Kara Rainey graduated from Ouachita Baptist University with degrees in Choral Music Education and Vocal Performance in 2007. She is currently pursuing a Master of Music in both Musical Theatre and Opera Performance at ASU. As an educator, Kara has taught private voice for a number of years and has worked at the Missouri Fine Arts Academy for four years, teaching Missouri's most talented fine artists in the interdisciplinary arts. An avid performer, her favorite musical and theatre credits include roles in Anything Goes, Die Zauberflöte, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Sound of Music, Cosi Fan Tutti, Naomi in the Living Room, Final Placement, and Pinocchio: The Opera. Kara is thrilled to join ArtSpace and continue exploring her passions for teaching, performing, and the interdisciplinary arts!
John Harlow graduated in 2008 from Stonehill College in Massachusetts with a Bachelor's degree in Religious studies and a minor in Environmental Studies. He is currently a PhD student at Arizona State University's School of Sustainability. His research interests include sustainability discourse, ethics and political economy. Other interests of his are mineral specimen collecting, martial arts, and attending concerts.
About ArtSpace
Artspace is a 21st CenturyCommunityLearningCenter which provides an interdisciplinary arts experience for children and youth through out the Phoenix area. Created by a partnership between the HerbergerCollege of the Arts, the Arizona Department of Education, the Phoenix Office of Arts & Culture and the Arizona State Library System. Artspace's vision is to establish a new model of educational experience to ensure students are successful in school and can make a positive impact in the community. The purpose of this program is to develop the abilities of students to create, perform and respond to works of art.
ASU ArtSpace programming is transdisciplinary, encompassing multiple fine arts and design disciplines. Two Graduate Student instructors are assigned to each school. While multiple fine arts and design disciplines will be touched upon in ArtSpace, the strengths and disciplinary focus of each school's instructors will be focused upon, making each ASU ArtSpace site unique. In order to add continuity to the transdisciplinary programing, each school will be focused around the theme. Phoenix Advantage Charter's theme is TIME.