Teena Hagerman of Coarsegold is one of two Madera County artists
to be awarded funding by the MCAC for projects that encouraged education
in the area of energy efficiency and conservation.
She received $3,800 to create the performance “Get Energized.”
It will open at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday [May 26] at Rivergold School.
Twenty four students researched sources of energy, studied energy
efficiency and translated their information into a dance performance
and vignettes.
The following week, the students will repeat this performance at
Coarsegold School and again at Raymond School, for the student body.
Frank Bigelow, Madera County Supervisor (District I), and Bill McCabe,
Superintendent of Coarsegold and Yosemite School Districts, will
attend the opening performance.
The California Arts Council formed a partnership with Pacific Gas
and Electric to provide monies for such arts projects. Cooperation
between business and education is an attractive source of funding
for the arts and education at a time when the state is making deep
cuts in funding.