CALARTS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM SUBJECT OF CITY OFFICIALS' TOUR.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - California Institute of the Arts' successful Community Arts Partnership The Community Arts Partnership (usually known as CAP) was established in 1990,and is the first program of its kind in the U.S. The program links the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) to community art centers and public schools throughout Los Angeles County as part of an is being replicated in six cities across the nation. CAP programs, based on the one developed by CalArts' Glenna Avila, are being offered by Columbia College in Chicago, Xavier University in New Orleans, Cooper-Union in New York, the Institute of American Indian Arts The Institute of American Indian Arts is a college and museum focused on Native American art. It is situated in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is congressionally chartered, and was created by an executive order of former American President John F. Kennedy in 1962. in Santa Fe, the new California State University, Monterey Bay External links
Representatives from the colleges and their community partners will visit CalArts in Valencia and several of its partner arts centers to observe the program in action and to gather ideas. They also will tour CalArts' partner centers - the Watts Towers Arts Center, Inner-City Arts, Plaza de la Raza and the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Boys and Girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. Club. The visitors will attend student performances and view the posters at area bus shelters created by CAP participants. The CAP program offers training programs for junior high and high school students in jazz, photography, video, dance, digital arts, public art, printmaking, theater, chamber music, animation, writing and music. CalArts CAP program has been in existence for 11 years and has gained national acclaim for developing community arts partnerships. The Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds provided money for the CalArts program the first seven years and commissioned the institute to help plan programs at other colleges. |
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