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Menlo School supporters mingle in the lobby of the new Creative Arts and Design Center surrounded by student artwork.
The opening of the Creative Arts and Design Center “demonstrates Menlo’s passion for all aspects of education and Menlo’s recognition of the importance of the arts,” said Susan Ford Dorsey, chair of Menlo School’s Board of Trustees.
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enlo School in Atherton has opened a 40,000-square-foot Creative Arts and Design Center for the teaching of art, music, drama, photography and movie-making. The two-story center, which opened Aug. 24, has 14 teaching spaces for the creative arts, said school spokesperson Jill Kasser. These activities were formerly housed in the oldest buildings on the campus of this private, college preparatory school founded in 1915. The areas of the new center where students circulate are designed to showcase student work in the visual and performing arts, she said. On the ground floor
is a central gallery, plus a studio and a ceramics classroom. The building has three vaulted ceiling music rooms designed for acoustics, with practice rooms and a vocal teaching studio. On the second floor is a drama room, a digital design center, a yearbook/journalism room, a recording studio, faculty office space, a conference room, and a photography studio, plus a classroom and darkroom complex. The full basement has space for set storage, mechanical systems, and a computer server room, she said. Outdoors, there is a studio and teaching patio. The opening of the center, she said,
was also a time to celebrate the school’s surpassing its $55 million capitalcampaign goal and the funding of the Athletic Center (opened two years ago) as well as the Creative Arts and Design Center. The capital campaign also funded infrastructure improvements and added to the school’s endowment. “The opening of the CADC demonstrates Menlo’s passion for all aspects of education and Menlo’s recognition of the importance of the arts,” said Susan Ford Dorsey, chair of Menlo School’s Board of Trustees. “We are thankful to our many generous donors for making it possible.” A
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he clock is ticking for a fundraising drive to benefit the nonprofit Menlowe Ballet, launched last year and now preparing for its third major local performance, set for Oct. 5 through 7. Based at the Menlo Park Academy of Dance studios, the dance troupe is aiming to raise $20,000 to cover the production costs for a new work on the program. “Surfside,” created by artistic director Michael Lowe, is an homage to vintage surf music, and includes live music performed by Paul Stinson and John Baker. So far, the fundraising effort to pay for the production has drawn a healthy response from the community — but there’s a hitch. Organized through the online project “Kickstarter,” the fundraising campaign is limited in duration, and must reach its $20,000 goal by Wednesday, Sept. 12, according to Lisa Shiveley of Atherton, Menlowe Ballet’s executive director. If the effort fails — it’s several thousand dollars away at this point — none of the money already pledged will be collected, and the ballet company is left empty-handed. As of Thursday afternoon (Sept. 6), the campaign had raised about $14,500, and “we’d be crushed to lose that,” Ms. Shiveley said. In a video created for the
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Sharon Kung, left, and Ikolo Griffin rehearse the ballet, “Chuntian,” at the Menlo Park Academy of Dance as they prepare for Menlowe Ballet’s debut performance in 2011.
Kickstarter fundraiser, Ms. Shiveley notes that all money raised during the campaign will go toward costs for the dancers, new costumes that are being created for “Surfside,” and other production costs associated with bringing the new work to the stage.
“The executive staff is not paid at this point, so none of your money is going to pay for anything but direct costs” of producing “Surfside,” she said. Go to tinyurl.com/Ballet919 to see the video and to donate. A
Kids 4 Sports run benefits local youth teams The Kids 4 Sports Foundation will hold its third annual 5K run at 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, at Burgess Park in Menlo Park. Online registration for the Fall Dash is available on active.com at $30 for adults, $20 for kids 18 and under. The Fall Dash two-loop course will take runners and walkers from Burgess Park and on to streets through local neighborhoods. “We designed a flat fast course in a location that would be easily accessible to kids and adults from all sides of Menlo Park,” says Kids 4 Sports cofounder Sally Osterberg. The event is a fundraiser to benefit youth team sports in local communities, including east Menlo Park and East Palo Alto.