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      EDUCATION FOR THE ARTS 

      Kalamazoo RESA Service Center
      1819 E. Milham Ave.
      Portage, MI 49002
       
      Bryan Zocher
      Director

      (269) 250-9243

       

      Angie Melvin
      Alternative Arts Initiative Coordinator

      (269) 250-9392

      Deb Strickland
      EFA Program Coordinator

      (269) 250-9393

      Kevin Dodd
      Aesthetic Education Program Coordinator
      (269) 250-9391

       

      EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS - High School Classes

      EFA classes are presented at a variety of professional artist spaces and high school buildings across Kalamazoo County.

      DANCE

      Francesca Pileci
      Modern/Jazz Dance Studio, Intermediate Dance Studio, 
      Integrated Dance/Health/PE

      Heather Mitchell
      Modern/Jazz Dance Studio   
       

      Shantese Robinson  
      Modern/Jazz Dance Studio   

      LITERARY AND MEDIA ARTS

      Amy Stermer 
      Creative Writing Online, Advanced Creative Writing Online
       
      John Wagner
      Comics/Manga/Graphic Novel Arts, Digital Photo Art, Digital Studio Art
       
      Matt Perigo
      3D Computer Animation/Game Design
       
      Amberlee Mucha
      Film and Video Arts, Advanced Video Arts Studio
       
      Troy Smith
      Film and Video Arts
       
      Holly Shu Kin So
      KVCC Media Arts (dual enrollment program) 

        

       

       

      THEATER AND MUSIC

      Denene Mulay Koch
      Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop

      Bannon Backhus
      Theatre Improv and Scriptwriting 

      VISUAL ARTS

      Gayle Reyes
      Advanced 2-D Art, Advanced 3-D Art 

      ARTS FOR ALL - Teaching Artist Residency Programs

      For questions regarding EFA Teaching Artist residency programs, contact:

      • Aesthetic Education Program | Kevin Dodd, (269) 250-9391
      • Alternative Arts Initiative | Angie Melvin, (269) 250-9392
      • PACE Program | Deb Strickland, (269) 250-9393

      DANCE

      Alyssa Zamora, Colleen McElroy, Cortney Blair, Deb Norton, Erin Malley, Gretchen Becker, Jessica Loper, Julia Perry, Kat Hsu-Bishop, Kris Stahl, Shantese Robinson, Shelley Utt, Traci Soule  

      MUSIC

      Hannah Robinson, Jessica Ivey, Leslie Baron, Marcia Working, Sara Dawson, Sue Duncan

      THEATER

      Alyssa Zamora, Bannon Backhus, Brian Duguay, Kris Stahl, Patrick Poole, Sandy Bremer, Shannon Hill, Tasleem Jamila Firdausee

      VISUAL ARTS

      Brent Harris, Corinne Satterlee, Gayle Reyes, Honore Lee, Karen French-hall, Mary Whalen, Meg Tang, Nancy Gagliano, Nayda Collazo-Llorens, Paddy Aidan,  

       

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