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Chan, Hefferman and Schwartz collaborated last year on a 48-foot-by-12-foot depiction of Thomas Hart Benton’s “Achelous and Hercules.” The street painting image is featured on this year’s I Madonnari Festival poster.
Festival aficionados can enjoy a hint of I Madonnari at home with a poster, set of note cards, coloring book, or tote bag sold on the festival’s shop. A new festival t-shirt and 2021 poster also will be available. Each item features images from street paintings, and the funds raised support the Children’s Creative Project (CCP).
CCP is a nonprofit arts education organization administered by the Santa Barbara County Education Office. CCP serves some 50,000 students in more than 100 public schools in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. Its mission is to engage all students in the creative process through visual and performing arts education and cultural experiences.
For I Madonnari Sponsors, Street Painting Festival Fills in the Blanks for Local Arts Education
Children’s Creative Project backers believe in mission to help partner scores of artists with schools throughout Santa Barbara County and beyond
The I Madonnari Street Painting Festival is the major annual fundraiser for the Children’s Creative Project, which provides arts education in local schools. This year’s festival will not be held at the Santa Barbara Mission, but instead will take its squares and creativity to streets and sidewalks throughout the area. (Fritz Olenberger file photo) By Jennifer Best, Noozhawk Contributing Writer | @NoozhawkNews
Central Coast schools struggling to find substitute teachers
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The Central Coast is desperate for substitute teachers.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Santa Barbara County Education Office told our team that California saw declining applications for substitute teachers. However, starting in March 2020, administrators say even fewer substitutes wanted to step into Zoom or in-person classes.
Central Coast school districts got creative when it came to recruiting and training new substitute teachers. At the Santa Barbara County Office of Education, there were 91 substitute teachers prior to the lockdown, which decreased to 36 last May.
Power of an Arts Education Springs to Life with Children’s Creative Project
Thousands of students benefit annually from music, dance, theater and visual arts programs funded in part by popular I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival
The annual I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival at the Santa Barbara Mission helps provide 80 schools with performances and workshops in dance, theater, music and visual arts. The COVID-19 crisis has shut down the festival, but a road show of sorts is being planned for 2021. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk file photo) By Jennifer Best, Noozhawk Contributing Writer | @NoozhawkNews
April 4, 2021
[Noozhawk’s note: First in a series sponsored by the Hutton Parker Foundation.]
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