Seqouia Elementary, Oakland Unified School District

Using bookmaking as a frame for opening the possibility for greater school-wide arts integration, One Step at a Time Arts Integration showcases Sequoia Elementary’s beginning and ongoing steps at creating meaningful art-literacy connections. Repeating skills, inventing songs, creating books, our Arts Integration Professional Development is complementing an ongoing Artist Residency program.

Debra Koppman, Artist-in-Residence and Arts Learning Coach, Sequoia Elementary: Debra Koppman is an exhibiting visual artist, with extensive experience teaching a wide range of media including drawing, painting, watercolor, printmaking, bookmaking, maskmaking, and puppetmaking to children and adults. She is particularly adept at creating curriculum connections to literature, writing, performance, and social studies projects in collaboration with classroom teachers. She has lived and taught in Latin America, and is bi-lingual in Spanish and English. She has a Masters Degree in Studio Art from UC Berkeley, and a Doctor of Arts Degree with an emphasis in aesthetics and art criticism from New York University.