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ArtsTeach @ The Mann Center
With the completion of The Mann’s $15 million in capital renovations in 2007, the Field Education and Outreach Center was opened in the spring of 2007. This new space enabled The Mann to expand our educational programs by providing a studio space for intimate workshops, lectures and demonstrations for area youth to interact with local and internationally renowned artists, and engage personally with the performing arts. In its first year The Mann brought nearly 3,000 youth to the new education center for ArtsTeach @ The Mann, our expanded educational programs, with 55 separate events over 6 programs including: Artist in Residency, Master Class, Meet the Artist, In Touch with Tiny Tots, Greenfield Performance Treasures Series, and Connecting Arts @ the Center. This year, in its second season, ArtsTeach reached over 3,200 youth with our 50 workshops.
Meet the Artist
This series offers artistic career-bound students the opportunity to collaborate with professional artists during various workshops. These intimate sessions allow students to interact with world-class artists and receive immediate feedback with lasting value toward furthering their aspirations of a professional career in the arts.
On May 21, 2009, students will hear the phenomenal music and stories of the legendary jazz master Dr. Billy Taylor in a special Meet the Artist workshop hosted by the Girard Academic Music Program. For more information, please contact Rhoda Blount, Director of Education and Community Engagement, at rblount@manncenter.org.
In Touch With Tiny Tots
These participatory workshops/performances are provided in music, creative dramatics, puppetry, storytelling, dance, and movement. They provide a nurturing environment where our young participants can discover their creativity and self-expression through the arts.
The Mann Center will present RAGGS Live Dance Party for our tiny tots on May 7th and 8th at the Girard Academic Music Program. The little ones will move and groove with these five colorful canines in a learning adventure! For more information, please contact Lauren Vadino, Education Associate, at lvadino@manncenter.org.
Artist in Residency
In 2007, selected orchestra and band members from the Girard Academic Music Program had the opportunity to experience the performing arts through close interaction with professional artists, Rodney Mack, principal trumpet with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and his Big Brass Band. Mr. Mack created The Francis Johnson Project for this series, where, over four weeks, these students were stimulated by the life and times of a prolific musician, and were inspired and enlightened by amazing professional musicians. Philadelphia-born Francis Johnson [1792-1844] was the first African-American bandmaster to tour Europe. He was a renowned performer who composed more than three hundred scores. At the conclusion of the residency, renowned saxophonist Branford Marsalis conducted a master class with the students.
This series connects students and teachers directly with professional artists in participatory activities that enrich, educate, and entertain. Participants are selected from public schools, the Philadelphia Department of Recreation and citywide summer camps.
Greenfield Performance Treasures
This series is an expansion of The Mann Center’s Young People’s Concert Series designed to connect the young participants directly to the scheduled performances and artists with pre-and-post concert demonstrations, lectures, and participatory activities. Participants are selected from the Philadelphia Department of Recreation, citywide cultural arts centers and private summer camps.
The Greenfield Performance Treasure Series is made possible by a grant awarded by The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation.
The Mann Center thanks these additional contributors for their support in enriching the community through programming in the Field Education & Outreach Center:
- Connelly Foundation
- Hamilton Family Foundation
- Independence Blue Cross
- The LENFEST Foundation
- Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation
- The Christopher Ludwick Foundation
