Pepperdine Offers Free Digital Resources for Spring 2021

As part of its continued mission to present innovative, unique, entertaining, and diverse performances and museum exhibitions, the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts will be hosting its ARTSReach program online for the Spring 2021 semester. The ARTSReach program typically provides free performances and tours of the Weisman Museum of Art to over 5,000 K–12 schoolchildren in Los Angeles and Ventura County each year. As a result of the closures caused by COVID-19, the ARTSReach program was transitioned online for the 2020–2021 season. The Center for the Arts is now pleased to announce new ARTSReach content in the digital format in Spring 2021.

Each month during Spring 2021 (February through May), Center for the Arts will email participating ARTSReach teachers and schools with curated activities for the month. These resources will include performances, art criticism, and art analysis opportunities, and will consist of a combination of video and “screen off” activities for students encouraging them to engage with and be inspired by art.

The diverse range of professional presentations in the spring ARTSReach series includes jazz singer Jazzy Ash, GRAMMY-nominated Latin singer Sonia de los Santos, hip-hop dance company Versa-Style Dance Company, and Theatre and Music alumni from Pepperdine University. Performances are pre-recorded, so teachers can share the content with their students at their convenience over a four-week period. Each performance will be paired with a live question-and-answer session with the artist, so students have the opportunity to ask questions of the artist.
Each professional presentation is paired with four or more arts education activities designed to inspire and educate students in visual art, music, theatre, and dance. Many of the arts education activities were created by Seaver College students at Pepperdine University, under the direction of professional staff at the Center for the Arts.

Dates for the ARTSReach Spring 2021 monthly content are as follows:
Jazzy Ash and Black History Month: February 15–March 14, 2021
Sonia de los Santos and Spotlight on Women Artists: March 15–April 11, 2021
Versa-Style Dance Company and Spring into Dance: April 12–May 9, 2021
Pepperdine Alumni and Travel and Adventure: May 10–June 6, 2021

The ARTSReach program is free to students and schools in Los Angeles and Ventura County, thanks to the support of donors to the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts. Advance registration is required.

ARTSReach monthly content is subject to change.