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ABOUT THE S2S PROGRAM

The Studio to Student Program (S2S) is a new arts mentorship offering by The Arts Fund created in response to the state of our community amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. Studio to Student bridges the social distancing gap and brings art, creativity, technical and conceptual skill-building, and professional mentorship right to your home in an exciting new e-Mentorship format.

The Arts Fund has been a leader in arts mentorship programs for over 30 years. Through S2S's parent program, the Teen Arts Mentorship Program, we have placed thousands of students in professional studio environments to work closely with trained art professionals who carefully join technical instruction with expanding teens’ confidence and creativity through fine art practice.

 

Our new Studio to Student program expands upon a long history of arts mentorship expertise and has been designed as the next-best-thing to an in-person studio experience. We are excited to be expanding our Mentorship offering to the digital realm!

 

Check out our S2S students' exhibition work in our Student Gallery!

Apply now, and bring the studio to you!

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2021 e-Mentorships:

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WHY APPLY

  • Expand your skills and experience in a specific medium

  • Create lasting relationships with other young creatives and your mentor

  • Gain direction and feedback from a professional working artist

  • Become a part of the Mentorship Alumni Network

  • Receive a signed Certificate of Completion

WHO CAN APPLY

  • Any Santa Barbra county teenager

  • Anyone, no matter their art background or skill level (we do not require a portfolio for you to apply!)

  • Anyone! This program is tuition-free. There are no costs to participate.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Admitted students will join a highly experienced artist in a 4-week e-Mentorship experience.

 

Students will receive a complimentary Materials Kit, complete with any specialized materials needed for the class, and a few additional fun perks!

 

Classes will meet over Zoom once per week for approx. an hour and a half to discuss a topic and a carefully designed at-home exercise, as well as relevant tricks-of-the-trade and direct feedback from your mentor.

 

Students will receive weekly PDFs outlining the at-home exercises accompanied by curated supplemental material such as tutorial videos or helpful articles.

 

Upon completion of the Studio to Student program students will have completed a final work, receive a Certificate of Completion, and be placed into the Mentorship Alumni Network - a resource for aspiring young creatives to hear about art competitions, grants, art schools application tips, and more.

OUR MENTORS

The Studio to Student Mentors are working artists/creatives of the greater Santa Barbara County community who are knowledgeable & passionate in their field. They are selected for their ability to uplift and engage students from many different walks of life with varying levels of artistic backgrounds. All of our Mentors uphold The Arts Fund’s strictly enforced program safety and standards, as outlined below.

Current Mentors:

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WEST AFRICAN DANCE

with Yusef Seevers

Yusef is a Detroit native and so excited to be teaching west African dance from Mali and Guinea with Studio 2 Student. He is currently a Resident Artist at PCPA in Santa Maria and privately works as a facilitator, choreographer, voice coach, meditation guide, and actor. He has spent 22 years in the world of west African dance teaching and choreographing nationally and regionally. This session of classes will be unique and catered to the bodies in the space, with a fabulous showing of what we've learned at the end of 4-weeks! His work spans many forms of movement and dance including Contemporary, Congolese, Senegalese, Gambian,  Jazz, and stretch. He has spent much of this year teaching dance and movement to youth and communities all over the country, especially in this virtual teaching revolution.  

www.pcpa.org

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FACING OURSELVES PHOTOGRAPHY

with Patricia Houghton Clarke

A self-taught, award-winning photographer, Patricia Houghton Clarke has focused her imagery on culture, history, and human nature. She has decades of travel in over 40 countries and years of work in visual arts, social justice efforts, photography, teaching, and community development.

The Facing Ourselves Project began a portrait and photo documentary in southern Italy in 2016, for those seeking asylum and the communities where they arrived.  It has grown to include a diverse collection of ongoing community initiatives that confront the challenges, misunderstandings, and stigma accompanying forced migration around the world. Most recently Patricia explored the immigrant experience through photography mentorship with teens at Rincon High School, preceding an exhibition of hers and their work together at Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center.

www.facingourselves.org

www.patriciahoughtonclarke.com

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ACRYLIC PAINTING

with Julie B. Montgomery

Julie B. Montgomery is best known for her abstract paintings which capture the landscape of elsewhere. Her reductive process of pulling and rubbing the acrylic polymer-based paint off of the canvas creates veils of color where forms are built yet never fully defined. Light permeates but remains ephemeral. Mark-making and elusive handwritten text bring one’s focus close to the surface. Her paintings nod to Abstract Expressionism, Color Field Painting, and Impressionism and yet reflect the artists’ own singular style and process.

 

True to her nature, she explores spirituality and love of beauty through the practice of creative action. In giving back to the community she mentors young artists. Montgomery has shown and participated in fellowships nationally and internationally. She and her works have been featured in magazines, television, and film. Montgomery lives in a Palladian Villa amidst the oak trees and rolling hills of Sonoma, California with her son, Henri, and her two cats, Sheba and Tutti.

www.juliebmontgomery.com

PROGRAM SAFETY & STANDARDS

The safety & comfortability of our students is a top priority. We implement multiple legal measures as well as consistent training for our Mentors so that our virtual studio environments are not only safe, but empower our students to freely explore and reach new heights in the arts.

 

The Arts Fund’s standards:

  • All mentors conduct and pass a background check

  • TAF administers Zoom training to all Mentors to ensure that the platform is being used in a safe, secure, and appropriate manner.

  • A member of TAF staff or board of directors sits in on each virtual class meeting to support and ensure proper use of the Zoom platform.

  • Classes always meet as a full group, never one-on-one between students or between Mentor and student.

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