Community School Of Music And Arts

In-school:the school offers award-wining in-school programs, art4schools and music4schools, reaching nearly 26,000 students at 62 schools in san mateo and santa clara counties with a sequential, standards-based, and comprehensive curriculum. The school raises funds to subsidize programs at schools servicing students at high risk of academic failure. The program's reach is extended by after school art clubs and music programs. The art4schools curriculum develops technical skills and an understanding of the language of art while also teaching appreciation and cultural understanding of art and its history. End-of-the-year exhibits present thousands of pieces of student art.the music4schools program teaches singing, creative movement, instruments, music appreciation, and cultural understanding of music and its origins. In addition, students have the opportunity to participate in an instrumental music program during school hours and/or after school. End-of-the-year choral and instrumental music performances let children share what they have learned before a live audience.

Art school:the school provides on-site art instruction, including weekly classes, vacation camps, and special workshops. Annually, nearly 1,300 children, youth, teens, and adults receive instruction in a variety of disciplines, including drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, multimedia composition, animation, and folk arts. Vacation camps for children in grades k-8 offer fun and creative classes in a safe and supportive atmosphere. The school also offers exhibitions and art lectures in the mohr gallery.the school provides free gallery exhibitions onsite at the finn center year-round. Exhibitions in the mohr gallery at the finn center showcase emerging and established visual artists with artist talks, receptions, and hands-on workshops. In addition, csma participates in a number of community outreach events annually, providing free hands-on arts activities, information booths, public performances, and exhibitions at local fairs and festivals and other public venues (e.g. Hospitals, businesses, etc.).

The school provides free public performances and gallery exhibitions onsight at the finn center year-round. The school's community concert series includes diverse performances and events by stanford live, csma merit scholars, faculty, and professional musicians. Exhibitions in the mohr gallery showcase emerging and established visual artists with artist talks, receptions and hands-on workshops. In addition, csma participates in a number of community outreach events annually providing free hands-on art activities, info booths and public performances and exhibitions at local fairs and festivals and other public venues (e.g. Hospitals businesses etc.)