I read a lot of articles on my various interests, and decided to share them every week with you, loyal readers! I’ll add a tad of commentary but mostly why it interests me and why you may want to read it too. Send suggestions via the comments or tweet them to me @cindymariej ! Meet the …
Tag Archive: Arts Education
Feb
02
Take Action: Don’t Let LAUSD Eliminate Arts Education Programs
February 2, 2012 Dear Cindy Marie: The Los Angeles Unified School District has proposed total elimination of its elementary school arts education program. To take action by contacting the Superintendent and School Board, please click here. This unprecedented step will reverse a ten-year effort made by the District to restore arts education to its 700,000 …
Nov
18
What is the power of art?
This is an amended email I sent earlier to some friends and artists I know. Please comment below with your input! The last few weeks gave me quite a lot to consider, including the role or importance of art within a much larger world picture. Most of this thought stems from the Occupy movement and …
Jul
25
Closing a Chapter | VFC
Many many thanks for your continuing support! We thank Theatre Asylum, Art|Works Theatre & Studios & Coeurage Theatre Company at Actors Circle Theater for their Best of the Hollywood Fringe Festival offer. With an awareness & charity project, finances and schedules are always an important factor to continue increasing the audience, and I did not …
Feb
28
The Origin of Panic
I’m in the middle of revising an interactive childrens’ script for our awareness project Voices FromChornobyl. This scene always hits home for me: The Origin of Panic. Characters IRINA: mother, a nurse VASILY: father, a scientist KATYA: daughter, 9 years-old This scene takes place a few days after the accident on April 26, 1986. _________________________________________ …
Feb
17
Music For Autism Video – Story of Fun
People pay me to tweet. It’s true, real and I termed it Online Outreach. The best part of these jobs are the clients I attract. I get to promote awesome videos like this short excerpt from the Music For Autism interactive concert. If Mozart were always like this, and LA Theatre in any way this …
Sep
13
Arts Ed Forum: Education, Creativity and California's Future
I found this notice and want to spread the word. Share this info and attend! CMJ Dear Arts Education Advocates, The statewide election in November provides the perfect opportunity for arts education advocates to highlight the importance of the visual and performing arts in our schools. For the first time in eight years, California voters …
