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a cause requires planning, specific
goals, and a mastery of the subject
matter on a level that many students
had not yet experienced. “I hope you
realize how important it is for a civil
society to have people who are willing
to be for things and not just against
them,” said Susan, as she and Nancy
profusely thanked the students for
their passion and dedication to such a
difficult task.
In the final portion of the event,
teens designed a public service announcement,
which has since been
produced by Berkeley Rep’s multimedia
producer, Pauline Luppert. The video
opens in a drab high school where
students march monotonously through
the halls, mouths covered in black
tape. When the students reach their
art classroom, they remove the tape,
their world jumps into bright color, and,
with activated voices and bodies, they
dive into various art projects. you can
view the full psa on the ClaimyourARTS
website and Facebook page.
ClaimyourARTS participants also
encouraged their communities to
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ClaimyourARTS teen arts advocates Marcelo Gutierrez,
Emma Goodfield, Negi Esfandiari, and Rosie Byrne
photo by kyle sircus
celebrate Art is Education Month in
March by using school announcements
and newspapers, as well as social
media, to spread the word about
advocacy. Additionally, a delegation of
six teens led by Rachel Fink, director
of the School of Theatre and organizer
of ClaimyourARTS, joined hundreds
Homer’s The Iliad
May 31–June 28 in Berkeley
NEW! Quranic Stories
June 2–30 in Berkeley
NEW! Play as a
Subversive Strategy
June 5–Aug. 7 in San Francisco
NEW! Science Writing
June 7–Aug. 16 in Berkeley
NEW! Travel Journalism
June 7–28 in Berkeley
NEW! American Art
June 14–Aug. 16 in San Francisco
extension.berkeley.edu/artsandhumanities
of the nations’ grassroots activists at
Arts Advocacy Day in Washington, DC
in April.
Advocacy may not be easy, but
that’s not stopping these young
advocates as they take their message
coast to coast about the importance of
arts education.
NEW! Printmaking and
Street Art as Activist Tools
June 18–Aug. 20 in San Francisco
Writing the Young
Adult Novel
June 19–Aug. 21 in Berkeley
Six Shakespeare Tragedies
June 21–July 26 in Berkeley
Children’s Picture Book
Writing Workshop
June 25–July 30 in Berkeley
Writing for Social Media:
Prose That Works for
Web 2.0
July 11–Aug. 8 in Berkeley
Mystic Poetry
July 21 in San Francisco
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