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VCAC eNewsletter – February 2008
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As a loyal supporter of the arts you are the Ventura County Arts Council's most valuable asset - our indispensable partner - our inspiration - a most necessary link to our existence. We thank you and we celebrate the impact our partnership can have on the well-being of our communities through our affiliation.
The VCAC, a Partnership for the Arts, serves both the arts providers and the arts consumers across the entire county. We do this by promoting artistic excellence, accessibility to the arts for everyone, support for artists and arts organizations, and cooperation, communication and mutual support among arts organizations, artists and the community.
We are especially proud of the programs we sponsor that touch the lives of our young citizens. By bringing our students into intimate contact with the arts we provide them with additional ways to succeed in their academic and personal lives.
Please join us by lending your continuing support to the arts and the goals of the VCAC. If you are already a member and your membership card says 2007, this is the perfect time to renew.
If you are not already a member we invite you to become one and be counted as a supporter of our local arts community.
The membership cost is small when compared to the many benefits it will provide to the arts in our community.
Please see below for easy access to our online membership form. If you need more information, please call our office at (805) 658-2213,
With warm regards,
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Monica, Nolan, President
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Margaret Travers, Executive Director
Ventura County Arts Council |
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THE ARTS LIVE AT PROVIDENCE SCHOOL
The Ventura County Arts Council (VCAC) has established an arts curriculum on the campus of Providence School, the year round school in the county Juvenile Facility on Vineyard in Oxnard. With funding from the California Arts Council and the Ventura County Office of Education, and a strong partnership between the VCAC, the school staff and faculty and the Probation Agency staff, 8 professional artist/teachers have been retained to get the program started. One of the first projects will be to create a mural under the direction of muralist MB Hanrahan (see color sketch at left) illustrating the school theme "Change Requires Effort."
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ARTS-IN-THE-CLASSROOM MINI-GRANTS NOW AVAILABLE
Established in 2004 with a grant from the John and Beverly Stauffer Foundation, the applications for the 2008-2009 Ventura County Arts Council Arts-in-the-Classroom Mini-Grant Program have been sent the the principals of every elementary school in the county. The program was established to provide a source of support for the elementary schools to partner with local arts organizations and artists to bring standards based arts into classroom.
Ventura County Arts Council Arts-in-the-Classroom mini-grants are availableto Ventura County elementary schools that partner with a VCAC artist or artsorganization members*. All programs must adhere to the guiding principlescontained in the Visual and Performing Arts Framework and the ContentStandards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve which is downloadable at http://www.cde.ca.gov/shsd/arts/standards.
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Photo by James E. Travers
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All arts disciplines will be considered but only one application per school will be funded. A short list of the programs that have been funded includes: concerts, Village of Tales Storytelling Festival, Kingsmen Shakespeare Company Educational Tour, Museum of Ventura County, murals, dance workshops, and instrumental concerts taught by local professional artists. For more information call the Ventura County Arts Council or www.VenturaCountyArtsCouncil.org
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VENTURA HIGH STUDENT ADVANCES TO STATE "POETRY OUT LOUD" COMPETITION.
Eric Goodman will represent Ventura County in the state competition Friday, March 14 in Sacramento. Lucas Calderin of Foothill Technology High School was runner-up. More than 50 area high school students participated in the national program that emphasizes language skills, public speaking. Evaluating the students performance at the High Street Arts Center were our distinguished panel of judges: Kristin Margolis, California Arts Council Arts Program Specialist and the Manager of the Poetry Out Loud statewide program; two well-known local poets Shelba Cole Robison and Elija Imlay; Dr. Jacquelyn Kilpatrick, Chair of the English, Performing Arts and Communications Departments at CSUCI;
Roseann Mikos, City of Moorpark Council-member; and Mary Schwabauer, Chair of the Ventura County Community Foundation. The winners and runners-up from the nine schools were:
El Camino High School - Beth Brooks (W) and Hanna Aist (R); Foothill Technology High School - Lucas Calderin (W) and Tyler Wedemeyer (R); The High School at Moorpark College - Brie Holmes (W) and Johnny Cenicola (R); Moorpark High School - Haifa Nesheiwat (W) and Ryan Hearon (R); Nordoff High School - AngelinaResto (W); Pacifica High School - Bryant Jones (W); Providence School - Lee Smith (W); Royal High School - Tiffany Bickford (W) and AJ Ruiz (R); and Ventura High School - Eric Goodman (W).
For more information on the 2009 Poetry Out Loud competition contact the Ventura County Arts Council at (805) 658-2213 or Ventura County Arts Council General information can be found at Poetry Out Loud
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Photo by James E. Travers
Photo: l to r: Lucas Calderin, Kristin Margolis, Eric Goodman
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MEMBERSHIP
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Joining the Ventura County Arts Council provides a number of benefits, including:
- Networking at VCAC Functions & Workshops
- Quarterly Arts Advocacy Forums
- Advance notice of events and Calls To Artists
- Discounts to Member Events
- Subscription to quarterly Connections eNewsletter
- Discount on co-op Advertising Opportunities
- Members Directory listing & link to your Website,Webpage, Blog or eMail Address
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$35 Individual $50 Nonprofit arts organization
$75 Businesses, municipalities & service organizations
$250 Friend of the arts $500 Arts Benefactor
To sign up go to www.VenturaCountyArtsCouncil.org
or call (805) 658-2213
Thank you.
Membership Committee
Ventura County Arts Council
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Page Updated: July 25, 2009
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