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Working with the concept of art and community activism, visual artist Roxanne Padgett explored issues of ethnicity, culture, and congruity at the Urban Promise Academy. In a program organized and administered by the Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA), each student had an opportunity to cultivate an awareness of his or her individual right and responsibility to perceive, judge and create alternatives to his or her environment. The artist collaborated with all 165 6th- and 7th-grade students at the school for 2 hours per week for 18 weeks, using issues related to their core English and Social Studies curriculum. In this way each participating student received more than 36 hours of arts instruction that culminated with a 3-week exhibition at the MOCHA gallery. Jefferson Elementary School Oakland Fund for the Arts and the California Arts Council funded a 16-week artist-in-residence program for special-needs students in grades K-5 at Jefferson Elementary School. The program was organized and administered by the Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA). Thirty-two students learned painting and cartooning from visual artist Doug Calderon and dance and theater from dancer Christine Chen. Students learned about movement through both visual and performing mediums. They took a field trip to MOCHA, where their visual artwork was exhibited, and they designed their own t-shirts in the artists' studio. At Jefferson, they created a site-specific mural, and presented a creative movement performance for their classmates. |
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