■ 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, [email protected]
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
SouthCAP Community Hours
SouthCAP Community Hours support Imperial, Orange, and San Diego PK–16 dance, media arts, music, theatre, visual arts, and CTE AME educators.
The Community Hour program sessions provide connection and collaboration among arts educators and leaders in SouthCAP’s region on a regular basis. The sessions offer an opportunity to stay informed on statewide and regional updates, and time to dive deeper into local and discipline-specific arts education topics and needs.
Audience: Administrators, Educators
Dates
- October 9, 2024
- December 4, 2024
- February 26, 2025
- April 30, 2025
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 PM (PT)
Cost: No Charge
Please register before 3:00 PM (PT) on the day of the webinar to ensure that you receive the Zoom link. The Zoom link will be sent to you prior to each webinar.
If you have any questions please send them to Christine Rudy-Reed, [email protected].
In Motion Workshops Series — Spring 2025
Southern Counties California Arts Project (SouthCAP) presents In Motion Workshops, a workshop series engaging teachers in theatre, dance, and visual arts! Join SouthCAP this spring in one, two, or the entire series of workshops to ignite your creativity and develop your artistic knowledge, skills, and literacy.
Develop character and improvisation skills in “Storie in Motion,” explore the elements of dance in “Bodies in Motion,” and investigate drawing in “Lines in Motion,” all while generating ideas to integrate the arts into the classroom.
Each professional learning workshop offers hands-on experiences in a half-day, virtual environment, where you can explore, experiment, and learn from the comfort of your own home. Open to educators in TK-12, there is no theatre, dance, or visual arts experience necessary. These workshops are perfect for teachers looking to try out an art discipline to bring the arts into the classroom, or for those teaching the arts looking for inspiration and continued practice. Please see below for information on each workshop and registration.
Stories in Motion: Investigating Theatrical Storytelling
- Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025
- Registration Deadline: March 3, 2025
- Time: 9 AM – 12 PM
- Location: Zoom*
- Fee: $35.00
- Payment: Payment of Registration Fee may be made by Check or District Purchase Order (PO). See below for details.
- Materials: No materials required.
Bodies in Motion: Investigating Creative Dance
- Date: This workshop will be rescheduled for later this year.
Lines in Motion: Investigating Contour Drawing
- Date: Saturday, April 26, 2025
- Registration Deadline: April 18, 2025
- Time: 9 AM – 12 PM
- Location: Zoom*
- Fee: $35.00
- Payment: Payment of Registration Fee may be made by Check or District Purchase Order (PO). See below for details.
- Materials: All drawing materials included.
- Materials will be mailed to participants upon receipt of registration and fee.
Register for individual workshop(s) at the prices above or register for all three workshops for a discounted fee of $85.00 total. Click the following link for more information and registration.
*A Zoom link sent to participants upon receipt of registration and fee.
Artful Connections: Dance & Visual Arts Workshops
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 art 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, [email protected], for more information.