Events & Activities

This new virtual masterclass series offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for local students to interact and learn from some of our nation’s most talented artists, in an accessible and fun format developed specifically for online learning and engagement.

This program offers students a chance to meet new friends, find new forms of creative expression, develop their skills as an artist, and enjoy a daily dose of fun!

Camp includes daily live classes, discussions, and activities as well as access to additional high-quality pre-recorded arts instruction that students can enjoy at any time over the summer.

Daily Schedule:
-9am-10:30am: Daily Morning Zoom “Circle” Warm Up and Welcome
-10:45am-12:15pm: Performing Arts Interactive Live Master Class
-12:30pm-1:30pm: Zoom Lunch Hour
-2:30pm-5pm: Optional pre-recorded class (with CLARA Teaching Artists)
-5pm: Sharing

Students will need a computer, tablet or phone and internet connection.

NOTE: This event has been postponed.

As a Leader:
-Group facilitation techniques
-Understanding communication styles and how to manage them in a group setting

In the Classroom:
-Successful classroom management techniques including attention getting strategies, explaining instructions, and managing students input and participation
-When to speak and when to listen

ALTA Workshops are designed to support artists interested in developing their leadership skills through the arts and becoming trained teaching artists in a classroom setting.

Artists will learn the fundamental tools necessary to teach their craft while building personalized approaches to building community and culture as an arts leader. Workshop content will address specific topics such as strengthening relationships in the classroom, establishing procedures and capturing attention, and effective communication strategies in individual and group settings.

NOTE: This event has been postponed.

As a Leader:
-Identifying the role and value of each step in the creative process
-Clearly defining the goal of each project and identifying what matter most: process or product

In the Classroom:
-Be explicit about the purpose of your instruction
-Manage your teaching deliverables

ALTA Workshops are designed to support artists interested in developing their leadership skills through the arts and becoming trained teaching artists in a classroom setting.

Artists will learn the fundamental tools necessary to teach their craft while building personalized approaches to building community and culture as an arts leader. Workshop content will address specific topics such as strengthening relationships in the classroom, establishing procedures and capturing attention, and effective communication strategies in individual and group settings.

It has never been a more critical time to support our Midtown small businesses, which are the backbone of our community. Contributing to this event will support the Midtown resiliency efforts to re-open and support our restaurants, bars, and retail establishments, and will also help sustain the great, health-focused, and free programming offered in Midtown parks. The Midtown Mini Golf Tournament followed by the Midtown Love celebration will be your opportunity to not only enjoy a wonderful evening of fun and entertainment, but to also give back to the community that you love.

Don’t miss the opportunity to network with many of Midtown’s key influencers, business owners, and community members, highlighted by an 18-hole miniature golf tournament, each hosted at excellent Midtown locations with food, drinks, music hospitality, and themes, and include an exciting ’19th Hole’, which is a challenging putt with an opportunity to win a day-trip with 5 friends on a private plane! The post-golf entertainment at Faces includes live music, live art, dance performances, a spirited drag queen lip sync battle, lounging mermaids in the pool, and more!

Features and Attractions:
-Miniature Golf Tournament
-Hole-in-One Competition
-Hosted Cocktails
-Drag Queen Lip Sync Battle Performances
-Local Food, Vendors, and Entertainment
-Raffle Prizes
-Live Art
-Photobooth
-Mermaids

Your Contributions Support:
-Micro-grants to small businesses
-Street buskers to liven the community
-Restaurant and retail promotions
-Sutter’s Fort lighting
-Winn Park infrastructure
-Healthy programming at Fremont Park
-Dog Activities at Truitt Bark Park

NOTE: This event has been postponed.

As a Leader:
-The art of facilitation: guiding multiple voices into a cohesive vision
-Identifying diverse strengths within a collaborative group
-"Yes, And"

In the Classroom:
-Designing collaborative lessons (among students and teachers)
-Understanding arts integration: what it is and what it is not
-Empowering students to create their own collaborative art

ALTA Workshops are designed to support artists interested in developing their leadership skills through the arts and becoming trained teaching artists in a classroom setting.

Artists will learn the fundamental tools necessary to teach their craft while building personalized approaches to building community and culture as an arts leader. Workshop content will address specific topics such as strengthening relationships in the classroom, establishing procedures and capturing attention, and effective communication strategies in individual and group settings.

The beloved story from France is adapted for the stage in an achingly beautiful rendition full of wonder and bursting with love. When a pilot finds himself in a strange land, he meets a young visitor from another planet. Their relationship deepens as they teach each other about life and the nature of love. Based on the book by Antoine De Saint-Exupery.

Enjoy a walk in the autumn chill and join the River City Marketplace in one of Sacramento’s beautiful parks for over one hundred local creative vendors, food, music and fun!

NOTE: This event has been postponed.

As a Leader:
-Community building strategies and approaches
-Walk the walk and talk the talk: lead by example
-Recognize failure as a necessary and vital component in the creative process

In the Classroom:
-Shift the mindset from "right and wrong" or "good and bad"
-Learn to emphasize participation and engagement without criticism
-Teach the power of practicing and refining your art

ALTA Workshops are designed to support artists interested in developing their leadership skills through the arts and becoming trained teaching artists in a classroom setting.

Artists will learn the fundamental tools necessary to teach their craft while building personalized approaches to building community and culture as an arts leader. Workshop content will address specific topics such as strengthening relationships in the classroom, establishing procedures and capturing attention, and effective communication strategies in individual and group settings.

Love, a doting father, a mysterious stranger, and a little bit of magic weave a touching and humorous quilt of holiday cheer to keep you winter-warm. Adapted from Charles Dickens' second beloved holiday classic.

Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers are internationally recognized as one of the top bands in the world performing classic American jazz, swing, blues and R&B music from the mid-twentieth century.

Lavay and her group have toured extensively throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Canada. They have performed at many of the top festivals, concert venues and nightclubs in the USA, and recently headlined Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City for a special New Year’s Eve show in December, 2014. Whether singing her own compositions or drawing on a large repertoire of classics, Lavay and her all-star 7-piece band bake up an instant recipe for dancing and good times.