California State Summer School for the Arts (Innerspark)
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Nov 2010
Re: Oakland School for the Arts
Somewhat off-topic, but you might want to check out
Innerspark/California State Summer School for the Arts (csssa.org).
It's an affordable 4-week summer program in southern California. A
friend sent her son, and he took a music theory course as well as
regular music classes. My son did visual art, and had 36 hours of
class a week! It's intense, but all the kids I know who went there had
fun and learned a lot.
Mom of an artsy student
Jan 2002
I teach at a program called California State Summer School for the
Arts. (CSSSA). This is an arts organization held for one month every
summer. Last year four Berkeley High School students attended. I've
taught there eight years. CSSSA offers, fine arts, dance, music,
creative writing, film/video, animation, theatre. Students do not get
high school credit but can receive 3 units for college. If you are
interested, look at their website, http://www.csssa.org.
You can also
email me for any questions. Aida
I live in Berkeley and my son is a student at BHS. I teach at the
California State Summer School for the Arts(CSSSA),a program for high
school students interested in the arts.I've taught there for the last
seven years. This program offers classes in visual arts, music, dance,
creative writing, film/video, animation, and theatre. CSSSA is a state
run program, so it receives money from the state, donations from
corporations as well as a tuition fee charged to the students. CSSSA
sends information to all the high schools in the bay area but many
schools don't pass that information to the students and parents. Its a
great program if any of your teens are interested in the arts. The
students are emersed in their majors six days a week. Its extremely
disciplined, with classes starting around 9am and students working on
their projects til 9pm. Of course theres breakfast,lunch and dinner
breaks. Students must apply and send in slides, photos or video of
their work. They also need letters of recommendations from their
teachers. They can only participate in one of the majors listed
above. I teach in the visual arts. WIthin the visual arts you can
major in photography, painting, sculpture, ceramics, computers arts
and printmaking. The program is held at CalArts which is located in
Southern California. Its about thirty minutes north of Los
Angeles. The classes are taught by professionals in their
fields. Working artists, writers, musicians, etc. Its a four week
program held every summer. Tuition is around $1400.00 for the
month. I'm not sure of the exact amount. The tuition includes the
classes, room and board. Visual arts students pay an extra $65
material fee. There are scholarships, that pay anywhere from a fourth
to almost the entire tuition.
If you're interested in knowing more about CSSSA, check out their web
site at http://www.csssa.org.
You can request an application through the web
site. If you have any questions about the visual arts program or any
general questions you can contact me at gogogamez@aol.com. Thanks,
Aida
I'm glad someone mentioned CSSSA in the last newsletter. My son
participated in the Creative Writing program of CSSSA several years ago. I
think he enjoyed it. It was competitive to get into at that time. I had
looked into other Creative Writing programs and they were 3 to 4 times more
expensive. It's a very stimulating atmosphere and I think it was a good
opportunity to have a college like experience while still in high school. I
would highly recommend it and suggest you look into it shortly. My
recollection is there is an early application deadline and for most
programs you need an extensive portfolio. Good Luck. Dibsy
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