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SPACE's Co-Founders
Laurel Near is a performer, director and playwright. She was an original co-founder of Wallflower Order Dance Collective. She has studied modern dance and theater extensively, and creates multi-cultural dance and theater projects. She believes that in order to work successfully with children the families that raise the children and the community that harbors them must be included in the process.
Paulette Arnold is a director, playwright, and performer. An instructor at Mendocino College, she has a B.A. from Duke University and was a California Artist-in-Residence for 3 years. She is committed to using the performing arts to interrupt discrimination and harassment and reinforce respect and cooperation. Giving young people the opportunity to express feelings, experiences and ideas in their own words is a major focus of her teaching style.
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SPACE's mission is to empower our youth to discover and trust in their innate ability to be creative, responsible and compassionate individuals through effective training in dance, theater, music and cultural education.
Our program emphasizes diversity, youth leadership, cross-cultual arts, social issues, and exemplary training in the arts. The curriculum may address issues of social, environmental and cultural awareness and activism such as distribution of resources, unlearning racism, gender stereotyping and/or sexual orientation.
After collaborating for ten years directing Performing Arts Summer Camp and other projects, Laurel Near & Paulette Arnold founded Near & Arnold's School of Performing Arts & Cultural Education in 1995. Both women have been teaching young people since 1981.
All our staff are experienced performing arts educators or practicing artists. They are selected for their special ability to relate to young people's training, social and developmental needs. We are also proud of our "Teacher Training & Youth Leadership Program" which nurtures young people who have the skills and interest to become teachers.
SPACE is a professionally managed, public benefit community organization and is tax-exempt under IRS code section 501(c)(3).
SPACE Board, Staff and Committees
SPACE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Mary Ann Villwock, President
Susan Plummer-Freeman, Co-Vice President
Judith P. Waterman, Co-Vice President/Treasurer
Carol Rosenberg, Secretary
Laurel Near
Paulette Arnold
Christine Hamilton
Jeanine Nadel
Vivian Power
Keith Sugawara
Megan Allende
Salome
Shaw
Aura de la Fuente
CULTURAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE:
Alexa Armenta
Paulette Arnold
Phyllis Binder
Martin Bradley
Renee Gannon
Miriam Gruver
Christine & Rick Hamilton
Kate Magruder
Lisa Mammina
Carmen Matus
Sage Mountainfire
Laurel Near
Vivian Power
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN MAJOR DONOR COMMITTEE:
Paulette Arnold
Neill Bell
Phyllis Bluestein
Laurel Near
Susan Plummer-Freeman
Karen Soberanis
Carol Stump
Mary Ann Villwock
Sharon Lieser
Aura de la Fuente
John & Inger Maddern
Arleen Shippy
STAFF:
Co-Artistic Directors: Laurel Near & Paulette Arnold
Business and Marketing Director: Madeline Manogue
Latino Community Liaison: Anibal Fragoso Castilleja
Bookkeeper: Price Waterman Accounting
Renovation Project Director: Alison de Grassi
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