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EDUCATION+ is an ambitious, new three-part art educational initiative offering Santa Barbara area youth a comprehensive curriculum of innovative workshops, apprenticeships, and educational resources. 
EDUCATION+ consists of three, ongoing educational initiatives that work in conjunction with the cutting-edge, contemporary art exhibitions taking place in the galleries.

Funded in party by the Andrea Lang Fund, a memorial to the life and work of artist, Andrea Lang.


FAMILY + is a series of six interactive and multi-disciplinary workshops annually that offers families hands-on experiences related to the creative processes of art making.  FAMILY+ workshops are organized by Lead Educator, Jenn Figg and take place either inside the gallery or in artists’ studios, outdoor courtyards, and other places of interest that are rarely accessible to the public.  Children are encouraged to participate in hands-on art, music, photography, dance, video, and other interdisciplinary activities, gaining valuable critical thinking skills by posing questions and offering art as a means to explore potential answers. 

CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE NEXT FAMILY + EVENT.


Children painting their geodesic dome as a part of Family+'s Sound House event


Face painting fun at a Family+ workshop

Family + is sponsored by: The Ann Jackson Family Foundation, The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation, Anonymous Donor, and the Hot Topic Foundation:



CONVERSATION+ is a multi-use interpretive space in CAF’s gallery that provides visitors a flexible area to explore the art on view—brochures and artist books, exhibition-related guides and activities, further reading and visual materials—enabling a more individualized exploration of specific topics.  The space displays live demonstrations, hands-on art projects, and self-paced learning activities that allow visitors to gain a greater appreciation for the art and culture of our time.


YOUTH+ “Bringing Together the Artists of Our Time with the Artists of the Future.” This is a year-long program that takes local public high school students and places them in a prestigious studio, internship and exhibition track.  Students are selected by a review committee based on artistic merit, commitment to exploring the arts, and a GPA of 3.0 or above. In STUDIO+, eligible students work side by side with professional artists to gain knowledge of materials and processes and are given the time and resources necessary to experiment and create sophisticated artwork for a public exhibition sponsored by CAF for their college admissions portfolio. In the fall of 2007, students worked weekly with artist/educator Allison Holt to create unique and personal works of surf inspired artwork.  Each student crafted a unique artwork inspired by the concurrent exhibition, Glass Love: Contemporary Art and Surf .  As the culmination of the Studio+ apprenticeship, these works will be exhibited at the Twelve35 Teen Center from November 16 through December 8, 2007.

Participating Students:

Dos Pueblos High School
Braelyn Hamill, Sally Yingst, and Dani Wasiuhn

Carpinteria High School
Kelsey Leonard, Myrrhia Reed, and Cheyenne Methmann

San Marcos High School
Savanna Bomer

Santa Barbara High School
Kimberly Corral, Cindy Rademacher, and
Alexandra Sizemore-Smale.

In the Spring of 2008, these students will begin CAREER+, with the guidance of an arts education specialist, Tristan Blodgett, where they will be offered a rare opportunity to participate in tours of local art businesses and presentations led by university professors, architects, and curators, thus exploring potential professional career paths in the arts.

Career+ Schedule
Feb. 9 UCSB library. Archivist Salvador Guerena

Feb. 16 Museum of Contemporary Art.  LA: Museum Education department and curator Rebecca Morse

Feb 23.  Industrial Designer Will Prindel and Graphic designers James Van Arsdale and Kim Hahn.

March 1. Art dealer Edward Cella and arts editor Charles Donelan

We will meet each week at CAF, 9am.

The Feb. 16. trip to MOCA LA will return at 3pm that day to CAF. All other classes will conclude at our regular 12pm.  





Essential support comes from CAF’s 2007 Santa Barbara Million Dollar Home Raffle, the Andrea Lang Fund, and Jill and Barry Kitnick, Santa Barbara, CA.

 
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