Partial list of artists & arts organizations who have worked, performed or provided services for Rooftop Alternative K-8 School

1. ★    African American Shakespeare Company
   

2. ★    Caroline Altman, San Francisco Opera Guild
   

3. ★    Rica Anderson, teaching artist theater / Ed Director at Cal Performances
   

4. ★    Brenda Wong Aoki, storyteller & Mark Izu, musician
   

5. ★    Ruth Asawa, artist & arts advocate
   

6. ★   Lenda Barth, Rooftop parent & sculptor
   

7. ★    Dr. Anthony Brown & the Asian American Jazz Orchestra
   

8. ★    Susan Cervantes, Rooftop parent & muralist / Precita Eyes
   

9. ★    Circus Finelli
   

10. ★    Matt Clark, musician, piano
    

11. ★    Andrea Claburn, singer
    

12. ★    Kristin Clayton, soprano
    

13. ★    Kip Cranna, San Francisco Opera
    

14. ★    Aiko Cuneo, Rooftop parent & artist / Rooftop’s first art coordinator
    

15. ★    Jacques d’Amboise, dancer / teacher
    

16. ★    Shannon Day, teaching artist - theater/chorus
    

17. ★    Mark Decena, filmmaker, Dopamine
    

18. ★    Mary Dilts, actor / BookPALS
    

19. ★    Emily Doman / de Young Museum
    

20. ★   Peter Donat, actor / BookPALS
    

21. ★    Danny Duncan, teaching artist - theater / San Francisco Arts Education Project
    

22. ★    Elissa Elliot, Rooftop-In-Performance
    

23. ★   Marcos Estabez, Actor/Musician
    

24. ★    Facing East Dance & Music
    

25. ★    Kristin Farr / KQED SPARK
    

26. ★   Rebecca Fisher, teaching artist theater
    

27. ★    Nicole Foland, soprano
    

28. ★    Deborah Gibbon / KQED SPARK
    

29. ★    Wendy Hanamura, Rooftop parent & General Manager/Producer, LinkTV
    

30. ★    Carla Hatley, actor / BookPALS
    

31. ★    Jake Heggie, composer
    

32. ★    Felicia Hoshino, book illustrator
    

33. ★    Darren Johnston, musician / composer
    

34. ★    Daveda Karanas, SF Opera Adler Fellow, mezzo-soprano
    

35. ★    James Kass / Youth Speaks
    

36. ★    San Francisco Arts Education Project
    

37. ★    Kenneth Kellogg, SF Opera Adler Fellow, bass
    

38. ★    Sabrina Klein, executive director of Julia Morgan Center for the Arts / now Creative Education Consulting
    

39. ★    Barbara Klutinis, Rooftop parent & film maker (1991)
    

40. ★    Michael Koob, teaching artist - dance / San Francisco Arts Education Project / Transit Dance
    

41. ★    Elana Lagerquist / StageWrite
    

42. ★    Sarah Helen-Land / San Francisco Opera, teaching artist
    

43. ★    Lilli Lanier, visual artist
    

44. ★    Loco Bloco
    

45. ★    David Lomelì, SF Opera Adler Fellow, tenor
    

46. ★    Dave Maier, teaching artist - theater / now at Outreach Coordinator at Berkeley Rep
    

47. ★    Heidi Melton, SF Opera Adler Fellow, soprano
    

48. ★    Linda Mihara, origami artist
    

49. ★    Dorothy Moskovitz Falarski, Rooftop parent & RIP music director
    

50. ★    Gail Newman, poet / California Poets in the Schools
    

51. ★    Josef Norris, muralist / KidServe Youth Murals
    

52. ★    Ruth Nott, San Francisco Opera
    

53. ★    Oakland Ballet
    

54. ★    Carrie Paff / StageWrite
    

55. ★    Allen Perriello, SF Opera Adler Fellow, coach and accompanist
    

56. ★    Lisa Quoresimo, teaching artist - theater/chorus
    

57. ★    Jill Randall, teaching artist - dance
    

58. ★    Mike Rao, Blue Bear School of Music
    

59. ★    Jeff Raz / Circus Center
    

60. ★    Red Panda Acrobats
    

61. ★    Aggie Guerard Rodgers, Rooftop parent & costume designer
    

62. ★    Elizabeth Rosas, teaching artist - theater/visual arts
    

63. ★    Camille Salmon-Olivier / San Francisco Arts Education Project
    

64. ★   Reginald Ray Savage / Savage Jazz Dance Company
    

65. ★   Ruthie Price, musician, drummer
    

66. ★    Marcus Shelby and the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, featuring Faye Carol
    

67. ★    SF Opera
    

68. ★    SF Symphony Adventures in Music (AIM)
    

69. ★    SF Taiko Dojo
    

70. ★    Shotgun Players
    

71. ★    Keith Terry & Crosspulse
    

72. ★    John Thomas, teaching artist - music
    

73. ★    Liebe Wetzel & Lunatique Fantastique
    

74. ★    Wesla Whitfield, singer & Mike Greensill, pianist
    

75. ★    Ashley Wolff, children’s book illustrator / BookPALS
    

76. ★    Word for Word Theater Company
    

77. ★    Mario Yedidia, student actor featured in Francis Ford Coppola’s movie, “Jack” / now a political activist.
    

This website is a work in progress. 

The Rooftop History Project was created to tell the story of Rooftop Alternative K-8 School, located in the hills of Twin Peaks of San Francisco.

Today’s technology gives us new ways to share and preserve information.

The Rooftop Alternative K-8 School’s history timeline includes:

1. ★    Photos and journals from the original Twin Peaks School from the 1900‘s
   

2. ★    The philosophy and mission behind the founding of Rooftop Alternative K-8 School by a team of seven teachers in 1970‘s
   

3. ★    The origins of the Rooftop Art Program with Aiko Cuneo in the 1980’s
   

4. ★    The commitment to excellence in arts education continues, as Rooftop works to implement site programming aligned with the goals of the SFUSD’s Arts Education Master Plan adopted in 2006.
   

Learn more by traveling backwards in time to the beginning.

If you have information or images that you would like to share, please e-mail rooftop-art@sbcglobal.net.

Thank you!