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• Living Arts Appoints Ty Sawyer as New El Arte K-8 Arts-Infused Education Manager.
Ty is "proud to be the newest member of the Living Arts family." He has several years experience working in corporate accounts management, in addition to four years working with non profits that focus on arts, education, and recreation both as an administrator and teaching artist. Ty received his MFA from the New York Academy of Art and BFA from Eastern Michigan University, where he is currently an adjunct professor. He is a painter, poet, and constant lover of the arts who is dedicated, open minded, and dependable. Ty joins Bobbi Lucas, our El Arte Early Learning (Pre-Kindergarten) Program Manager, who also trains our teaching artists and classroom teachers in arts-infused education and teaches in our Southwest Dance program. Bobbi is a professional performing artist, choreographer and director. She is a National Master Artist for the Wolf Trap Institute and has conducted classroom residencies and teacher training’s for the Institute throughout the United States as well as England, and Greece. Her education includes a BA in Theatre and Dance from Oakland University and an MA in Psychology for the Center for Humanistic Studies. Her local training and performing in Modern, Post-Modern and Contemporary Dance include Linda Z. Smith, The Detroit Dance Collective and Laurie Eisenhower. Master Workshops and Intensive Studies with Judith Jamison, Deborah Hay, Trisha Brown, Bill Evans and Anna Halprin have provided and continue to provide her inspiration to teach and create dance. She received the Alumni Arts Achievement Award from Oakland University for her “outstanding contributions to children’s dance.” Altogether, Ty and Bobbi will manage approximately one hundred 20-session arts-infused education residencies engaging over 2,500 pre-K through 8th grade students in Southwest Detroit! • On October 5, 2011 thousands of students, parents and volunteers celebrated International Walk to School Day. This year's Michigan Walk to School Day theme was "Let's Move Together." In addition to walking or bicycling to and from school, students were also encouraged to do the "Ped Safety Dance", a choreographed, pedestrian-safety themed version of the song "The Safety Dance". Working with Rosie Stern, Safe Routes to School Training Coordinator at the Michigan Fitness Foundation, Living Arts’ Southwest Dance Students created an instructional video demonstrating “The Safety Dance”. The video is currently featured on the Michigan Fitness Foundation’s Safe Routes to School website and will be featured nationally. Check out our students in the video below!
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MISSION:Living Arts is dedicated to strengthening the neighborhoods of Southwest Detroit by cultivating an environment that sparks the imagination and fosters ingenuity through the arts and community development initiatives. Founded as Southwest Dance in 1999, the program initially offered four weekly classes and served 19 students. From there it grew into a multifaceted arts provider, anchored in dance education. Early in 2008 El Arte Alliance merged with Living Arts to serve as its arts-infused education division. Together, they have created a strong presence in Southwest Detroit, serving over 3,700 community members with quality arts and culture experiences. Today, the organization’s commitment to youth development and cultural enrichment significantly impacts Southwest Detroit. Living Arts is a community-based nonprofit, tax exempt, 501(c)(3) organization.
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