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How students are using art to channel COVID-19 fears

Mark Dimalanta | May 2021 During the recent Covid-19 Pandemic, Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center was pressed to pivot,...

Not All Superheroes Wear Capes

Sara Eaker | Dec 19, 2018 The Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center (OCCTAC) offers programs that unite the arts with...

Heroes of Orange County: Therapeutic Arts Center Inspires Those in Need

The center offers arts enrichment to children with special needs as well as at-risk youth and adults in the community. Orange Coast...

One Girl’s Path To Chapman, Harvard And Mentoring Others

May/June 2018 Martha Rivera ’12 has served as a mentor for college-bound students in Santa Ana, Pomona and beyond. (Photo/Nicholas...

Santa Ana Celebrates The Latin American Harp

Gabriel San Román | Posted on June 25, 2014 From the coastal port of Veracruz, Mexico to landlocked Paraguay, the harp in Latin America...

Ana Jimenez-Hami Brings the Arts to Low-Income Kids

Ana Jimenez-Hami Brings the Arts to Low-Income Kids. Jimenez-Hami's late father, who was murdered along with her mother, inspired her...