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Lucinda Otto, Individual Teaching Artist
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Description:
Lucinda Otto is a performer, director and teaching artist with many years of experience living and working in lovely San Francisco. Working with a wide range of ages and in school and community serttings, Ms. Otto has developed a method for teahing physically-based drama and creative play-making techniques that are much loved by her studends and audiences. Much of her work in schools involves working with classroom teachers to infuse the arts and creating original, integrated projects that bring theatre and performance across the curriculum.
After making her stage debut at the tender age of five in "The Wizard of Oz," Ms. Otto has gone on to a varied career in theatre. In addition to teaching and curriculum development she is as a performer, director and playwright working with Fools Fury Theatre, the San Francisco Arts Education Project, Young Performers Theatre, Stanford University, the East Harlem Tutorial Project, Santa Cruz County Community Schools and others.
Ms. Otto also has an extensive background in arts education advocacy and arts administration. She worked for several years for the Bay Area Discovery Museum, was Board President of the San Francisco Children's Art Museum, on the Steering Committee of the Arts Education Funders Collaborative and founded Parents for the Arts in San Francisco Schools. Ms. Otto has a BFA in Drama for New York University and an MA in Arts Education fro Stanford University.
Recent blog posts
- Funding: the state of the art
- Participate in the National Endowment for the Arts Survey on Assessing Student Learning in the Arts
- CAE Director Judy Nemzoff Receives Dream Catcher Award
- ISKME's Big Ideas Fest 2009 Program Highlights
- Arts Integration Specialist Certificate Program
- 2010 Nancy Hanks Lecture Available Online
- Compulsory Education for a Museum Board
- 'Glee' Could Save Arts Education
- Music Festivals Offering a Greener Listening Experience
- The Importance of the Arts in Education
Resources
5th Edition "Inside/Out Guide"(2006)
The 5th edition of the AEFC publication Inside/Out: A Guide to Arts and Arts Education Resources for Children and Teens in San Francisco is still available. This is considered the most comprehensive resource directory in San Francisco for building strong arts education programs in schools and community settings.
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