Bluepalm: Art Culture Education (ACE ) is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to use arts-based learning as a tool for individual transformation, community building, and designing creative models for social change.

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City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
Joe Smoke Director of Grant Administration joe.smoke@lacity.org

Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Laura Zucker - Executive Director lzucker@arts.lacounty.org

L.A. County Supervisor Don Knabe
Don Knabe - L.A. County Supervisor (DIstrict 4) dknabe@lacbos.org

We salute these organizations that are able to sustain, despite drastic budget cuts, small, quality arts education orgainzations such as Bluepalm. Won't you take a minute to email your thanks to the representatives listed above for their support of Bluepalm?

THELMA PEARL HOWARD FOUNDATION

For the first time, Bluepalm has been awarded a grant from the Thelma Pearl Howard foundation. We are humbled by recognition from this prestigious organization founded by the Disney family housekeeper/nanny who diligently saved her Disney stock and willed that a foundation, in her name, benefit disenfranchised Los Angeles County children.

MONTEBELLO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

2011-2011 will mark Year Three of our nationally recognized partnership to weave arts-based learning across the Language Arts curriculum at the Kinder level interactive session have built strong parent support and developed advocacy skills. Working closely with District Arts Coordinator Leonard Narumi, the program scaffolds professional development for staff over multiple years to encourage teacher ownership. Click the link to read a feature story on Bluepalm's Parent Training, a critical component of sustainable arts programming: http://www.lacountyartsforall.org/docs/stories/bluepalm_story.pdf?Status=Master

GEORGE DE LA TORRE ES
With support from Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe (District 4) we enter Year Two of our partnership with George de le Torre ES in Wilmington, empowering Kinder staff with kinesthetic techniques to engage student learning.

LYCEE INTERNATIONAL DE LOS ANGELES (LILA)

Jackie Planeix and Tom Crocker have been hired as communication consultants for this unique bilingual K-12 site located under the Shakepeare Bridge in Los Feliz. Ms. Planeix and Mr. Crocker will initially develop the parent participation component.

MICHELTORENA ARTS PLAN

To support efforts that will transform our own Silverlake community, Bluepalm and local Micheltorena Elementary School are partnering with parents, local arts organizations, business professionals, and other local schools, to design a long-term, sustainable arts plan. We are working closely with all stakeholders to ensure a coordinated approach to arts and creativity permits all students access to structured, innovative arts-based learning.

SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER

Click here to watch 85 revealing seconds for the Bluepalm/ Skirball Cultural Center professional development enabling teachers to use video to reflect upon themselves and the art of teaching.

BLUEPALM – A QUICK OVERVIEW

Watch Bluepalm in 3 minutes flat. Edited for the NEA, the tape provides a quick overview of our methods to place art at the center of learning.

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“I am impressed, not only with the high quality of their artistry, but also, their pedagogical capacity to make the arts accessible to all staff. Bluepalm methods help to increase higher cognition through the arts, engage the whole individual, and prepare the creative workforce of today.”
Dr. Tina Vartanian, Senior Programs Specialist
Los Angeles County Office of Education - Visual and Performing Arts

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“I have yet to come across a company as strong as Bluepalm in the arts. They have a deep understanding of the arts and the central role they play in the development of children, of adults, and the world we live in.”
Teacher/Author, Weemes ES