News Update
Multi-generational VALA ProgramThree VALA artists, a musician, a poet and a sculptor, have been working at an elementary school in North Oakland this past Fall. The musician and the sculptor are team-teaching with a teenage apprentice, as a way to engage elementary school children in the practice of the arts and raise the teenager's self-esteem.
There will be a teacher training workshop for VALA artist, classroom teachers , and teen apprentices early in January to brainstorm about elementary school teaching and plan the curriculum for the next five months.
Bettina Rotenberg's book, I Dare to Stop the Wind, will be available mid-January. It describes the evolution of VALA and recounts Tina's odyssey through different classrooms, training VALA artist and classroom teachers in the reading and creating of poetry with children in Richmond, California. For a brief example, go to www.valaproject.org/valaBookPress.html
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On August 23, three musicians and a small group of listeners congregated at Annie Hallet's lovely studio space, 'Annie's Hall'.
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A new video by a VALA artist and videographer, features WCC principal and two Richmond teachers. The video is about the impact of VALA and VALA artists on teachers and students at Schools in Richmond, California.