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    EDUCATION FOR THE ARTS -
    Main Office

    Kalamazoo RESA - EFA
    1819 E. Milham Avenue
     Portage, MI 49002
    Fax: (269) 250-9201
     
    Bryan Zocher
    Director
    (269) 250-9243


    Kristine DeRyder
    Executive Assistant
    (269) 250-9244
     
     
     

    EDUCATION FOR THE ARTS -
    Epic Center Office

     

    359 S. Kalamazoo Mall, Suite 201
    Kalamazoo, MI 49007
    Fax: (269) 250-9390
     
    Angie Melvin
    Alternative and Special Education Arts Initiative Program Coordinator
    (269) 250-9392

    Deb Strickland
    EFA Program Coordinator
    (269) 250-9393

    Nick Mahmat
    Aesthetic Education Program Coordinator
    (269) 250-9391

     

     
     

    EFA Excellence in the Arts (high school classes)

    EPIC CENTER

    EFA Technology Lab
    359 S. Kalamazoo Mall, Suite 16
     Kalamazoo, MI 49007
     
    Leslie Boughton
    Music Studio
     
    Tom Ludwig
    Media Arts
    (269) 250-9397
     
    Tucker Rafferty
    Theatre Improv and Scriptwriting 
           
    John Wagner
    Lab Manager/Instructional Technology Specialist
    (269) 250-9398

     

    EFA DANCE

    Classes are presented at a variety of professional studio
     and high school locations throughout Kalamazoo County.            
     
    Francesca Pileci
    Dance
     
    Patricia Plasko
    Dance

    Traci Soule
    Dance      

    KALAMAZOO INSTITUTE OF ARTS

    314 S. Park Street
     Kalamazoo, MI 49007
     
    Anne Marie Forrest
    Advanced 2-D Art & Advanced 3-D Art
              

                
    PORTAGE NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL

    1000 Idaho
     Portage, MI 49024 
           
    Denene Mulay Koch
    Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop
                                

     
    VICKSBURG HIGH SCHOOL

    501 E. Highway, Room 30
     Vicksburg 49097


    Troy Smith
    Media Arts
      
    EFA ONLINE CLASSES
     
    Amy Stermer 
    Creative Writing Online
    Digital Storytelling Online  

    EFA Arts for All (K-8, alternative and special education residency programs)

    EFA TEACHING ARTISTS

    For questions regarding EFA Teaching Artist residency programs, contact:
     * Aesthetic Education Program | Nick Mahmat
    * Alternative and Special Education Arts Initiative | Angie Melvin
    * PACE Program | Deb Strickland.
     

    Dance

    Gretchen Becker, Colleen McElroy, Dasan Mitchell, Heather Mitchell, Deb Norton, Traci Soule, Dwight Trice, Jr., Michele VanderBeek,  
     

    Theater

    Hilary Anthony, Bannon Backhus, Sandy Bremer, Sandy Davis, Brian Duguay, Tara Sytsma, Bianca Washington
     

    Music

    Leslie Boughton, Diane Eberts, Marcia Working
     

    Visual Arts

    Nancy Gagliano, Honore Lee, Gayle Reyes, Angelica Roberts, Meg Tang, Jose Velarde-Chan, Mary Whalen

     

Kalamazoo RESA

Inspiring Educational Excellence

Address:1819 East Milham Avenue Portage, MI 49002
P:269-250-9200 F:
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