All these resources are available to enrich and enliven summer programs -- some free, some fee-based. Please join the Summer Learning Network to receive ongoing updates! To join, e-mail brodkinm@sfusd.edu.
Bayview Hunters Point Radio Network
Free: BVHP Radio is planning an event for summer 2011 (date to be announced): the Boom Parade, “a parade of music- and sound-producing art-cars, art-trucks, art-bikes, art-go-carts, art-rollerblades, and art-shoes, all designed, built, and driven by local residents. The Boom Parade will drive up and down the hardest-hit streets and housing projects” of Bayview-Hunters Point. The project plans to team up with summer programs to guide young people’s participation in creating the event.
Handful Players
Fee-based: Can do a program or workshop in musical theater at the summer program site.
Marsh Youth Theater
Contact: Emily Klion, 415/641-0235
1062 Valencia St. @ 22nd Street (Mission District)
Fee-based: From June 6-24, the Marsh can offer dance workshops or classes – one-time or more -- in Latin and Hip-Hop, by arrangement, at its site.
Free: On Friday, Aug. 5, the Marsh’s middle school ensemble will present a daytime performance of a stage play based on the work of Mark Twain, with free admission.
The San Francisco Mime Troupe
Contact: Jenee Gill, 415/285-1717
855 Treat St. between 21st and 22nd streets (Mission District)
Free: This renowned San Francisco theater troupe presents a traveling political satire production every year, opening every July 4 in Dolores Park. Summer programs are welcome to observe a rehearsal during June. The productions are sophisticated, but lively enough to be kid-friendly.
Museum of Craft and Folk Art
51 Yerba Buena Lane (between Market, Mission, Third and Fourth streets), South of Market
Fee-based: All the workshops described on the Education page of MOCFA’s website are offered during the summer as well, from African-American quilting to rice as food and folk art. Can travel to your site.
Precita Eyes Mural Center
Contact: Missy Ablin, 415/285-2287
Mural arts and visitors’ center: 2981 24th St. @ Harrison, Mission District
Studio: 348 Precita Ave. @ Treat St., Mission/Bernal Heights
Fee-based: Mural art workshops for all ages, one day or longer period, onsite or offsite. See also guided mural tours in the category “Exploring San Francisco.”
Workshops for educators are offered the third Tuesday of every month, 7-9 p.m., by reservation (415/285-2287), $50.
Recology: Art at the dump
Contact: Micah Gibson, mgibson@recology.com
501 Tunnel Ave., Visitacion Valley
Free: Check availability early for a great tour of the Recology (formerly Sunset Scavenger) recycling facility, Artist-in-Residence Program and Sculpture Garden. All students on the tour must be 9 and older, and groups are limited to 35 students and five chaperones. This is a fun tour that educates kids about the environment, recycling and reuse, as well as the interesting technology that handles tons of recyclable materials – and also inspires them with art made from discarded items, including the Sculpture Garden right at the dump.San Francisco Opera
Contact: Ruth Nott, 415/551-6290
The Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave. @ Grove, Civic Center
Free or fee-based depending on the workshop offered: It’s not all plus-size ladies singing arias in Italian! The SF Opera offers summer versions of the same popular programs it brings to schools during the school year. Topics include “Sing a Story” for younger children and “Voices for Social Justice” for grades 6-8 (how song has been both a product of and an instigator for social change) – both workshops create original works. The SF Opera workshops can involve building singing skills, theater skills, visual arts activities – all part of opera productions.
www.sfopera.com, click “learn.”
Yerba Buena Gardens
Between Mission, Folsom, Third and Fourth streets, South of Market
Free: The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents music, theater, dance, cultural events, educational and children’s programs, reflecting the rich cultures and creativity of the region. All are free and open to the public, and many are held during summer weekdays. The schedule will be posted in early spring. Last summer, YBGF offered a free series of children’s performers on Fridays around noontime, and a free series of musical performers for all ages on Thursdays at noontime, emphasizing world music and other styles. This year a poetry/spoken word series presented by both youth and adults will be added on Tuesdays around noon.
Young Audiences-Northern California
Fee-based: Young Audiences brings arts education, residencies and performances in all types of arts to youth programs. Look for a separate post giving more details.
This list is from the Summer Learning Network material that participants received at the Feb. 25 Summer Program Development Conference at the Unitarian Church. I'm posting it here category by category.
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