Co Founder & President at Turnaround Arts CA • Strategic Philanthropy for Frank Gehry • Former Chair CA Arts Council • Co Founder Create Ca • Arts 4 Biden
I got back to work at the South Bend Civic Theatre yesterday, and by work, I mean play. We spent some time as a community discussing the importance of theater and the necessary push for arts inclusive education. We also just had a lot of fun playing “escape from planet lava.”
“Every war leaves our world worse than it was before. War is a failure of politics & of humanity, a shameful capitulation, a stinging defeat before the forces of evil”
@Pontifex
#Ukraine
#War
#Peace
#UkraineRussiaWar
Sweet Katherine, so happy you said yes! I’m thrilled to be marrying you. Proud to live boldly in faith with you. Here we go! 💍🙏♥️
Ideally we’d have kept this secret for as long as…
Inauguration takeaway: Words matter. Tone matters. Temperament matters. Excellence shines. Manners never go out of style. Hope is there even when you can’t see it, & no matter how old you are, a beautiful rendition of “Amazing Grace” can bring you to tears.
@mariashriver
Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart,
until, in our own despair,
against our will,
comes wisdom
through the awful grace of God
#Aeschylus
#poem
#RFK50
@RFKHumanRights
🇺🇸
Could the arts be a driver of school reform instead of a victim? Could arts help close the achievement gap? I think
#ArtsEd
could be one answer. We can have all students learn at high levels & be excited about learning, & arts do that
What kind of art do you like?," asked the president.
“Painting,” Maria said.
The President replied, “Do you think you’ll be a painter when you grow up?”
Maria said with confidence, “I already am one.”
#ArtsEd
@POTUS
@TurnarndArtsCA
@Americans4Arts
I just saw this beautiful film, revisiting the soundtrack of my life, The Byrds, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, the music is staggering, the sensitive direction is perfect
@CameronCrowe
& I was moved by the honesty, talent & bravery of
@thedavidcrosby
Bravo!!
@PCHFilms
@sonyclassics
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come W.H. Auden
#ChrisLawford
1955-2018
In the spirit of
#Thanksgiving
I feel deeply grateful to this heroic couple,
#FrankGehry
& his brilliant wife Berta, who gifted us w/our offices & founded our nonprofit
@TurnarndArtsCA
They make our work possible creating
#ArtsEd
opportunities for underserved children.
“Forgiveness takes time, but you can get there by hearing other people’s stories.”
@KSchwarzenegger
talked to 22 people in her new book,
#TheGiftofForgiveness
, and tells
@hodakotb
what she learned about what forgiveness means to different people.
Dear Lord, Thy will be done,
For all the joy Thy child shall bring,
The risk of grief we'll run.
We'll shelter her with tenderness,
We'll love her while we may,
And for the happiness we've known,
Forever grateful stay.
#SaoirseKennedy
☘️
He’s reached a point in his career where he has the luxury of focusing on what matters most: projects promoting social justice. He & Ms Shriver founded
@TurnarndArtsCa
a nonprofit that brings
#ArtsEd
to CA’s neediest schools. “These are labors of love”
The country is asking to hear YOUR voice. Members of the Original Broadway Cast of
@HamiltonMusical
have rallied together to ask you to vote on November 6!
#Ham4Vote
Happy Birthday Bobby ❤️
I have seen nothing but you.
Every day
Has been your face,
And every night your hand
And every road
Your voice calling me.
@langston_poems
@bobbyshriver
#April28
Neurologists found creating
#art
at least 1X week can increase introspection & empathy because it strengthens the brain’s default mode network, regions active when thinking about others & your own actions.
#ArtsEd
reduces cortisol & stress
@NatGeoEducation
Schools are increasingly offering
#ArtsEd
not only in traditional courses, but as a way to teach academic content—an approach that research shows can boost students’
#learning
& well-being
#SEL
@edutopia
@TurnarndArtsCA
We’re adding 10 schools to our
#TAcalifornia
family! 🎨💕 Thanks to
@FGehry
, we’re now using the
#artsforchange
at 27 schools in 20 school districts - that’s over 17,000 elementary and middle school students statewide. Feeling all 😍? US TOO.
When she found out her students love Bob Ross & his tranquil painting lessons, she decided to work
#ArtsEd
into their morning routine. “When they're having fun, they're so excited — they'll learn anything you throw at them."
#SEL
@MindShiftKQED
More than 600,000 white flags will fill the
@NationalMallNPS
symbolizing the lives lost to
#COVID
in the US. Each of the flags, displayed across the 20 acres, will hold a written personal message from loved ones honoring their memory
#PublicArt
I learned from ‘Sesame Street’ that
#music
is not only incredibly fun, but also an extremely effective narrative &
#teaching
tool. On top of that, their songs are the closest thing we have to a shared childhood songbook
@Lin_Manuel
@sesamestreet
#ArtsEd
#ArtsEd
is being defunded in a rapid way that doesn’t make sense, & it needs to be protected at all costs, the
#arts
have given me everything I have, &
#music
is the skeleton key that opens the other door to all these other things.
@Pharrell
“If we are to hope for a society of culturally literate people,
#music
must be a vital part of our children's education.” Happy Birthday
@YoYo_Ma
thank you for the beauty you bring to our world
#MusicEducation
#ArtsEd
advocacy
@TurnarndArtsCA
Sesame Workshop and International Rescue Committee are collaborating to teach children how to handle tough emotions. The new Sesame edition is being made with refugee kids in mind
“Access to arts education instruction must not be determined by where a student happens to live.” We support SB 933
@TurnarndArtsCA
@BenAllenCA
Read more here:
Arts education equips students with tools for processing their stress & emotions. The arts are proven to increase students' mental & physical wellbeing. They MUST be part of any and all SEL conversations. The importance of arts education is non-negotiable.
#ArtsEdRebuilds
Congratulations are in order! We're thrilled to have
@MariaShriver
joining us this morning to chat about a recent Gracie Award win for our series "Women's Wellness DisruptHERS with Maria Shriver." Way to go!
“People tend to confuse equity with the concept of “equal treatment,” which means treating everyone the same. In fact, the two couldn’t be more different.”
#equity
is
#empathy
in action
@TurnarndArtsCA
@jfenster
“Art is a curriculum area that shouldn’t be up for debate; rather, it’s beneficial to view art as a learning domain, similar to critical thinking & number sense. Dewey, Steiner, & Froebel all discussed the importance of
#artsed
to development of children”
Numerous studies have shown that
#art
&
#music
can help soothe chronic pain, stave off symptoms of dementia/Alzheimer’s disease & accelerate brain development in young children. Now, there’s evidence that being exposed to
#ArtsEd
helps people live longer.
The Dan and Lillian King Foundation are sponsoring field trips for thousands of 8th grade students & teachers in the Monterey school system to see
@HamiltonMusical
:
Today, we welcome the first of multiple field trips to the Orpheum Theatre!
@MCOE_Now
“An often overlooked aspect of Frank’s work is that he’s a great planner. He knows the way buildings work & how to organise sequences of spaces. That’s exactly what we needed in a building as big & as complicated as ours.”
#FrankGehry
#Museum
#Architecture