Arcadia Trueheart -

Arcadia Trueheart

Charcoal Portraits: beyond black and white seeing

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Program Model	In Class
Artistic Discipline	Visual Art
Grades	1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7 \| 8 \| 9 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| Adult
Min. residency sessions/classroom	3
Program Requirements	Can move from classroom to classroom. Need tables and wall space for hanging drawings.
Instruction Language(s)	English \| Spanish
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Arcadia Trueheart

About the Artist

Arcadia creates murals, masks, drawings, and storytelling experiences. She has been teaching creative expression to youth for 20 years. She holds a BA in Creative & Cultural Communication from WWU and trained with Bread & Puppet Theater.

Teaching Philosophy

Arcadia is inspired by the imagination and expressive abilities of youth. She seeks to nurture their innate creativity by allowing youth to make their own discoveries about color, form, and style through projects that offer new ways to see and create.

Testimonial

"Arcadia inspires as she teaches, making the art process accessible and engaging in a safe space where participants can experiment and explore self-expression." - Sarah Ferguson, Teaching Artist for Arts for Learning Northwest

Program Description

Learn to see what is really there and not just what you expect to find. There's no better subject for exploring assumptions than our own faces. In this portrait drawing series, students will learn about the vast potential of charcoal by experimenting with new drawing techniques and learning from each other's inventiveness. Using these discoveries, students will be challenged to look with fresh eyes at the changing shadows, shapes, and textures found in each human face. Activities will include self portraits and portraits of fellow students to be displayed at the end of the residency. Along the way, the class will reflect on the assumptions we make about ourselves and others and practice opening ourselves to what is new and unexpected.

Arcadia is bilingual in English and Spanish and enjoys teaching in either language or a combination of the two.

Keywords

Draw, Portrait, Self-Portrait, Faces, Charcoal, Identity, Social emotional learning, drawing mediums, illustration, perspective, experimental, community, invention, empathy

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How to Schedule Programs

Performance | Residency | Workshop

Delivery Method	Component Name	Cost	Participant Capacity	Description
In-Person	Residency Session	$96.00	35	Residency session prices are based on a 50 minute session. Some artists may prefer different session lengths and will pro-rate the cost.
In-Person	Workshop Session	$119.00		Workshops can be one or two sessions per class. Each session is 50 minutes long.
In-Person	Family Arts Night Workshop	$216.00		A 90 minute workshop for students and families, typically in the evening or on weekends.
In-Person	Teacher Workshop	$173.00		A 90 minute workshop for teachers.
	Planning Meeting	$86.00		An in person planning meeting with partnering teachers is required for residencies.
	Additional Planning	$86.00		Additional planning time with teachers or volunteers, etc.
	Prep Hours	$79.00		1 prep hour per hour of teaching.
	Culminating Event	$96.00		Artist time to oversee a student performance, gallery event, etc.
	Mileage/Travel Costs			IRS rate per mile round-trip from the Cully neighborhood in Portland. This program is available within 25 miles of Cully. Greater distances possible with additional fees for transportation time and lodging (as needed).
	Supplies			$2-5 per student