After School Arts Academy presents The Wizard of Oz!

Time	Get tickets to The Wizard of Oz and see our talented Afterschoolers perform! Saturday, March 5 at 3:00pm - March 6 at 4:00pm
Location	Lakeside Park Garden Center 666 Bellevue Avenue Oakland, CA
	Click your heels three times and come see the rising stars of Studio One After School Arts Academy in their performance of The Wizard of Oz! Show times are: Saturday, March 5th 3:00pm Saturday, March 5th 7:00pm Sunday, March 6th 4:00pm Tickets: Adult $10 Senior $7 Youth $5 Drop by Studio One or call (510) 597-5027 to purchase your tickets today!

Upcoming Scheduling Notices

Hi Parents,

Studio One Art Center's After School Arts Academy will be closed Monday, January 17th for observance of MLK day, as well as Friday, January 28th for OUSD's Development Day.


Don't forget to sign up for the Wizard of Oz play, which is free for those in the Afterschool Program and Basketball, which only costs $30 dollars!

Children’s Classic Attic Theater & After School Arts Academy Present The Wizard of Oz

Enjoy two new addendums to the After School Arts Academy: Competitive Basketball and The Wizard of Oz!

1. Basketball! The total cost for basketball is only $30.00 and students will not miss any of their art classes. Cost includes uniforms and trophies! Practice is from 3:30 to 4:30 at Oakland Tech. There is one coach plus one leader for every 5 kids. Kids should wear proper shoes and attire. Last year Studio One Art Center won the 4th grade championship! Our first game will be in February and games will last until the end of March. Parents are encouraged to attend all the games. If you would like to visit practice sessions, check in at Studio One Art Center to receive a Visitor Pass before heading over to the courts. Practice starts January 4th.

2. Afterschoolers have the opportunity to learn the art of acting with Drama Artist Gerald Wright. This play is open to ages 5+. Participation IS FREE for those in the afterschool program. This includes costumes, props and 8 weeks of rehearsals! Auditions start January 11th.

For more information about basketball or The Wizard of Oz, please contact Sara Mumolo or Sierra Moore at studiooneartcenter@gmail.com

After School Arts Academy At a Glance!	Parent Information: After School Arts Academy starts off with an hour of homework. Afterward, they enjoy a lite snack and finish their homework with assistance from tutors. Each day your child will get to participate in one in-depth fine arts class. Pick-up is between 6:00pm and 6:30pm every day! Check below for descriptions of classes and teacher bios!
Monday 3:30-4:15 Tutors & Snack 4:35-5:55 Cooking(all ages) 6:00-6:30 Game time/pick-up	Students arrive after school from all over Oakland for a quick break to shake off the school day. After snack and homework time, students head off to Culinary Arts class to bang around pots and pans with Chef Traci Hurlow! Chef Tracy will whisk kids through a safe and healthy, hands-on cooking class! After twenty years of working in restaurants such as, Bay Wolf, Zuni and Pizzaiolo, she started her own company, Culinary Jungle Gym. Since 2009, she has shifted gears to teaching children the art of cooking!
Tuesday 3:30-4:15 Tutors & Snack 4:35-5:55 Clay (ages 5-7) 4:35-5:55 Clay (ages 8+) 6:00-6:30 Game time/pick-up	After snack and homework time, students head off to Clay Sculpture and get their hands dirty with master artists Phoebe Ackley and Blanka Solyts Blanka Solytos is a freelance ceramist and a credential art instructor. She graduated from the Institute of Arts and Crafts in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and she earned her BA in Liberal Arts at Holy Names University. As a ceramist, she exhibits her work all around the bay area. She is a passionate promoter of art education, teaching in private and public schools. For several years she has been directing the Art and Discovery Camp. Phoebe Ackley is a primarily self-trained artist, making sculpture in ceramic clay, mixed media and painting. Her focus has been on the face and figure: portraits and figurative sculpture. She has worked with several well-known bay area artists on public art commissions. She also teaches after school art classes for Berkeley Unified School District.
Wednesday 1:40-2:30 Tutors & Snack 2:35-3:45 Mixed Media (all ages) 3:50-4:20 Break/games 4:05-6:00 Kids Can Cook (8+) 4:20-5:40 Drama (ages 5-7)	After snack and homework time, students mix it up in Mixed Media with Daria Deutschbein, followed by a play break. After break, younger students act it out in Drama with Lissa Sherman, while older students get a more advanced course in the culinary arts. Daria Deutschbein has over a decade of experience providing child care and mentoring for children of all ages at Aquatic Park pre school in Berkley, Ca. , at the Ducks Nest School Of Arts and Science in Oakland , Ca. and the YMCA in Oakland . She was coordinator of the children's court art activities for The Malcolm X Jazz festival in Oakland for the past 5 years. She now teaches Mixed Media for Studio One Art Center Lisa Sherman is a graduate of the MFA Acting Program at California Institute of the Arts. Sherman directed and conceived Pirates and Ninjas for the Cal Arts New Works Festival with remounts at Theatre of NOTE in North Hollywood and A.N.T. Fest at ARS NOVA in Manhattan. She has worked as a teaching artist with Marin Theatre Company, East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Stage Door Conservatory and Society of Young Inklings, as well was promotional work with TheaterMama for Cirque Du Soleil’s new production OVO. Chef Tracy will whisk kids through a safe and healthy, hands-on cooking class! After twenty years of working in restaurants such as, Bay Wolf, Zuni and Pizzaiolo, she started her own company, Culinary Jungle Gym. Since 2009, she has shifted gears to teaching children the art of cooking!
Thursday 3:30-4:15 Tutors & Snack 4:35-5:55 Dance (all ages) 6:00-6:30 Game time/pick-up Friday 3:30-3:55 Tutors & Snack 4:00-5:50 Painting 4:00-5:55 Painting/Mixed Media (ages 5-8) 5:00-5:15 play break 5:20-5:55 Painting (ages 5-8) 6:00-6:30 Game time/pick-up	After snack and homework time, students groove to funk, jazz, modern and salsa with artist teacher Corissa Johnson. Corissa graduated with honors from California State University, East Bay Hayward, where she obtained a degree in Theater Arts and Dance. Corissa has danced, performed, and choreographed for 10 years and has extensive training in Hip Hop, Modern, Jazz and Salsa. She teaches all over the bay area, including Hayward at CSUEB, Danville for Lori Buffalow’s Next Step Dance Studio and Studio One Art Center. Fridays at Studio One all about line and color with Alisa Cartner’s Painting and Drawing Class. Alisa Cartner graduated from California College of the Arts with BA in illustration, painting and drawing. She has worked for Studio One Art Center since 2007, as well as downtown for the Charter school Oasis Highschool. Cartner will lead students through a study of observational art, and expressive abstractions. Doug Caledron has been teaching visual arts and painting for 14 years and performing arts for 7 years. Doug has studied at California College of the Arts and Crafts, Sacramento State University and has taken many workshops on classroom management and professional development. Doug also continues to create comic strips.