arts Education 107 – Visual Arts Methods for the Teaching Artist 🖼

Lecturer Christina Korn + TA Farshid Bazmandegan will guide students in building strong strategies, techniques, and methods to design and teach original visual arts lessons.

🌍Arts Education 20 – Intro to Community Engagement through the Arts🤝

Introducing new VAPAE lecturer Davida Persaud & TAs Kyle James Abraham, João Paulo Paiva, & Olivia Salas!

🏫Arts Education M192XP – Arts Education Teaching Practicum & Capstone Project 🖍

Next week, our Spring 2023 cohort of M192XP students will begin teaching their very first lessons at local K-12 schools, under the guidance of lecturer Marissa Magdalena Sykes + TA MiRi Park.

             

Reflecting on some magical moments from winter quarter 💭🏠🪄

Repost from VAPAE Teaching Artist Blaze Bautista
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What is Community?

What does it mean to you? How does community or the lack thereof impact those affected by the prison system? And how can art heal them?

On Wednesday night, students from , writers from , and artists from joined together to share art, photography, and poetry answering these questions. It was incredible to witness such vulnerability and authenticity from all participants and see community building from sharing art.

I was privileged to work with five UCLA students to design and create a digital collage that intersected all the learned themes from their class, Arts in Correctional Facilities. Words like transformation, rehabilitation, and creativity sparked visuals and illustrations that we brought together within each letter of Community.

So grateful to and for the opportunity!

Crafting Connections at the UCLA Community School is back again with explorations of self and community!🩷 This week, students brought in found objects ranging from shirt buttons to newspaper clippings to any found ephemera in their community. With wire and creativity, they created unique sculptures that beg the question: How can objects transform us? How can we transform objects?

So thrilled for this new semester of community building. 🎨