PAMA PERFORMING ARTS andMULTIMEDIA ACADEMY

Why PAMA?TO PROVIDE A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY and CAREER PATHS FOR CREATIVE STUDENTS

TO INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY INTO THE ARTS

TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF CREATIVE CAREERS

TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER

PREPARING FOR THE CREATIVE ECONOMY695,100 direct and indirect jobsin the LA/Orange County Region

$140 Billion sales/receiptsgenerated by Creative Industries in 2014

40% of the State’s Creative EconomyWorkers are in the LA area

The Creative Economy is the majorbusiness sector in the region(from Report on the Creative Economyprepared for Otis College by LA County Economic Development Corp.)http://www.otis.edu/otis-report-creative-economy

Educating Both Sides of the Brain

“The future belongs to a very differentkind of person.....creators and empathizers,pattern recognizers and meaning makers.These people--artists, inventors,designers, storytellers, caregivers, consolers, big picture thinkers--will now reap society’s richest rewards and share its greatest joys”

Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind

PAMA students will choose

from Career Pathways in

Instrumental Music, Vocal

Music, Theatre,

Contemporary Dance,

Digital Media Design

and Visual Art

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PAMA Highlights:• Big Draw LA: Large scale drawing

collaboration

• Art Center College of Design: Tour and Concept Art Workshop with Eric Ng

• Visit and demonstration by Red Digital Cinema Camera

• Professional Panel for the Arts

• Knotts field trip to Iron Reef attraction and talk by the designers

CREATE Innovate COMMUNICATECollaborate

CELEBRATE

PAMA Requirements:Each Pathway Advisor has determined requirements for PAMA certificates. See your AdvisorGeneral Requirements: Attend ALL PAMA Meetings, Events and Field trips (in your Pathway) Volunteer to work on PAMA Events.