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I Can Do That! Fall 2006

Fall 2006 - The Fall 2006 I Can Do That! program brought the Arts to 1,200 students in Sacramento City Unified School District, including Aztec dance, Hip Hop dance, multi-media visual arts, percussion, drawing and painting, and much more! The fall/winter Very Special Arts Festival took place at the CSUS University Union, February 9, 2007. See highlights from the program below...

California State University Sacramento - Community Transition Program

Students in the CSUS Community Transition program studied Hip Hop dance with professional dancer Alice Twill. In the photos below, the students are practicing for their performance at the 2007 Lenaea Festival.

photo of two CSUS students doing a hip hop pose for the camera photo of four CSUS students practicing hip hop photo of CSUS student standing on his hands as part of the dace photo of CSUS students dancing with his hands to his side photo of CSUS student pointing at the camera

Freeport Elementary School

Freeport Elementary students created an array of multi-media artworks under the direction of professional artist Tina Favela.

photo of student showing his artowrk to the camera and smiling photo of artist helping student decide what to paint on her ceramic piece photo of several students painting with acrylic on terracotta pots image of student from overhead painting a terracotta pot

Jedediah Smith Elementary School

Cartoonist Pat Dawson taught Jedediah Smith Elementary students how to draw comics. For their final project, students wrote and illustrated a story in which they portrayed themselves as a superhero.

photo of artist stading over table of children drawing cartoons photo of student drawing several different cartoon faces in pencil image of student drawing with pencil on paper image of artist demonstrating cartooning methods on the white board

A.M. Winn Elementary School

A.M. Winn elementary school students practiced drumbeats on the floor of their classroom under direction of percussionist Kevin Goings. Drumming taught the children many skills including rythym, sequencing, and how to follow directions.

overhead image of student using drumsicks to drum on the floor image of class full of students drumming on the floor with wood percussion sticks image of artist in between two students demonstrating a beat for the rest of the class

Sutter Middle School

Professional artist Christy Savage taught Sutter middle-schoolers to draw and paint from their imagination, oftentimes using music as a way of relaxing and focusing the students.

photo of students at his desk painting with watercolor on a 12 photo of a student painting at her desk photo of a student painting an ocean scene at her desk with watercolor

Leonardo da Vinci K-8 School

Professional artist Christopher Cook used unconventional methods to teach Leonardo da Vinci School students how to create sculptures and vessels out of clay. Students created vases with their shoes and even learned to throw pots on a potting wheel.

photo of artist showing student how to throw a pot on a wheel photo of student sitting on the ground and creating a figure out of red clay photo of a student creating a 3D brontasaurus out of red clay photo of student sitting on the ground and creating several small spheres out of red clay

 

 

 

 

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