The Center for Celebratioin Arts and Michell Berne have designed and implemented a number of innovative, community based arts education projects within Los Angeles County.
PROGRAMS:
The Santa Monica Festival Arts Education Program in collaboration with the Santa Monica Division of Cultural Affairs, the Santa Monica Division of Environmental Education and the Santa Monica- Malibu Unified School District.
The SMARTS in the Schools Program in partnership with the California Arts Council, the Santa Monica- Malibu Unified School District, the Santa Monica Divisiion of Cultural Affairs and the Dana Foundation.
The Chesterfield Square Arts Education Program in partnership with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Division of Public Art and L.A.’s Best After School Programs.
The Rhizorphorous Project in collaboration with Kieth Antar Mason and 10th grade students at Venice High School. this project supported by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs AIR grant 2001.
Asian American Pacific Performance Exchange (APPEX)
Massalia Theatre de Marrionnette, Marseille, France
The After School Arts Program (ASAP) model in partnership with L.A.’s Best After School Programs.
RESIDENCIES:
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, La Canada
Santa Monica Schools System –
Edison Elementary – 4th and 5th grade
Franklin Elementary – 5th grad
Will Rogers Elementary – 4th grade
Roosevelt Elementary – 5th grade
The Heart Project, Angeleus Plaza Continuation H.S.
The Disney Institute, Orlando Florida
First Night Community Workshops, Hermosa Beach
Summer Solstice Celebration, Santa Barbara
Illuminaries Festival, Vancouver, B.C.
Los Angeles Festival of Masks –
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA)
Hancock Park Elementary, Los Angeles
Edison Elementary, Santa Monica
Tierra del Sol School for the Specially Abled, Pasadena
John Burroughs Middle School, Los Angeles