Visual Art

VAPA Director – Brahim Wahib, District Representative

• Erica Fojtik, Art Committee Chair

• Eduardo Otero Jr., VAPA Staff Representative

VAPA Supports the following:

District Art Show Gala

• Ten (10) substitute teachers for show hanging
• Four (4) substitute teachers for take down
• Maintenance costs for panel delivery/pick-up
• Ribbon Awards
• Certificates
• Labels
• Award slideshow, projector, and screen
• Posters, program, and web posts
• Supplies for hanging
• Supplies for reception

Resources

• California Arts Education Framework (K-12)
• Tips for safety and care

Timken Museum of Art Tour FREE visits and guided-tours to the Timken Museum of Art in Balboa Park! 

 During the school year, the Timken Museum or Art offers FREE transportation, FREE admission, and FREE docent-guided museum visits to SUHSD students. Click here for more information on how to qualify for free transportation. Visual Art teachers can schedule school visits to the Timken Museum by emailing tours@timkenmuseum.org or calling (619) 239 5548 x102. Visits are designed to introduce K-12 and college students to the museum. After scheduling a visit with the Timken, please submit the VAPA Transportation Funding Request Form to your site, not to the Visual and Performing Arts department. Thank you. Links to Explore

• The San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park
• The Getty Center in Los Angeles
• The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
• National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
• Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY

“Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.”
– Walt Disney

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