So Many Arts Ed Opportunities!

Fiesta de Independencia returns live at LBC on September 18

Every fall for the last 13 years, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts has been home to one of the North Bay’s favorite festivals celebrating Hispanic Heritage month. With the generous sponsorship of Redwood Credit Union, this year’s Fiesta de Independencia brings back the festival’s vibrant sights and lyrical sounds, when it returns live to LBC’s campus on Sunday, September 18, from 1:00 to 7:00 pm. Admission is free, and all are welcome!

Organized by LBC and its Latino Advisory Council, this family-friendly, campus-wide festival brings the whole community together to enjoy a traditional fiesta, offering authentic food, music, games, performances, and more.

Don’t miss the North Bay’s premier Latino Independence celebration featuring:

Rocío y Su Sonora
Lowrider Car Show with 1 Firme Car Club
El Grito with the Mexican Consulate of San Francisco
Mariachi Barragan
LBC’s Mariachis Cantares de mi Tierra and Luna Naranja
Ballet Folklórico Ireri
Sonoma County Pomo Dancers
Children’s activities
Sonoma County Library’s BiblioBus
Children’s Musem of Sonoma County’s Museum-on-the-Go
Cultural exhibitions by students from Roseland University Prep’s MEChA Program
Community Leadership Awards in partnership with Los Cien

Introducing a two-part Professional Development series—Overcoming Ableism: Shifting from Accommodating to Belonging, part of LBC’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Access in the Classroom program

As educators, we are responsible for being champions for our students. We aim to create environments for our students where they feel uplifted, empowered, and valued. To help further this shared mission, LBC is proud to offer our Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Access in the Classroom series (IDEA) to help all educators build skills necessary to support all students in an ever-evolving world. This fall, we’ve partnered with the Common Ground Society to explore ableism: what can we do to combat unconscious stereotypes, misconceptions, and generalizations about individuals with disabilities? This two-part series is open to anyone who works in an educational setting or who is simply learning more about the experiences of the differently abled and what we all can do to shape a more equitable world.

Attend one or both workshops! Registration only $10.

Sewam American Indian Dance Company

Tuesday, October 25, 2022
11:30 am
Grades K-6

Sewam American Indian Dance Company showcases well-known American Indian dances. Wearing traditional regalia, the performers use American Indian sign language, dance, live singing, and live drumming to reveal the empowering and inspiring nature of Plains Indian culture. The performance is led by the charismatic Eddie Madril, a fan favorite for students and adults alike.

11:30 am performance added by popular demand!

Dog Man: The Musical
by TheaterWorksUSA

Thursday, December 8, 2022
11:30 am
Grades 1-5

Best buds George and Harold have created comics for years. But now that they’re in 5th grade, they figure it’s time to level up and write a musical based on their favorite character, Dog Man, the crime-biting sensation who is part dog, part man, and all hero! Don’t miss this hilarious production based on the worldwide best-selling book series from Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants.

Arts for All Residencies
Grades: PK-12
Subjects: Dance, Drama, Art, Music, and More!

To further meet the increasing need for more arts-based residencies, LBC is proud to introduce Arts for All, which allows PK-12th grade classroom teachers to choose from different art forms—including dance, drama, art, and music—to ensure that their students receive a diversity of quality arts instruction.

This year, we've taken our popular Dancers Unite program and expanded it into the Arts for All program, offering six or more arts classes for all grades! Our Arts for All residencies focus students on learning new skills in dance, theater, visual art, and more, all tailored specifically to your classroom’s needs. We’re excited to be bringing opportunities for artistic learning and self-expression to even more Sonoma County students!

TOOLS FOR TEACHERS
Combining Arts Education with Social Emotional Learning Techniques
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
8:00 – 11:00 am
Grades Covered: 3-6
Instructor: Jess Mercer
Steele Lane Elementary School
Santa Rosa

Explore the techniques in combining artistic expression with Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in a classroom setting. The workshop will begin with a trauma-informed SEL-based demo lesson, combining art, the five senses, and SEL techniques. The end of the session will allow time for feedback, best practices for implementing techniques, and questions.

TEACHING ARTIST TRAINING
Lesson Planning for In-School Instruction
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Instructor: Hannah Keefer
Virtual

Designed for teaching artists new to working in school settings or just new to the craft, this session will cover the key elements of a strong lesson, how to build a curriculum plan, working with a classroom teacher, and tailoring your work to a teacher’s expectations. Bring a short lesson as practice material and plan to leave with a flexible template for classroom teaching.

Aerena Galleries & Gardens

Ann Allan/Schwab Charitable Fund
Hon. David and Deborah Ballati/Schwab Charitable Fund
Michael and Susan Barrett
Carol Beattie/Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund
Mike and Karen Bergin
Gordon Blumenfeld
Sanford and Jo Anne Bressick
Sara and Dixon Browder
Tim and Mary Louise Bucher/Fidelity Charitable Fund
Carmen and Perri Castaldi
Rena Charles and Alex Klado
Jose A. Chibras-Sainz, M.D.
Bob and Sandy Comstock
Audrey Bush and Chris Crispo
Patricia Daniels
Wes and Carol Daniels
Albert and Sally Davies
Greg and Melinda Dexter
Joanne Dow/JPMorgan Charitable Giving
Herb and Jane Dwight
Ridgely Evers and Colleen McGlynn/DaVero Farms & Winery
Joel and Maureen Feldman
Kerry Francis and John Jimerson

Kacy and Kenneth Gott
Julia L. Grant/Community Foundation Sonoma County
Belinda Guadarrama/G.C. Micro Corporation

Ed and Kathleen Hamilton/Tekberry Staffing

Carol Hanes-Nason

Heffernan Insurance Brokers

Marilyn and Robert Heller

Gizz Howard

Jeff Hudson and Ann Lobdell Hudson

Christopher and Amy Hunsberger

Jeff and Barbara Ireland

In memory and honor of Selma Mayer Isenberg and her son, Jean Isenberg

Nick and Krissy Kyjovsky

Dina and Al Lopez

Lise L. Luttgens and Richard R. Johnson

Anonymous Fund of Marin Community Foundation

Frank Martin-Vegue
Jess and Debra Marzak
Cameron and Ashley Mauritson
Robi McMinn/Luxe Places Int'l Realty
Lewis Meyers
Bruce and Lauren Morrison
Grace Navarro and Ed Ticoulat
Bill and Christine Nelson
Rick Nowlin and Don Strand

Norma J. Person, in Memory of Evert Person
Carlo Proto and Sheila Abdallah in memory of Nathan Abdallah Proto

Pierre Ratte

Andrew and Monica Rowley/Goals Foundation

Robin Seltzer and Bill Wertzberger

Rekha Skantharaja

Daniel T. Steele Jr. and Juneko Steele

Marlene and Martin Stein/Jewish Community Foundation

Sherry and Pete Swayne

Andy Tautges and Mary Sandberg

Leticia Trevino and David Vandergriff

Jim and Kay Vick

Ellen and Chuck Wear

John and Laura Whiting/Schwab Charitable Fund

Greg and Margie Yates

Anonymous (3)

A special thanks for this year’s very generous support from Norma J. Person, in Memory of Evert Person, and the Ernest L. and Ruth W. Finley Foundation for Evert Person’s ArtReach and The Evert Person Bus Fund