Inside Out (I/O) is an innovative youth development and outreach program that engages high school students and other
non-traditional audiences in the appreciation of contemporary arts and new technologies through free performances and special workshops.

I/O seeks to
• Provide opportunities for the interaction between artistic producers and diverse audiences
• Engage youth and non traditional audiences to discover the possibilities of new art forms.
• Empower new audiences through hands-on creation and exploration of digital media.
• Expose underrepresented youth to the wealth of San Francisco's cultural resources.
• Expand access to arts and technology.

As part of its audience outreach initiative, NEXMAP is offering two courses that can be integrated as an elective class or offered during an afterschool program.

All classes are taught by sound artist and educator Zachary James Watkins.
Each course is 10 one-hour sessions.
Students are not required to have any previous experience.
The school is expected to provide a computer lab - one computer for two students.
NEXMAP provides H1 recorders, headphones, USB thumb drives and instrument-building materials.

Download the course descriptions and registration form.

New Media Elective for High School Students
A Sound and Technology Class
2011 Winter-Spring Semester - June Jordan High School for Equity

In the 2011 Winter-Spring Semester NEXMAP and June Jordan School for Equity teamed up to pilot a dynamic 14-week New Media Elective in Sound and Technology.

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Laetitia Sonami - Artist Presentation
December 1, 2010 - Artist Presentation at June Jordan High School

• As a prequel to the semester long elective class NEXMAP plans to offer in 2011, Sonami brought her wares and talent to High Schoolers: in a very intimate settings, 45 students heard a performance by the innovator behind the Ladie's Glove and had a chance to ask questions and understand how the artist makes her magic.

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Michel Doneda - Artist Presentation
February 13, 2009 - Artist Presentation at June Jordan High School

• On February 13, 2009, saxophonist Michel Doneda captivated 72 teens at June Jordan High School with a musical presentation and demonstration. The 50 minute presentation involved performance, demonstration and questions & answers.

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Building Sound Workshop p.2
by Luis Maurette with Youth Participants
from the Meridian Internship Program (MIP) - January 29, 2009

Sound and installation artist Luis Maurette led 15 teens from Meridian Gallery's "Meridian Internship Program" through part 2 of the Building Sounds workshop. In a number of hands-on activities students were invited to explore the use of contact mics to amplify minute sounds, discovering an entire microcosm while learning about the mechanics of sound and simple electronics.

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Leighton Fong - SFCMP
December 3, 2008 - Artist Presentation at Meridian Gallery
December 8, 2008 • Concert at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

• cellist Leighton Fong captivated 12 teens at Meridian gallery with a musical presentation and demonstration about Kaija Saariaho “Sept Papillons” for solo cello.
• teens’ then attended ‘Furious Craft’, a full performance evening presented by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Playersfeaturing works by Francesconi, Zhou Long and Piere Boulez’s master piece “Le Marteau sans Maître”.

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Building Sound Worskhop
by Agnes Szelag with Youth Participants
from the Meridian Internship Program (MIP) - November 10, 2008

• focused on building contact microphones; through this process youth were introduced to some basic electrical and electronic music concepts.
• the group engaged in using the materials to build some contact microphones for themselves.

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Usernomics 1.0: Video Hactivist Workshop
by Stephanie Rothenberg with Youth Participants
from the SFAI City Studio Program. Culminating Exhibition at Zero1 (San Jose CA, USA): June 6, 2008

Usernomics is a hacktivist workshop employing models of waste reclamation, recycling and reuse. Participants will engage in hacking (taking apart and repurposing) discarded keyboards and toys and reprogram them to make one-of-a-kind external computer controllers. Participants will also be guided through the process of video hacking, and will make their own graphical icons/avatars to replace those in existing video games.

On June 6th, 2008, documentation of Usernomics and live performances will be presented as part of the arts education programming of Zero1: A global festival of art on the edge.

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Luis Maurette - Lulacruza
February 29, 2008 • at The Red Poppy Art House
2698 Folsom St., San Francisco CA

• the electronic musician conducted a special demonstration for 15 teens of the Meridian Internship Program (MIP)
• 7 teens from Meridian Internship Program (MIP) attend the performance at The Red Poppy Art House - featuring performances by Lulacruza as well as sound artist Loren Chasse, video artist Cecilia Elguero and cellist Agnes Szelag.

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Murcof /.Pig: Mexican Electronic Arts
a NEXMAP event
co-produced by the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival
September 5, 2007 • At Theater Artaud

• The three musicians conducted a special demonstration in Spanish for 7 Latino teens from the John O'Connell School of Technology afterschool program (JOST).

• Following the performance, on September 7, Andres Solis and Rogelio Sosa conducted a live performance, artist's talk, and demo for a group of 20 students at Convent of the Sacred Heart High School.

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Sonic Gestures • Pamela Z
by Pamela Z
April 14, 2007 (early show) • At Recombinant Media Labs

• Six teens from the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula/South Bay were invited to attend the world premiere of Pamela Z's performance during which she performed her piece twice and engaged in a dialogue with the audience about her process in between each performance.

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