Saskia Leggett
Education Programs Lead
Seat Limit: 20
When: June 21 (AM and PM) and June 22 (AM)
VFX Externship
Are you ready to learn more about Visual Effects? This externship from the Visual Effects Society will take teachers through a series of workshops and panels that address different aspects and facets of VFX. You will explore how VFX is integrated in live action and animated films: from prep, physical production and post. Discover the different roles of VFX personnel (design, on-set, technical, and creative) and discuss the future of VFX and virtual production.
Seat Limit: 30
When: June 21 (AM and PM) and June 22 (AM)
Externship in Audio Production
Join Herb Trawick, creator and co-host of global juggernaut Pensado’s Place, for a look inside his weekly show that covers engineering, mixing, and “all things audio”. Pensado’s Place has produced over 500 episodes and has reached viewers in over 190 countries. Trawick will be joined by his right hand right hand Marketing and Production Chief, Talisha Romeroteach, as well as other special guests. Learn how Pensado’s Place approaches experiential learning and edutainment for all learners.
Seat Limit: 30
When: June 21 (AM and PM) and June 22 (AM)
Nickelodeon Animation Externship
What is it really like to work at Nickelodeon? Get exclusive access to Nickelodeon writers, production team members, studio team members, and character designers as they share insights into their work and provide one-of-a-kind experiences developed for the AME animation teacher including:- Story- Where It All Begins: Join a Nickelodeon Writer as they discuss their journey, break down story structure and talk about what it’s like to be in the writer’s room.- How to Make a Cartoon: Sit down with Nickelodeon Production team members as they guide us through both the 2D (traditional) and 3D (Computer Generated) Production Pipelines at the studio. This session will cover every facet of the production process and acquaint you with a number of roles you probably didn’t know existed.- Behind the Curtain: There’s a myth that the only people who work at an animation studio are artists, writers and voice actors. Dispel that myth by joining us for a panel discussion with a group of studio team members who are often hidden from the public eye but play an essential role in creating our content.- Character Components: Learn how Nickelodeon Character Designers use line, shape and contrast to create unique and engaging characters.
Seat Limit: 20
When: June 21 (AM and PM) and June 22 (AM)
BANDALOOP Externship: Developing a Site-Specific Production
As a performing arts organization, BANDALOOP collaborates with cities, arts presenters, private property managers, risk management teams, and other industry partners to present free, outdoor live performances in public spaces around the world. This externship will give a glimpse into BANDALOOP’s unique collaborative cycle of pre-producing, presenting and post-production reflection of site-specific performances in non-traditional spaces. Lead by Artistic Director Melecio Estrella, Executive Director Thomas Cavanagh, and founder/Special Projects Director Amelia Rudolph, in collaboration with BANDALOOP’s brand representatives at Sozo Artists, BANDALOOP will curate a day that dives into the business and administrative logistics of how to present hybrid, site-specific work on a national scale.
Seat Limit: 20
When: June 21 (AM and PM) and June 22 (AM)
LACMA Externship in Collections Management and Art Preparation and Installation
Join LACMA’s Collections Management and Art Preparation and Installation departments to discuss art handling and collections care in a museum environment. Explore these roles within the larger museum, some of the pathways for entering this line of work, and the skills needed to be successful in art handling and collections management. Teachers will get “hands-on” experiences in art handling, packing, storage, and installation. Once we’ve reviewed handling, we will provide a demonstration of storage box fabrication and customization for an art object and discuss a long term storage plan. Additionally, we will present a variety of audio/visual examples of installations of 2D and 3D art objects within LACMA’s exhibition galleries and outdoor spaces. There will be time for discussion, and teachers leave with knowledge of the skills needed and basic responsibilities of art handlers and collections management technicians, as well as adjacent related fields. Resources and opportunities within the field will be provided.
Seat Limit: 30
When: June 21 AM
Re-Entering Theatre Spaces
How do we re-enter communal spaces as theatre practitioners, educators, and audiences? Even if all participants are vaccinated and precautions are taken, the emotional weight of the past year is going to make the things we lean on in theatre education—eye contact, touch and weight, intimacy, vulnerability, etc.—particularly difficult. In our re-entering, we must also center the safety and wellness of BIPOC-identified individuals and others from marginalized groups. Join Dr. Nisha Sajnani, Director of the Program in Drama Therapy at NYU, and a team of teaching artists from Center Theatre Group to discuss these important issues and develop healing-centered practices for re-entering the classroom, rehearsal room, and performance space. Although this workshop is developed with theatre teachers in mind, other performing arts teachers are welcome to join.
Seat Limit: Unlimited
When: June 21 AM
Prop and Costume Making
Are you ready to work with your hands? The best way to create items on a budget is to transform something you already own. Costume Designer La Beene from Utah Valley University and Properties Head of Baltimore Center Stage, Jeffery Bazemore, will each guide you through a project of transforming everyday items into something new. Materials for this workshop will be common items found at home or in the theatre. A list of project items will be shared prior to the workshop. Join us to learn, make connections, and have a great time transforming things.
Seat Limit: 50
When: June 21 AM and PM
Using Media and Communication to Create Inclusive School Communities
Our students live in and through media saturated worlds that shape how they think and behave as well as how they understand themselves and others. How can we foster school communities where students navigate this media saturated world—decoding the media around them, while empowering them to be communicators and harness the power of their own voices? This 3-part workshop will explore different ways media and communication literacies can be incorporated into curricula and other school programs. Part 1 will introduce attendees to Critical Media Project, a free web resource used in several Los Angeles area schools designed to promote critical media literacy around identity representation. Part 2 will feature an interactive exercise led by Dasha Kelly Hamilton, Spoken Word Artist and Wisconsin Poet Laureate, focused on the power of language. The series will conclude with reflection facilitated by Center for Council–small group circles designed to share and listen non-judgmentally. Each part of the workshop is designed to expose attendees to resources, exercises and practices that can be integrated into classrooms, advisory, counseling and after school programs with the goal of deepening student understanding and analysis of everyday media and communication, challenging conventions and breaking down barriers in order to facilitate greater social emotional development, equity and opportunity.
Seat Limit: Unlimited
When: June 21 PM
Social Emotional Arts Tools for Connection and Self-Expression in Real or Virtual Environments
Join facilitators from UCLA Arts and Healing for an online training that will build your SEL toolbox. Choose from a menu of activities that can be delivered immediately and sustainably, with guidelines on social emotional arts practices, such as communication techniques for creating rapport, facilitating dialogue, and containment techniques for managing stress responses. This curriculum has been delivered in numerous settings and will strengthen your ability to build connection, evoke positive emotions, bolster resilience, decrease stress and pain, facilitate verbal and nonverbal communication, strengthen the creative vs. illness narrative, and manage grief and loss.
Seat Limit: 50
When: June 21 (AM and PM) and June 22 (AM)
Digital Storytelling
Designing and communicating information requires students to deepen their understanding of content while increasing visual, sound, oral language, creativity, and thinking skills. Making meaning out of an experience deepens the communication for both the author and the viewers. The author’s narrative voice is the center of all the multimedia decisions. Telling stories together about things that really matter has an extraordinary effect on people. Digital media and digital distribution to the world community is reshaping the power of the verbal matching the visual – enabling us to unfold a highly sensory experience that dances between a narrative voice with images, sound, and music into illuminated understandings. Through a series of prompts, participants will design a campaign based on a concept of person, place, or thing, in a medium of choice. Via reflection and sharing the group will learn from each other’s ideas and discover new ways to translate this to the classroom.
8695 Windsor Rd. Windsor, CA 95492
Coordinator: John Richards, jrichards@wusd.org
Lead Teacher: David Beal, dbeal@wusd.org
Principal: Lamar Collins, lcollins@wusd.org
Superintendent: Jeremy Decker, jdecker@wusd.org
School Website: windsorhs.com
Program Website: nuevaarts.com
Introduction to Film and Video Production 7243, Intermediate Film and Video Production 7244, Advanced Film and Video Production 7245, Introduction to Media Arts 7219, Introduction to Visual and Commercial Art 7216, Intermediate Visual and Commercial Art 7217, Advanced Visual and Commercial Art 7218, Introduction to Dance/Choreography 7230, Intermediate Dance/Choreography 7231, Advanced Dance/Choreography 7232, Introduction to Professional Theatre 7236, Intermediate Professional Theatre 7237
Comprehensive High School (1000-2500 students), Charter 9-12, School Within a School (Small learning communities or conservatory), California Partnership Academy, Suburban
2425 Dusk Dr, San Diego, CA 92139
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1905 Main St, Huntington Beach, Ca 92648
Coordinator: Stacy Robison, srobison@hbuhsd.edu
Lead Teacher: Danielle Collins, dcollins@hbuhsd.edu
Principal: Daniel Morris, dmorris@hbuhsd.edu
Superintendent: Dr. Clint Harwick, charwick@hbuhsd.edu
School Website: hbapa.org
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Introduction to Stage Technology 7240, Intermediate Stage Technology 7241, Advanced Stage Technology 7242, Introduction to Film and Video Production 7243, Intermediate Film and Video Production 7244, Advanced Film and Video Production 7245, Introduction to Multimedia Production 7246, Intermediate Multimedia Production 7247, Advanced Multimedia Film/Video Production 7249, Advanced Multimedia Sound Production 7248, Introduction to Media Arts 7219, Intermediate Media Arts 7220, Advanced Media Arts 7221, Introduction to Dance/Choreography 7230, Intermediate Dance/Choreography 7231, Advanced Dance/Choreography 7232, Introduction to Professional Music 7233, Advanced Professional Music 7235
Comprehensive High School (1000-2500 students)
Coronado School of the Arts650 D Ave, Coronado, CA 92118
Coordinator: Catherine Burling, catherine.burling@coronadousd.net
Lead Teacher: Karrie Jackson, karrie.jackson@coronadousd.net
Principal: Shane Schmeichel, shane.schmeichel@coronadousd.net
Superintendent: Karl Mueller, karl.mueller@coronadousd.net
School Website: cosasandiego.com
Program Website: cosasandiego.com/ame-demo-site/cosa-curriculum
Introduction to Stage Technology 7240, Intermediate Stage Technology 7241, Advanced Stage Technology 7242, Introduction to Film and Video Production 7243, Intermediate Film and Video Production 7244, Advanced Film and Video Production 7245, Introduction to Multimedia Production 7246, Intermediate Multimedia Production 7247, Advanced Multimedia Film/Video Production 7249, Advanced Multimedia Sound Production 7248, Introduction to Media Arts 7219, Intermediate Media Arts 7220, Advanced Media Arts 7221, Introduction to Graphic Design 7210, Intermediate Graphic Design 7211, Advanced Graphic Design 7212, Introduction to Animation 7213, Intermediate Animation 7214, Advanced Animation 7215, Introduction to Game Design 7260, Intermediate Game Design 7261, Advanced Game Design 7262
Comprehensive High School (1000-2500 students)
12555 Navajo Rd. Apple Valley CA 92308
Coordinator: Javier Alcantara-Rojas, javier_alcantara@avusd.org
Lead Teacher: Cherie Glisson, cherie_glisson@avusd.org
Principal: Chuck McCall, chuck_mccall@avusd.org
Superintendent: Trenae Nelson, trenae_nelson@avusd.org
School Website: sites.google.com/avusd.org/granitehillshighschool-new
Program Website: ourgreatacademy.com
Introduction to Stage Technology 7240, Intermediate Stage Technology 7241, Advanced Stage Technology 7242, Introduction to Film and Video Production 7243, Introduction to Multimedia Production 7246, Introduction to Media Arts 7219, Introduction to Visual and Commercial Art 7216, Introduction to Dance/Choreography 7230, Intermediate Dance/Choreography 7231, Advanced Dance/Choreography 7232, Introduction to Professional Music 7233, Intermediate Professional Music 7234, Advanced Professional Music 7235, Introduction to Professional Theatre 7236
Comprehensive High School (1000-2500 students)
1720 M Street, Arcata, CA 95521
Coordinator: Johanna Mauro, jmauro@nohum.k12.ca.us
Lead Teacher: Melanie Zapper, mzapper@nohum.k12.ca.us
Principal: Jim Monge, jmonge@nohum.k12.ca.us
Superintendent: Roger Macdonald, rmacdonald@nohum.k12.ca.us
School Website: arcatahighschool.nohum.org
Program Website: artsinstitute.net
Introduction to Media Arts 7219, Intermediate Media Arts 7220, Advanced Media Arts 7221, Introduction to Graphic Design 7210, Intermediate Graphic Design 7211, Advanced Graphic Design 7212, Introduction to Visual and Commercial Art 7216, Intermediate Visual and Commercial Art 7217, Advanced Visual and Commercial Art 7218, Introduction to Professional Theatre 7236, Intermediate Professional Theatre 7237, Advanced Professional Theatre 7238
Comprehensive High School (550-1000 students), School Within a School (Small learning communities or conservatory), Rural
3570 Cochran St., Simi Valley, CA 93063
Coordinator: Irene Silbert, irene.silbert@simivalleyusd.org
Lead Teacher: Aimee Spurbeck-Boian, aimee.spurbeckboian@simivalleyusd.org
Principal: Matthew Guzzo, matthew.guzzo@simivalleyusd.org
Superintendent: Dr. Jason Peplinski, jason.peplinski@simivalleyusd.org
School Website: www.santasusana.org/academies/academies
Introduction to Stage Technology 7240, Intermediate Stage Technology 7241, Advanced Stage Technology 7242, Introduction to Film and Video Production 7243, Intermediate Film and Video Production 7244, Advanced Film and Video Production 7245, Advanced Multimedia Film/Video Production 7249, Advanced Multimedia Sound Production 7248, Introduction to Graphic Design 7210, Intermediate Graphic Design 7211, Advanced Graphic Design 7212, Introduction to Visual and Commercial Art 7216, Intermediate Visual and Commercial Art 7217, Advanced Visual and Commercial Art 7218, Introduction to Dance/Choreography 7230, Intermediate Dance/Choreography 7231, Advanced Dance/Choreography 7232, Introduction to Professional Music 7233, Intermediate Professional Music 7234, Advanced Professional Music 7235, Introduction to Professional Theatre 7236, Intermediate Professional Theatre 7237, Advanced Professional Theatre 7238
Comprehensive High School (550-1000 students), Suburban
Renaissance Arts Academy2558 N. San Fernando Los Angeles CA 90065
Coordinator: Erik Speth, cte@renarts.org
Lead Teacher: Erik Speth, erik@renarts.org
Principal: Sidnie Gallegos | PK Candaux, office@renarts.org
Superintendent: PK Candaux | Sidnie Gallegos, office@renarts.org
School Website: www.renarts.org
Introduction to Stage Technology 7240, Intermediate Stage Technology 7241, Advanced Stage Technology 7242, Introduction to Dance/Choreography 7230, Intermediate Dance/Choreography 7231, Advanced Dance/Choreography 7232, Introduction to Professional Music 7233, Intermediate Professional Music 7234, Advanced Professional Music 7235
Charter 6-12, Urban
CAST Academy and Game Design Academy1000 Cayuga Ave, San Francisco, CA 94112
Coordinator: Jeff Larson, larsonj@sfusd.edu
Lead Teacher: George Lee, LeeG1@sfusd.edu
Principal: Freedom Siyam, siyamf@sfusd.edu
Superintendent: Dr. Vincent Matthews, matthewsv@sfusd.edu
School Website: sfusd.edu/school/balboa-high-school
Program Website: castacademy.online
Introduction to Animation 7213, Intermediate Animation 7214, Introduction to Game Design 7260, Intermediate Game Design 7261, Introduction to Professional Music 7233
Comprehensive High School (1000-2500 students), California Partnership Academy, Urban
The School of Arts + Enterprise295 N. Garey Ave., Pomona CA 91767
Coordinator: Phil Miller, Artistic Director, pmiller@thesae.k12.ca.us
Lead Teacher: Carol Goldwater, cgoldwater@thesae.org
Principal: Johnny Anderson, janderson@thesae.org
Superintendent: Jon Gundry, jgundry@thesae.org
School Website: thesae.org
Instagram: @thesaeschool
Introduction to Stage Technology 7240, Introduction to Film and Video Production 7243, Intermediate Film and Video Production 7244, Introduction to Graphic Design 7210, Intermediate Graphic Design 7211, Advanced Graphic Design 7212, Introduction to Visual and Commercial Art 7216, Intermediate Visual and Commercial Art 7217, Advanced Visual and Commercial Art 7218, Introduction to Dance/Choreography 7230, Intermediate Dance/Choreography 7231, Advanced Dance/Choreography 7232, Introduction to Professional Theatre 7236, Intermediate Professional Theatre 7237, Advanced Professional Theatre 7238
Charter 6-12
ICEF View Park Preparatory High School5701 S Crenshaw Ave., Los Angeles CA 90043
Coordinator: Dr. Michael Farber, mfarber@icefps.org
Lead Teacher: Sebastian Elkouby, selkouby@icefps.org
Principal: Charles Lemle, clemle@icefps.org
Director: Parker Hudnut, phudnut@icefps.org
School Website: vphs.icefps.org
Charter 9-12
Introduction to Dance/Choreography 7230, Intermediate Dance/Choreography 7231, Advanced Dance/Choreography 7232, Introduction to Professional Music 7233, Intermediate Professional Music 7234, Advanced Professional Music 7235, Introduction to Professional Theatre 7236, Intermediate Professional Theatre 7237, Advanced Professional Theatre 7238
Grade 6-12 Independent Charter School
Certiport is excited to present Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) exams free of charge to all AME Virtual Institute attendees. (The best part? The exams will be administered through Certiport’s Exams from Home solution, meaning you’ll be able to take your exam at the comfort and safety of your home.)
So, what is Adobe Certified Associate (ACA)? The Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) certification is a critical tool for educators that are preparing students for careers in digital media and design. It is an industry-recognized credential that effectively validates students’ expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud. The ACA certification is evidence that students have the skills and knowledge to meet the demands of today’s design industry.The certification is available for Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, AfterEffects, Animate, and Premiere Pro. All exams are 50 minutes in length.
CAST Academy1000 Cayuga Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112
(San Francisco USD)
Phone: 415-469-4090
Email: larsonj@sfusd.edu
Contact: Jeff Larson, CAST Coordinator
Design, Visual, and Media Arts; Game Design and Integration
Featuring: Art/Design; Music/Audio Production; Video/Photography Production; Animation/Motion Graphics Production; Game Design; Broadcast/Communications
School-within-a-School (Partnership Academy), Wall-to-Wall Academies
The School of Arts and Enterprise295 N. Garey Ave., Pomona CA 91767
Phone: 909-622-0699
Contact: Phil Miller, Artistic Director
Email: pmiller@thesae.k12.ca.us
Executive Director: Lucille Berger
Director: Germaine Nesbitt
Website: https://www.thesae.org
Design, Visual, and Media Arts; Performing Arts; Production and Managerial Arts
Featuring: Musical Theatre and Drama; Classical and Contemporary Dance; Instrumental Music and Music Audio Production; Technical Theatre; Visual Arts; Film Production; Graphic Design
Grade 6-12 Independent Charter School