InsideOut

Trash Mash-Up is a community art project. Using disposable materials, collected before they enter the waste stream, participants construct “Maskostumes” which are original pageant masks and costumes inspired by traditions from around the world. This project reduces waste and inspires people to see each other and our environment in a new way.

Alphabet Rockers is an interactive, educational hip-hop & modern kids music show that classrooms, kids, and families can enjoy together.

Featuring songs from the 2008 National Parenting Publications and 2008 Parents’ Choice Award-winning CD Alphabet Rockers, this show is set to be the “School House Rock” of the hip hop generation. Family Magazine says: "Alphabet Rockers is cool educational music that the whole family can enjoy together." Parents' Choice Awards state the music is "age-appropriate with toe-tapping appeal." 

Alphabet Rockers performs in school assemblies, family events, community celebrations and more. We look forward to working with you!

Prior to joining the Performing Arts Workshop, Jessica worked for four years in her native Boston where she managed the staff, funding and coordination for a number of academic research projects related to civic engagement, community development and grassroots organizing. She also developed her own negotiation and community building skills as an organizer for the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (AFSCME, AFL-CIO). In 2005, Jessica finished her master's degree in Education and moved to the Bay Area. The Workshop offers her the opportunity to combine her love of the performing arts with her interests in education and community building.

Dandelion Arts provides art eduction to children with limited access to the arts in Kindergarten through eighth grades with an emphasis on culture and social responsibility.  Art mediums are primarily visual arts and creative writing.

I am an artist with over 18 years of experience in digital illustration, animation and graphic design. My areas of special interest are education and design for children, and botanical illustration. With expertise in the software tools most commonly used in design and production, I am adaptable to creating high quality art for a variety of media and purposes.

Besides my freelance work, I also teach.