VALA - Visual Arts/Language Arts for Kids in the Public Schools


VALA hires a diverse pool of practicing artists from all cultural backgrounds who have the sophistication and personal experience to teach young children to make and view art in complex, intricate, and intuitive ways. This diversity contributes significantly to our programs since the student population of the East Bay is so varied. VALA artists are working professionals with a dedication to their art. This sense of commitment and persistence is communicated to the children, in addition to any art skills learned.
Native American painter Sean Nash with 3rd graders. Lincoln School, Spring 02.	Jasson Flick, poet Barbara Hunter, African American flutist and saxaphonist Mechelle Lachaux, African American vocalist Mikala Bighaus, visual artist Richard Brown, African American visual artist / movement specialist David Sturdevant, musician and videographer Veronica Williams, African American dancer
Sheila Balter - actress and director India Cooke - African-American jazz violinist, composer Maru Hoeber - sculptor Alastair Johnston - bookmaker, writer, and typographer Bettina Rotenberg, poet and visual artist Amy Trachtenberg - painter and set designer Ernesto Hernandez Olmos - painter Greacian Goeke - performing artist in music, dance and drama Pat Reed - poet Raymond Nat Turner - African-American jazz poet Mode Moja - Balinese shadow play puppeteer Christine Marie - shadow play puppeteer Leon Kassapides - Greek shadow play puppeteer Helen Stolzfus, theater arts Augusta Talbot, visual artist Debbie Koppman, visual artist		Filipino shadow play puppeteer Ramon Abad taught 3rd and 5th graders at Lincoln School. Spring 2002.
3rd graders from Lincoln School creating movement sculpture with theater arts specialist Sheila Balter. Field trip to Oakland Museum, Spring 02.	Ramon Abad - Filipino shadow play puppeteer Cherrymae Golsten - Afro-Belizean quiltmaker Debora Iyall - print maker, set designer Kash Killion - jazz musician on cello and serengi Minette Lee Mangahas - Asian-American brushpainter and poet Laurie Polster - sculptor

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