Eighth Annual Valley Wide Student Art Show

       

Eva Martinez, Grade 2                 Peter Lee, Grade 11           CHAMPS Dancers                          c Janet Fishman
Melvin Elementary                       Van Nuys High School                                      

Forty four public schools from throughout the San Fernando Valley will be featured in the Eighth Annual Valley Wide Student Art Show on March 30 and April 18.  

The elementary school exhibit and reception was on March 30 from 12:30 p.m. until 4 p.m. at the Canoga Park Youth Arts Center, 7222 Remmet Ave, Canoga Park, CA  91303.  The performing arts showcase was at the Madrid Theatre, 21622 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA  91303, from noon until 4 on March 30.  Opening ceremony was at noon at the Madrid Theatre. 

The teen exhibit and reception will be on April 18 from 6 until 8 p.m. at the Canoga Park Youth Arts Center.  Awards will be announced at 7 p.m.  Entertainment will be by Danger Invites Rescue and Origin of Species.  Free admission and street parking.

The following schools were featured in the elementary school show:

New Academy, Woodlake Elementary, Sunny Brae Elementary, Valley Alternative Magnet, Justice Street School, Canoga Park Elementary, Castlebay Lane School, Newcastle Elementary, Erwin Street Elementary, Kester Elementary/Magnet, Welby Way Elementary, Multicultural Learning Center, Vanalden Elementary, Melvin Elementary, Maurice Sendak School, Encino Elementary, Our Community School, Sherman Oaks Elementary, Tulsa Elementary, Canterbury Elementary, Nestle Ave. Elementary, Ranchito Elementary, Noble Elementary, Serrania Elementary, Burton Elementary.

The following middle and high schools will be featured in the teen show:

Cleveland High School, Multicultural Learning Center, El Camino Real High School, Grant High School, Sherman Oaks CES, San Fernando High School, Sylmar High School, Taft High School, Valley Alternative Magnet, Van Nuys High School, Olive Vista Middle School, Birmingham High School, Hale Middle School, Sutter Middle School, Fulton College Prep, Chatsworth High School,  LEAP Academy

The following performing arts groups performed for the showcase at the Madrid:

CHAMPS Dancers, Pacoima Singers Musical Theatre Group, LEAP Academy, AEAC's combined schools orchestra, San Fernando Valley Youth Chorus and the Girl Scouts, Cortlandt Jones, Michael Losurdo, Portola Middle School Jazz Band, the Villa Kids, and Reed Middle School Barbershop Quartet.

The following are our sponsors for this year's show:

Councilman Dennis Zine $1,000, Friends of the Madrid $1,000, Councilman Tony Cardenas $500, Councilwoman Wendy Greuel, CSUN $500, Tarzana Neighborhood Council $500, Canoga Park Neighborhood Council $500, New Academy $250, Vanalden PTA $250, El Camino Real PTSA $250, Maurice Sendak PTO $250, Melvin Elementary PTA $250, California Pizza Kitchen, Peet's Coffee, Mimi's Cafe, Follow Your Heart, Henri's Exquisite Catering, Mrs. Beasley's, Western Bagel, Jamba Juice, Maggiano's, Olive Garden, Coffee Bean, Weiler's Delicatessen, Valley Art Institute, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Art Center College of Design, CSUN, LA Philharmonic, BJ's, Golden Performing Arts, A Little Off the Top, Daily Grill, Pomodoro, Cheesecake Factory, JZ Limousine, Ford Amphitheatre, Latin American Museum of Art, See's Candies, Continental Art Supplies, Two Dogs Custom Framing and Art Gallery, Fleming's Steakhouse, Arbonne International, Mikiala Kim, Viscom at CSUN, and Ventura Printing.

ARTS IN EDUCATION AID COUNCIL HAS MOVED!!!!!

Thanks to generous grants from the Weingart Foundation and the Ahmanson Foundation, we have been able to open a new office and hire additional staff.  Come visit us at 22148 Sherman Way #207, Canoga Park, CA  91303.  Our new phone number is 818-610-2050.  Fax number is 818-610-2002.

About Arts in Education Aid Council, Inc.,
Arts in Education Aid Council, Inc., is a grass roots, parent driven nonprofit organization that is supporting and restoring the arts to public schools within the San Fernando Valley.  We provide three elementary schools with sequential arts education programming all year at no cost to the schools or school families.  All three schools receive a visual art docent, recorders, violin orchestra, monthly dramatic and music assemblies, cultural field trips for all grade levels, school site exhibits and performances, after school art programs, murals, supplies and weekend family events.  We will also lend support to an additional 50 elementary, middle and high schools, such as workshops, field trips, supplies, and participation in our annual valley wide student art show.  Since 2000, we have provided the following services to San Fernando Valley public schools:

Elementary Schools

• Comprehensive Arts Education Programming in three Title I schools
• All day professional development workshop for 12 schools at the Canoga Park Youth Arts Center, facilitated by ACCESS Community Arts and Education
• Field trips to the Canoga Park Youth Arts Center, Madrid Theater, CSUN Performing Arts to see the LA Opera, the Getty, Disney Concert Hall, Thousand Oaks Civic Center Auditorium, International House of Blues, the Norton Simon Museum, LACMA, Theatre West (5 schools)
• Coordinating weekend family trips to LACMA and the Getty (14 schools)
• Participation in Annual Valley Wide Student Art Show (50 schools)
• Arts Education Presentation for elementary schools at beginning of school year (8 schools)
• Extra Visual art docent program in 1 school
• Five months of after school dramatic assemblies for extra school
• Supply donations for 6 schools
• Sponsor Family Art Day on school campus – 6 schools
• Sponsor workshop for parents who want to start and run their own volunteer art docent programs - 8 schools

Middle Schools

• Participation in Annual Valley Wide Student Art Show – 10 schools
• Band performances at Annual Valley Wide Student Art Show – 9 schools
• Outreach field trip to California State University Northridge for a day with the Jose Limon Dance Company – 1 school
• Supply donations – 11 schools
• Professional artist demonstration – 1 school

High Schools

• Participation in Annual Valley Wide Student Art Show – 16 schools
• Sponsor "Meeting of the Bands" at Pierce College for 3 high schools
• Artist in Residence – 4 schools
• AP Portfolio Critique Day – 3 schools, 4 years in a row
• Supply donations – 18 schools
• Career Day at Art Center - 75 students from Cleveland High School heard from a panel of 6 professional artists and got a tour of the Art Center

Family Art Events – We take families on weekend sketch hikes to Malibu Creek State Park, Charmlee Wildnerness Park, Topanga State Park, Soka University in Calabasas, and Pierce Farms.  We also arrange for weekend bus trips to the Getty and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  Once a year we sponsor “Family Art Day” where families create art together on campus.  Our, website and resource directory reach 3,500 readers with timely arts education news.

Teacher Support - Shopping day for middle and high school art teachers to collect quality art supplies for their classrooms, 30 schools, participation in the Art Teachers' Art Show (27 teachers)

Annual Valley Wide Student Art Show - We serve the entire Valley by sponsoring a Valley Wide Student Art Show at the Canoga Park Youth Arts Center, Pierce College and Madrid Theatre.  Over 600 young artists and musicians are featured each year. We invite all 200 valley public schools to participate. We do this every March to commemorate Youth Art Month and Music Education Month, highlighting the artistic achievements of our public school students while drawing public attention to the need and validity of arts programs in schools. This event has traditionally been sponsored by local businesses and city council members.

Outreach – Once a year, we hold some sort of public information meeting open to the general public that educates participants on the status of the arts and education in general (panelists, workshops and documentary screenings.)  On September 27 we hosted a Town Hall Meeting at the Madrid Theatre to talk about Arts Education.  Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa delivered the introductory remarks and panelists answered questions from the audience.  This year we started an Arts Parent Leadership Council to get more parents to advocate for the arts in public education.  In October we screened the newly released documentary, "Class Act" at Laemmle Theatres to give the public the latest information on the arts education crisis in America.      

Donate New or Used Instruments to Valley school music programs!

We are adding a band program to our three adopted elementary schools in the fall and are in need of instruments.  We are also working with Valley middle and high schools to try to get them instruments for their band programs, too.  The instruments that most of the students are playing on are beyond repair and need to be replaced.   We need everyone's help in replacing these old instruments.  If you have an old saxaphone, flute, clarinet, trombone, trumpet, etc., that you know you will never use again, why not donate it to Arts in Education Aid Council, Inc?  We'll put it to good use and you will get a tax deduction for your donation.  Help revive music education in the Valley public school system!  Call us at 610-2050 or e-mail spike@aieac.org  

Interview with Spike Dolomite Ward, Executive Director, by the Children's Music Workshop, on our music education program.

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