VALA, or Visual Arts/ Language Arts, was founded in 1995 by artist, writer and educator Tina Rotenberg. Since 1996, it has been a project of the Tides Center, which sponsors a range of charitable activities promoting social change. VALA serves East Bay public elementary school children and their teachers, and employs artists from the full spectrum of the Bay Area arts community.
5th graders at Lincoln School draw vessels from different parts of
the world, brought in by painter Amy Trachtenberg. Spring 2002.
In 2001, VALA began giving teacher and artist training workshops that have been highly successful in inspiring teachers to creatively plan their curricula.

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