We are a private school in the heart of the Arts Corridor in the Civic Center area of San Francisco. We have a thriving arts curriculum that focuses on internationalism.

Today's youth are the first to experience the practice of virtual self-representation through social media as an aspect of their social development. Their creation and maintenance of an online identity is a lifelong project. This multimedia workshop investigates the perameters that social media sets on self-representation by taking this daily practice out of the virtual realm. Participants create multimedia installations that share their evolving self-narratives in real space and time.

Kayan Cheung-Miaw is a cartoonist, an educator and a community organizer. She spent eight years doing community and labor organizing in the SF Bay Area before starting her MFA program in comics at the California College of the Arts Comics is her favorite medium because she considers it an art for the people. She is currently working on a graphic novel about her grandmother and mother. She facilitates comics and visual storytelling workshops for youth and adults.

KQED Art School is a free video series made for students where local Bay Area artists are interviewed about their careers and intentions before demonstrating a hands-on technique or concept that students can follow along with. Such demonstrations include: how to make a stencil, how to draw comics, how to break dance, and more. The videos can be downloaded free from iTunes by searching KQED Art School, on Youtube, or at KQED.org.

La Peña is a community cultural center that promotes peace, social justice, and cultural understanding through the arts, education, and social action. Our current arts education program consists of low-cost classes in Latin American music, dance, and other art forms taught by some of the best local artists and instructors. We offer both adult, and children’s classes. Our list of classes can be found at: http://lapena.org/classes/

Leap's residency programs place professional teaching artists into Bay Area elementary schools to enhance the classroom curriculum through creative projects. Dynamic educators who are professional painters, sculptors, performers, musicians, dancers and architects represent Leap in these schools.

Little Opera is a comprehensive nine-month after-school program that challenges the assumption that opera is not for everyone. We bring together 2nd-7th grade students of all backgrounds to create, rehearse, and perform an original opera. Our students do everything, from start to finish. They work with professional Bay Area artists to: • Write a story • Create a libretto • Compose music • Choreograph dances and movement • Design sets and costumes • Perform!

Loco Bloco's after-school, school day and community classes for youth ages 3-24 offer multicultural performing arts training in dance, percussion, stilt walking, and theater arts rooted in Afro-Latino traditions. Arts instruction includes technique, history, skill building and performance. Their curriculum uses performance arts to supporting youth to overcome injustice; adopt healthy, active, lifestyles, serve as leaders in their communities, and embrace ethnic and cultural diversity.

New Performance Group and Studio NPG are dedicated to deepening intercultural communication and exchange through the performing arts and arts education. Communication and exchange occur within "micro-cultures" living in the same city, or may stretch across oceans. In either case, the larger goal is mutual understanding, which on a global level promotes peace and harmony in the world. This philosophy informs our work, whether on stage or in the classroom.

Founded in 1992, the mission of Luna Dance Institute is to bring creativity, equity, and community to every child through the art of dance. Luna Dance uses active inquiry to deepen the learning experience of children and adults, improve teaching practice, and build high-quality arts programs. As they bring all children to dance, they develop future leaders, choreographers, and visionaries. Through Professional Learning & Model Programs, Luna Dance brings quality dance experiences to over 20,000 students yearly.