VSAOCFestival - Be Brave Be Kind Be You Workshop with Well Beings Studio

"Be Brave, Be Kind, Be You"
Workshops with Well Beings Studio

Purple graphic with cartoon flowers and leaves. 'Create' appears next to an image of a book titled 'Just Ask.' 'Art workshop featuring Sharon Frances' appears on the left underneath the quote 'creativity is intelligence having fun' - Albert Einstein

VSA Orange County partnered with Well Beings Studio to provide art workshops in Special Education classrooms from December 2020 through March, 2021 to address social- emotional well being through the arts and create artwork inspired by this year's Festival theme, "Be Brave, Be Kind, Be You." Special thanks to Sharon Frances, who was the teaching artist leading these workshops in collage, paint, clay and drawing.

Villa Fundamental - SAUSD
Jennifer Lord Crystal Nunez's Class

handmade grey clay sculpture with organic, pointed peaks

Two handmade shell-like clay sculptures with red interior

Two photos, one of cream colored clay cup with two handles and one of blue clay cup with one handle

Hillview Special Classes, OCDE
Lynne McAleece's Class

"Spring Flowers"

Bobbie Jones - 22
Teachers: McAleece

Pieces of decorative, patterned paper attached to a purple piece of paper

buttons and decorative pieces of paper attached to a purple piece of paper

Irvine High School, IUSD
Special Classes, OCDE
Kristin Bartus's Class

collage featuring yellow construction paper sun above mixed media flower against black background

"Moving at my own pace!"

Ehsa Siddique - 19

Teacher: Kristin Bartus

various colorful objects attached to black paper, forming flower-like structures

"I am Bold and Brave!"

Emiliano Rivera - 17

Teacher: Kristin Bartus

"I am me!"

Sajama Palmer - 15

Teacher: Kristin Bartus

Laguna Beach High School Thurston Middle School, LBUSD
Melinda Hawkins and Lorraine Winokur's Classes

Handdrawn red flower with brown and purple center in green grass underneath a red heart. 'Val' is written in the top left corner above a smiley face with eyebrows.

Flower.
Valentino Bitz - Grade 6. Teacher: Lorraine Winokur
Thurston Middle School

drawing of green Christmas tree surrounded by red tree skirt next to blue dog. Red flower in the right hand corner underneath the words 'Happy,' 'Love,'

"Happy Love"
Audrey Harris - Grade 7. Teacher: Lorraine Winokur.
Thurston Middle School

"Animal Lover"
Andris Pukke - Grade 6 Teacher: Lorraine Winokur Thurston Middle School

bright buttons, pieces of string, and feathers decoratively attached to a light pink piece of paper

Allison Orellana Martinez

collage featuring the words 'pretty,' 'beautiful,' and 'nice' written on strips of paper. The collage also includes mostly earth-toned materials of different sizes, shapes, and textures. A sunflower decorates the center

Joshua Gallegos

Frank Garcia

Golden rhinestones glitter at the center of a yellow sun made of cut up strips of paper. The sun is attached to a dark blue background

By: Steve Lopez

colorful collage with organic shapes of different sizes and textures surrounded by cut out pieces of paper with handwritten words. The papers read 'smart,' 'mathematics,' 'builder,' and 'good''

By: Logan Barreth

collage with colorful sequins, pieces of paper, and buttons surrounded by strips of paper with handwritten words. Two of the words read 'playful' and 'happy'

By: Nalani Cortes Arias

Countless painted stars dot a dark night sky about a vibrant blue ocean

Logan Barreth. Grade 7

By: Ceese Djerf

Painting of smiling pink person with long red hair and a blue skirt stands with their arms outstretched next to a small pink bunny and a miniature giraffe. A tall flower with yellow and orange petals stands in the center. Clouds and flying birds decorate the background beneath a shining sun

Colorful wisps of paint form flower-like silhouettes next to a small brown bunny with floppy ears. A blue smiling person stands above the printed name 'ANGEL'

Painting of a person next to a blue animal with circular ears amidst a yellow field surrounded by flowers big and small. In the center, a tall flower with a pinkish red center and black petals stands between two offshoot stems with smaller yellow flowers. A yellow sun shines in the corner. Colorful specks decorate the background

watercolor of green tree

Tall painted flowers with pink, peach, and yellow petals tower over a yellow bug and a smiling person in a green field

Mann Elementary School, AESD
Special Classes, OCDE

Nancy Baldree's Class

"I am as tough as a dinosaur"

Alrick Alva - 10
Teacher: Nannette Baldree

"Be brave, be you- flower"

Matthew Romero - 10
Teacher: Nannette Baldree

"Butterfly Kisses"

Carissa Sanchez - 11
Teacher: Nannette Baldree

All the participating schools and teachers in the "Be Brave, Be Kind, Be You" workshops:

Adult Transition Program, SAUSD

Annie Young

Braille Institute, Anaheim Center
Sarah Johnson

Edison High School, HBUHSD

Autumn Garcia

Hillview High School Special Classes, OCDE

Lynne McAleece

Irvine High School, IUSD
Special Classes, IOCDE

Joe Arnold
Kristin Bartus

Laguna Beach High School, LBUSD

Melinda Hawkins

Mann Elementary School, AESD
Special Classes, OCDE

Nancy Baldree

Mann Elementary, AESD

Oral DHH Program, OCDE
Linda Williams

Chris Gonzalez

Todd Shepard

Thurston Middle School, LBUSD

Lorraine Winokur

Victoria Elementary, NMUSD

Tracy Scofield

Ivy Harwick

Erin Gordon

Monica Camarillo

Villa Fundamental, SAUSD

Jennifer Lord

Crystal Nunez

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