The skateboard project is a collaboration with Photon Light Boards, a San Diego/National company and the finished boards will be on display in various galleries in San Diego and LA with the chance of the boards being bought and or reproduced by the skateboard company as a professional outlet for the students.

Ms. Matthes is hosting an art seminar for DFA/EVA this Saturday at CCA in watercolor. The seminar is open to anyone (parents, student, friends) who would like to attend. The art teachers a donating their time for several seminars this Spring as a fundraiser for the art dept. It is a fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon, create a cool piece of art, and help out EVA/DFA!.

Seminar Description : Watercolor Painting Do your watercolors always blur and become muddy? End the frustration! Learn how to create fun and vibrant hues and textures in watercolor while avoiding common mistakes made in the medium. I will teach you dry brush, wet on wet,stretching paper, and wash techniques as well as how to use household items to create patterns and textures in your work. Please bring along a few close up detail photos to work from. I will also have a few drawn out for those who are beginners. Reference photos of flowers, insects, fish, still life objects, animals, simple landscapes, buildings, etc.will be easiest to work from. Email Jessica.matthes@sduhsd.net to sign up. Sat March 24th 12- 3 pm in M204 $30 per person (checks made out to CCA Foundation, memo DFA/EVA Envision)

Choir, Jazz Band, CCA Faculty Mr. V and Ms. Yates rock the house on Thursday, March 22, 7PM. This concert also features special guests Karl Denson (Karl Denson's Tiny Universe and the Greyboy All Stars) and Musician First Class, Mike Bogart (US Navy and Tower of Power) It promises to be a good time!

CCA's Envision Cinema Conservatory film"Bottles and Cans" has been selected to appear in the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) next month. CCA student filmmakers Joshua Masters, Richard Liu, Allan Duan, and Jennifer Smart produced the documentary short film on recycling in the Fall of 2011 as one of eight Envision Cinema Conservatory films produced that semester. "Bottles and Cans" is showcased in the NFFTY Earth category, featuring environment and social justice issues brought to light through films motivating awareness and positive change. The National Film Festival for Talented Youth, the largest youth film festival in the world, received nearly 700 entries into the 2012 Festival, which will be held April 26-29, 2012 in Seattle, Washington. Films have been submitted by filmmakers 22 and under, from 40 states and 22 countries. The filmmakers who submitted this year represent a cross-section of backgrounds and ages, with the youngest filmmaker being seven-years-old. Now in its sixth year, NFFTY has continued to grow year-after-year. Festival programmers are alsoexposed to insights about the voice and stories of this generation. This year, NFFTY is seeing similar story content about love, teen angst and coming of age and then darker subject matter about war, suicide and loss of hope, likely a reflection of the current state of the world. A sample of countries NFFTY received submissions from this year include: Armenia, Austria, Bahamas, Bulgaria, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, India, Singapore, South Korea and more. After making the final selections, NFFTY expects to screen more than 200 films at thefestival in April. Last year, NFFTY drew more than 7,000 in attendance.

All Parents and Supporters of CCA Envision are invited to
Raven Wishes Night for Envision 
Tuesday March 6,
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
at the Del Mar Hilton (Jimmy Durante Blvd and Via de la Valle). 
Meet with teachers and administrators one-on-one, learn what is needed to keep CCA’s award-winning Envision programs on top, and make a donation to the Canyon Crest Academy Foundation for needed items. Any size donation small or large is appreciated. Admission is free. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres and parking will be provided.

Raven Wishes Boards will be on display featuring items supported by Foundation donations that are needed to provide faculty support and supplement all Envision day classes and Conservatories. The Envision Raven Wishes Night will feature all of the CCA Envision departments which include all classes that come under Instrumental Music, Vocal Music, Theater, Dance, Digital/Fine Art, and Cinema.

Don't miss this important event if your child is in any of these classes:
Performing Arts, Acting, Drama, Musical Theater, Stagehand Technician, Symphonic Band, Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, Recording Arts, Digital Composition, Rock Band, Choir, Dance, Jazz Modern Dance, Ballet, Dance Choreography, Drawing & Design, Painting, Sculpture, Art for New Media, Seminar in Art, AP Art History, AP Studio Art, Imaging, Digital Photography, Photo Imaging, Digital Media Production, Video Film, and Conservatory.

For those unable to attend the event, online or mail-in donations are welcome. To make a donation or to view the Raven Wish lists in advance, please visit http://www.canyoncrestfoundation.org/.

Cole Porter's "Kiss Me Kate" is opening soon-we are so excited to be opening the "Pit" for the first time at CCA. Enjoy this time lapse video (CLICK HERE) of the unveiling of the "Pit" by the Tech Theater students and staff. Tickets for Kiss Me Kate are available HERE, or at the Finance Office.

Join us next week to learn about the exciting curriculum, projects and events happening 2nd Term. There is NEVER a dull moment with Envision! The Back to School night information can be found HERE.

Envision Cinema Guest Artist Destin Cretton's first festure film, "I Am Not A Hipster," is premiering this month at the Sundance Film Festival.  Cretton works with the Envision Cinema day classes and Envision Cinema Conservatory at CCA.  This is his fifth year working at our school.  Destin previously won the Jury Prize at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival for the short film "Short Term 12."  You can watch a preview of the new film here.  Also, Envision Cinema Guest Artist Brad Kester was a second unit director on "I Am Not A Hipster," and served as an assistant director on "Short Term 12." This is Brad's first year working at CCA. 

A short story about the feature film and it's music is featured in the latest edition of Rolling Stone magazine:HERE and in Wired: HERE

Envision Dance presents a celebration of dance arts in cycles. Get your tickets online, at the Finance Office or at the door.

Congratulations to Julia Schorn, Harp, for being accepted into the All State Honor Orchestra and to Harold Chun, clarinet, and Ashkan Shahbandi, alto saxophone, for being accepted into the All State Bands. They will perform with talented students from all over the state in Fresno in February as part of the California Music Educators Conference.

An all day Envision celebration-get your tickets today

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The current Conservatory Application Window is now open. Applications are due December 9. Download yours HERE. If you are applying to more than one Conservatory, you MUST fill out an application for each one. Applications may be turned in at Reception in the Main Office. No late applications will be accepted.

CCA-TV staff members and Envision Cinema seniors Hunter Peterson and Jason Segal have been handpicked to be part of MTV International Founding Global Correspondents, a highly competitive pool of talented individuals to selected to help MTV craft, build and define an entirely new, entirely original project. The correspondents are a diverse group ranging from 17-29 year olds, representing 12 different countries and over 30 different states/regions. All the videos, articles and photo/visual captions created by Hunter, Jason, and the other correspondents will be translated into four different languages and featured on MTV properties worldwide for a global audience.

Click on the Events tab on the left to access our online ticketing agent for Envision shows, performances and presentations or click directly on this link

Envision volunteers keep our program running! Please consider volunteering at our performances and events are looking for volunteers! Many volunteers are needed to run concessions, ticketing and will-call. It is a great community of people working together to celebrate the artistry and energy of our students. Join the team! Email CCABoxOffice@yahoo.com to get started.

Our amazing guest artists present and perform their works for the public-come check out this FREE presentation of some of the finest teachers/artists in San Diego County and beyond.

DFA teachers will be leading Art Seminars open to the public on Saturday, October 1. Check back soon for a schedule and menu of seminar offerings.

CCA had our first annual Envision Dance Summer Workshop, and it was a huge success!  Over 30 dancers came to campus to sweat it out in July.  Class began at 10 am, with Ericka Moore, one of CCA's staple Guest Artists.  Ericka taught a Jazz/Hip-Hop fusion class.  Dancers quickly switched gears and took ballet from Robyn Shiffren, who is well-known and loved throughout the San Diego dance community.  Robyn also teaches at CCA on a regular basis and will be providing intense ballet training to Conservatory Dancers throughout the Spring Semester.  After ballet, Rayna Stohl, CCA's Dance Coordinator, offered a tricks and inversions class, where dancers crafted their upside down skills, and some conquered fears while learning the art of combining gymnastics with dance.  The day concluded with another staple Guest Artist, Erica Buechner.  Erica concentrated on the art of improvisation and also spent a day teaching the dancers about strength training.  Rayna plans on making this summer workshop a staple at CCA, and the workshop will go hand in hand with a performance opportunity next summer.

Dance Conservatory also put on its own concert, "Unbreakable Threads," in July, at the Vine, a performance space located at the Bernardo Winery.  Dance Alumni as well as graduates of the 2010/2011 year presented works, alongside Rayna, for an evening of intimate and memorable dance.  This, again, was a first-time experience, and Rayna looks forward to making this a yearly contribution to dance at CCA.

Click HERE for yours! Applications are due August 18. Auditions/Portfolio reviews will take place before the start of school. For more information about the Conservatory Program, check out this link, or speak with the Discipline Coordinator for the Conservatory in which you are interested.

Students in Michael's Schwartz's Children''s Theater class created an original Children's play, "The Adventures of James and Sabrina" and traveled to local elementary schools, presenting their work for 1st grade students at Edison Elementary School. You can see this original play in the Black Box Theater on Friday at 4PM, or Saturday at either 11 AM or 2 PM

Join us this weekend, Saturday, May 21 for the Envision Art Show and Film Festival. Tickets are available HERE. In addition to seeing the culmination of our students' work this year, Envision Cinema is also raising funds to help support the schools in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, that were devastated by last month's tornados. Click HERE for information on how you can help.

Congratulations to Film Maker, Alex Powell, for his acceptance into the summer long Reel Voices class. This a program is run through the San Diego Asian Film Foundation. students are led through the documentary filmmaking process, working with members of the film industry to create a documentary, from start, through post-production and editing.

Click HERE for yours! Applications are due August 18. Auditions/Portfolio reviews will take place before the start of school. For more information about the Conservatory Program, check out this link, or speak with the Discipline Coordinator for the Conservatory in which you are interested.

The Envision Music Program was awarded a $5,500 grant from the Grammy Foundation. Thirty Six schools in the country were awarded grants based on their program strength, depth and achievement. The Enterprise Grant will partially fund our Gamelan program and help to pay for our new Gamelan Orchestra instruments and to help ensure the program's longevity at CCA.

Join the DFA Conservatory students, teachers and families in THE NEST anytime from 3:00 to 7:30pm for the 4th Annual Conservatory Art Auction, Wednesday, March 30. The talented DFA Conservatory students will be showcasing all the amazing artwork created during the Art-In. There will be over 35 paintings for sale, via silent auction, 100% of the proceeds go directly back into DFA Conservatory. There will be live music and tasty food for sale....COME CHECK IT OUT. (It's free to attend!)

A CCA Envision Cinema Conservatory team was one of only two high school teams honored at the 2011 Best Fest America 48 Hours of Madness Festival. Catie Ellwood, Olivia Klatch, Jacob Morrison, Jesse Ostroff, and Sam Sarokin received Honorable Mention for their adaptation of the short film script "Ghost in the Machine." Teams have 48 hours during one weekend (March 11th-13th) to produce a film based on a script provided. All the competing films were shown at Ultra Star Cinemas Hazard Center Mission Valley on Sunday, March 27th. Watch the winning CCA entry HERE.

The 4th annual Art-In is March 18th and 19th. This special event has become an very important piece of the DFA Conservatory. This talented and dedicated group of students stay on campus overnight and each create a painting in a mere 20 hours. The Art-In raises fund for Conservatory's supplies, it’s an amazing bonding experience for students, and it’s a great challenge for personal creativity.  The theme for this year's Art In is cycles!

The Rancho Santa Fe Community Concert Series is sponsoring this amazing partnership. The Dallas Brass are a world renowned brass quintet that tour internationally with a rhythm section. The Wind Ensemble has been invited to perform with them. Students will also receive a clinic, rehearse with these professionals and see a fantastic concert! For tickets and more information, click HERE.

Envision cinema students, and masters of CCA-TV take their educational partnership to the private sector. They have established their own film company, Cinema 595. Click HERE to read more about it!

REBEL, a collaboration between Anne Whattoff and Rayna Stohl, will premiere on May 26th and 27th in the CCA Proscenium Theater. Shows are at 4 and 7 pm. This show is a look at the concept of "Rebel," specifically female rebels, within our world. This concept is an issue close to both Ms. Whattoff's and Rayna's heart, and we both look forward to sharing our journey with the community.

Envision's Raven Wish Night was a smashing success! Thank you to all the wonderful patrons of the Arts and Envision that came out to support our "FUNdraiser". With your help, we raised over $7000 for the Envision program. Click HERE for media coverage of our event!

Envision Art teachers are offering public art workshops on Thursday March 10 (Photography) and Saturday, March 12 (Drawing, Watercolor, and Mixed Media). Parents, students and community members are invited to join our faculty in a 2 hour workshop. All proceeds benefit Envision. Click HERE for more information.

Advanced Video/Film students in Envision Cinema have created three summer reading library PSA's as part of a statewide library competition, thanks to Terri Glausser.  The three videos that receive the most "like" votes on YouTube will then be judged by a state committee.  The top choice of that committee will represent California at the national competition.  Please go to the below site and click "like" on any or all of our three videos listed below.  Please also encourage your friends and family to vote as well.  

Vote for You Are Here-CA-R Liu, You Are Here-CA-S Engel, You Are Here-CA-N Nasirpour  

Get your tickets now for our 3 night Chess event! April 1-3. This Concert version of the musical, Chess, involves Envision Dance, Choir, Orchestra, members of Jazz Band, Wind Ensemble, and Symphonic Band, and an all star cast-all under the baton of guest conductor, Brian Kohn.

The CCA Foundation invites all CCA parents to the next fabulous Wish List FUNdraiser at Tommy V’s Italian Chophouse (3790 Via de la Valle, Del Mar 92014, www.TommyVDelMar.com). Join the fun with CCA Parents and your student’s Teachers on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 from 5:30 - 7:30 PM. Raise money for Envision Teachers' wish lists to meet their needs for the coming semester. Complimentary Appetizers! Free Drawing for Prizes! Stay for dinner that night and 15% goes to CCAF! For complete information, download the Envision Raven Wishes Night Brochure.

Information for Audition-only courses will be available shortly. This includes Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, Guitar (Rock Band), Intermediate Dance, Jazz/Modern and Ballet classes. Stay tuned for audition dates and requirements! Make sure to choose an elective in your discipline of choice as a placeholder if your audition is later than your scheduling forms are due!

Drummer, David James (junior) will play as part of the televised Grammy Awards this Sunday, 2/13. David participated in a national search and was selected 1 of two high school drummers in the country to play at the 2011 Grammy Awards. He is spending this week in rehearsals working with top music industry leaders and is representing Canyon Crest Academy at the 2011 Grammy Awards. David will be playing as part of the High School Jazz Combo. Tune in on Sunday to see David perform live!

Hunter Peterson and "The NorthGuard Project" are featured in this week's Carmel Valley News-Click HERE for the full story. Students' films, including "The NorthGuard Project", will be shown at the CCA Film Festival and entered in many other County and State Festivals.

Congratulations to all the participants from this year's Festival of the Arts. This was the most well attended FOTA to date. It was great to have support of the NEST and all the parent volunteers who helped bring this annual event to fruition. If you missed this year's FOTA, there are many more opportunities to see and hear the Envision students at work. Check the Events page for upcoming showings and performances.

We've got a brand new look! Explore the new Envision website. We hope you find the new site informative and user-friendly. Tell us what you think! Email us your questions and comments.

Prospective Students and Parents are encouraged to attend CCA's Choices Night to learn more about all the great programs offered at CCA. Envision Program Coordinators will be on hand in M100 to talk about the program and answer questions that you might have. If you can't attend Choices Night, we hope that you use this website as a resource and contact the Program Coordinator of the arts discipline that interests you with any further questions.