■ Southern Counties California Arts Project (SouthCAP) is committed to supporting educators as they assist all students in meeting their full potential academically, personally, and professionally. Southern Counties California Arts Project does this through its professional learning and leadership development programs.
Located in the School of Music and Dance at San Diego State University, SouthCAP offers research-based professional learning aligned with the California Arts Standards, the California Arts Education Framework, as well as California’s standards in Career & Technical Education, Career & Technical Education, English Language Development and Common Core Content Literacy for Technical Subjects.
SouthCAP provides professional learning programs for educators in the three southern most counties in California.
- Imperial
- Orange
- San Diego
Director
Christine Rudy-Reed, crudyreed@sdsu.edu
P: (619) 594-6647
F: (619) 594-4959
San Diego State University
School of Music and Dance
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-7902
CSMP Region: 9
SouthCAP Regional Programs
SouthCAP’s Artful Connections: Dance & Visual Arts Workshops — San Diego
Artful Connections: Theatre & Visual Arts Workshops — Irvine
Southern Counties California Arts Project (SouthCAP) presents Artful Connections: Theatre and Visual Arts Workshops! Join SouthCAP at UC Irvine this summer in one or both workshops to ignite your creativity, develop your artistic skills, and discover ways to integrate theatre and visual arts with other subject areas.
Each workshop offers a half-day, hands-on professional learning experience. Open to educators in TK-12, there is no visual arts or theatre experience necessary, and all materials are included. These workshops are perfect for teachers looking to try out an art discipline in the classroom, for those looking to integrate the arts with other subject areas, or for arts specialists looking for inspiration and continued practice. Please see below for information on each workshop and registration.
Register for an individual workshop for $50,or register for both workshops for a discounted fee of $80 total.
Artful Connections: Visual Arts
- Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2025
- Registration Deadline: July 7, 2025
- Time: 8:30 – 11:30 AM
- Location: UC Irvine
- Fee: $50 (all materials included) (Parking not included in registration fee)
Artful Connections: Theatre
- Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2025
- Registration Deadline: July 7, 2025
- Time: 12:30 – 3:30 PM
- Location: UC Irvine
- Fee: $50 (all materials included) (Parking not included in registration fee)
Artful Connections: Dance & Visual Arts Workshops — San Diego
Southern Counties California Arts Project (SouthCAP) presents Artful Connections: Dance and Visual Arts Workshops! Join SouthCAP at San Diego State University this summer in one or both workshops to ignite your creativity, develop your artistic skills, and discover ways to integrate dance and visual arts with other subject areas.
Each workshop offers a half-day, hands-on professional learning experience. Open to educators in TK-12, there is no visual arts or dance experience necessary, and all materials are included. These workshops are perfect for teachers looking to try out an art discipline in the classroom, for those looking to integrate the arts with other subject areas, or for arts specialists looking for inspiration and continued practice. Please see below for information on each workshop and registration.
Register for an individual workshop for $50, or register for both workshops for a discounted fee of $80 total.
Artful Connections: Visual Arts
- Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2025
- Registration Deadline: July 14, 2025
- Time: 8:30 – 11:30 AM
- Location: San Diego State University
- Fee: $50 (all materials included) (Parking not included in registration fee)
Artful Connections: Dance
- Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2025
- Registration Deadline: July 14, 2025
- Time: 12:30 – 3:30 PM
- Location: San Diego State University
- Fee: $50 (all materials included) (Parking not included in registration fee)
SouthCAP’s Arts Education Network
The SouthCAP Arts Education Network convenes online once per quarter supporting PK–12 through post-secondary dance, media arts, music, theatre, visual arts, and CTE AME educators to further equitable, standards-based arts education that promotes students’ artistic literacy. In these unprecedented times the Networks forge new opportunities for teachers and administrators in the arts to connect, collaborate, exchange ideas, share experiences, and stay informed of regional and statewide arts education issues and topics. Network session time will be 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Please contact SouthCAP Regional Director, Christine Rudy-Reed, crudyreed@sdsu.edu, for more information.