ARTS ALIVE!
Arts Alive is an after-school arts enrichment program that grew out of parents coming together with a shared interest in enhancing the arts at Happy Valley School. This volunteer-run program depends on your support.
Each session is 11 weeks and is held on Friday afternoons from 12:50 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. and is for grades 1 - 6 only. The dates for the Fall 2018 session are: 9/28, 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/30, 12/7, and 12/14.
Classes are offered on a fee for service basis and efforts have been made to keep the fees as low as possible. Tuition is due at the time of registration, and placement in the program is not guaranteed until payment has been made. Class placements are on a first come, first served basis when both the registration form and payment have been completed. If you indicate a preference for a class that is full at the time of registering, your child will be placed on a waiting list for that class. Please note that final class assignments are not made until after the registration period closes. To make any changes after you have submitted your registration form, please contact the registration coordinator directly.
FREE TUITION FOR CLASS VOLUNTEERS
There will be one tuition-waived spot in selected classrooms available for any parent who commits to serving as an in-class aid (from 12:45-2:45 PM) for the duration of the 11-week course. In addition, you will need to provide pick-up supervision for that class.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarships are available to families in the free and reduced lunch program. Reduced tuition cost is available for one student per family please.
PLAYGROUND AND SAFETY GUIDELINES
Our main objective is to create an inspiring and exciting environment where children engage with the arts in a more in-depth way than can be achieved during the school day. To achieve this, the students involved must be committed to learning about art. Please don’t use this program as mere childcare. We must be able to provide a safe environment and this requires the full cooperation of every student enrolled in the Arts Alive program. All school rules do apply during the Arts Alive Program. If these rules are not followed, parents will be contacted and participation in the program will be jeopardized.
Fall 2018 CLASSES
Dig it! Garden Club (Grades 1 - 6)
Dig it! Kids will have fun while learning the amazing skill of scientific illustration. In this class, kids will work through multiple drafts towards a high-quality final product. Not only will they learn to identify beneficial insects, but they will also practice giving positive critique that will enable their classmates to improve on their drafts.
About the Instructor: Char Biddle is a retired teacher with 25 years of experience in elementary schools at the K - 6th grade levels. Since retiring 6 years ago, she has been a substitute teacher. She has had a passion for the environment since a young child, and was also part of piloting the Life Lab at Quail Hollow Elementary School.
Sports Alive (Grades 1 - 6)
Sports Alive is back! You'll be playing lots of sports and games – some familiar and some not. Emphasis is on learning how to have fun, teamwork and the art of being a good sport. Be sure to bring water and dress for action on Fridays as you'll be running, chasing, crawling, kicking and throwing. This class is bound to be action packed and a ton of fun.
About the Instructor: William Trimpi has been working and playing with youth for over 35 years. He has owned Santa Cruz Soccer Camp which operates in DeLaveaga Park since 1996, and has been an enrichment teacher in Santa Cruz and Watsonville since 1998. Now retired from formal enrichment teaching, he still works with the UCSC Graduate Teacher Program teaching a class called "How To Have Fun In and Out of the Classroom". His focus in his work is to create a safe, fun, harmonious environment for youth to connect with themselves and others.
Drumming With Ibou (Grades 1 - 6)
Last year we danced and this session of Arts Alive Ibou will give students a hands on experience of West African drumming and dance/drumming. You'll learn hand-drumming techniques, including tone, bass slap and interlocking multi-rhythmic structures. Ibou has a set of student-sized drums and percussion instruments that he will bring and students will rehearse and create a performance piece to share on the final day of Arts Alive.
About the Instructor:
Ibrahima (Ibou) N’gom is a professional drummer and dancer who was born into a Griot family of musicians in Senegal, West Africa, and he has been playing the talking drum and sabar since he was a child. Ibou spent four years performing with the Second Ballet national du Senegal and two years with Ballet Sinemew before emigrating to the U.S. in 1995. He is a recording artist who teaches and performs in schools and other venues in Santa Cruz and Oakland as a solo act and with his group Domu Africa.
Drawing and Mixed Media (Grades 1 - 3)
Students will learn to combine and layer various media such as drawing, painting, and collage to develop their own fabulous creations. Visual examples from art history and other art forms will accompany the lessons. Themes in this workshop include abstract art, portraits, landscape, still life drawing, and design. Students will apply the skills learned throughout the course to create their own mixed media art.
About the Instructor: Joan Blackmer is a SPECTRA artist and a previous popular Arts Alive instructor. She holds a BA in studio art with a concentration in photography from UCSC. She has exhibited her work throughout California since 1985 at locations including the Monterey Museum of Art, the Santa Cruz Museum of Arts and History, the Open Studios Art Tour, and the SPLAT Art Tour. Joan has also been a juror for festivals in Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Rafael, Carmel, and others.
Trash Puppets (Grades 4 - 6)
Puppetry is a lot more than the muppets. This workshop teaches the basic principal of how one person’s trash can be another person’s art in a way thats not only fun and thought provoking, but entertaining as well. By using basic design and construction techniques, student’s will take plastic and cardboard recyclables, found objects and myriad doodads and turn them into life-like functioning puppets. We'll also learn to look at ordinary objects and find the art hidden inside. Students will develop a story to showcase their creations and write a show that will be performed at the end of the Arts Alive session.
About the Instructor: Ricki Vincent has striven throughout his career to pass his art on to the next generation. He teaches workshops to both children and adults on puppet design, construction, and performance, created an award-winning workshop on designing puppets from recyclable and found items, and developed a summer internship program for at-risk teens. In 2017 as a resident artist at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, he started the pilot program "The Puppetry Institute" and later found a more permanent home by partnering his program with the Santa Cruz Museum of Discovery, where he continues to pass on his knowledge to all who come through the doors.
Yearbook (Grade 6*)
Come be a part of the making of the Happy Valley School Yearbook! Students will be involved in all aspects of creating their own yearbook for the 2018/2019 year. They will learn concepts in photography, lighting, typography, graphic design, photo-editing, cover art creation, and so much more! Rita guarantees yearbook is so much more than just sitting in front of a computer - there will be ample opportunities to learn through hands-on exercises which will keep participants engaged and on their feet. The students get a feel for producing and completing a project as a team that they feel proud of while creating great memories at HVS!
*This class may accept students in Grade 5 if there is room available.
About the Instructor:
The yearbook class will be run by Rita Manna, local graphic designer and founder of Braid.Work, LLC. Rita is a young, enthusiastic and down-to-earth woman who loves inspiring both kids and adults through visual learning. She has 15 years of experience in the design world and has created magazines that have reached worldwide audiences. She is excited to introduce a fun, interactive, and collaborative approach to creating this year's yearbook with the Arts Alive program.
Puppetry is a lot more than the muppets. This workshop teaches the basic principal of how one person’s trash can be another person’s art in a way thats not only fun and thought provoking, but entertaining as well. By using basic design and construction techniques, student’s will take plastic and cardboard recyclables, found objects and myriad doodads and turn them into life-like functioning puppets. We'll also learn to look at ordinary objects and find the art hidden inside. Students will develop a story to showcase their creations and write a show that will be performed at the end of the Arts Alive session.
About the Instructor: Ricki Vincent has striven throughout his career to pass his art on to the next generation. He teaches workshops to both children and adults on puppet design, construction, and performance, created an award-winning workshop on designing puppets from recyclable and found items, and developed a summer internship program for at-risk teens. In 2017 as a resident artist at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, he started the pilot program "The Puppetry Institute" and later found a more permanent home by partnering his program with the Santa Cruz Museum of Discovery, where he continues to pass on his knowledge to all who come through the doors.
Yearbook (Grade 6*)
Come be a part of the making of the Happy Valley School Yearbook! Students will be involved in all aspects of creating their own yearbook for the 2018/2019 year. They will learn concepts in photography, lighting, typography, graphic design, photo-editing, cover art creation, and so much more! Rita guarantees yearbook is so much more than just sitting in front of a computer - there will be ample opportunities to learn through hands-on exercises which will keep participants engaged and on their feet. The students get a feel for producing and completing a project as a team that they feel proud of while creating great memories at HVS!
*This class may accept students in Grade 5 if there is room available.
About the Instructor:
The yearbook class will be run by Rita Manna, local graphic designer and founder of Braid.Work, LLC. Rita is a young, enthusiastic and down-to-earth woman who loves inspiring both kids and adults through visual learning. She has 15 years of experience in the design world and has created magazines that have reached worldwide audiences. She is excited to introduce a fun, interactive, and collaborative approach to creating this year's yearbook with the Arts Alive program.
Fall 2018 FEES
$200 per student, $100 per student on free and reduced lunch (only one reduced tuition per family, please). Please note that your registration is not considered complete until payment has been made.
$200 per student, $100 per student on free and reduced lunch (only one reduced tuition per family, please). Please note that your registration is not considered complete until payment has been made.