InsideOut

Remarkable Girls, a unique theatre program for ages 9-18, provides classes, workshops, and performance opportunities designed to promote growth, creativity, and artistry.

In addition to her all-girl program, Jan Downing continues to offer coed musical theatre and drama classes to schools and community organizations.

VAGABOOM! is a program that gives Youth an opportunity to learn to work in a team, exploring a variety of rare skills. We blend exciting aspects of art, acrobatics, circus arts, music, theater performance and production, and movement to nurture the Youth’s awareness of their skills as an amazing expressive vehicle in this world. We provide a unique educational environment, and small teacher/student ratio in classes. We create original stage performance productions, fusing fun with education.

Due to massive budget cuts in schools, particularly in the Arts, Physical Education and Music departments, we offer a one of a kind fusion of these expressive art forms, in a safe and encouraging environment.

Our goal is to continue to offer this unique program for free, particularly to schools and neighborhoods that are worst effected by the budget cuts.

Kala Art Institute provides a communal meeting place forartists from around the world who are offered the gift of time and space tofurther develop their unique visions in our West Berkeley studios. These talented artists form the creative corps of Kala’s Artists-In-Schools program,through which they share their expertise with K-12 students in Alameda County.

Through the MAP youth use their own lives and communities as a platform to examine global themes such as Peace and Conflict, Immigration and Identity, and Power in Global Society using visual arts, performance and media. This program illuminates the connections between community and world affairs and helps young people learn to use art and media as tools for self-expression, dialogue, and community engagement.

• World Savvy's Media and Arts Program engages 500+ young people in New York and The Bay Area in contemporary art, media and global issues
• World Savvy provides 50+ art and media educators with the tools and training to bring global issues to the classroom!
• The program culminates with The Global Youth Media and Arts Festival that showcases youth artwork, performance and media!