West Coast Arts Foundation
Where Education Embraces Artistry
Founder and Director, Margot Jones

WCAF Mission Statement

West Coast Arts Foundation, founded in 1996 is a non profit, tax Exempt Corporation dedicated to the production of artistic projects. WCAF provides a community resource for adults and young artists from families and schools that cannot provide enrichment programs, i.e. film, video, the performing arts (theater, dance and music) workshops, concerts and rehearsal space for various community activities.

A percentage of WCAF’S funds are placed in its scholarship/apprentice reward program. Honorees are presented in concert and awarded a gift at the end of each fiscal year.

West Coast Arts Foundation has received support from: The Nevada, E. L. Wiegrand Foundation, Bank of America, Tiburon Branch, CitiBank San Rafael Branch, Channel 55 New York, The Marin Community Foundation, Larry and Laurie Klein, Richard J. Davis, The Fred Gillert Family Foundation and local businesses in our Community.

Founding director, Margot Jones is a veteran of The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG)

      Choreographer  Film:

      Sterling Silliphant  - Anlac Productions The Masters 

      Sterling Silliphant - Fly Away Home, ABC Television mini series

Member of AFTRA & SAG   

Producer / Director National PBS - Encore for Ruby
                                   
Encore For Ruby, (the story of an American Ballerina)
Ms. Jones 60 minute documentary Encore for Ruby, embodies the history of American ballet and the formation of the San Francisco Ballet.  Ruby Asquith Christensen, wife of one of the founders of SFB
and prima ballerina, Cynthia Gregory are the enchanting storytellers. Ruby’s colorful career chroniclers
the ballets early beginnings in the vaudeville theater. Encore for Ruby has traveled on PBS throughout the nation.

Currently Producing a Documentary on luminary jazz singer Jon Hendricks
Ms. Jones documentary, Jon Hendricks - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow embraces the
life of Jon Hendricks, one of the worlds favorite jazz singers widely considered the “Father of Vocalee.” What is vocalese, the arrangement of voices, to sing the parts of instruments, first popularized in the late 50's with his famed vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks and Ross.  Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow will focus on the amazing accomplishments in Dr Hendricks life; his distinguished career as a professor of jazz at the University of Toledo and his creation of the musical The Evolution of the Blues.  Hendricks experiences in the Second World War and his new passion, a vocalese version of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade will intrigue viewers.

Currently Producing - Television Series - Fickle Forest Fairytales
Fickle Forest Fairytales Presents - Folklore and Fairytales from around the world.  Each week an engaging fairytale or a bit of folklore history unfolds.   Musical and dramatic portals of stories that have lived through the ages and the history behind them, spring to life in each episode to heighten the awareness of cultural identities and traditions of all ethnic cultures. Our Storyteller, Allie and Puppet companions, Lumpy and Beanie are catalysts for all the action.

Margot Jones Grant Highlights:
Recipient of two NEA awards
The Marin Community Foundation
The Fred Gellert Family Foundation
The San Francisco Foundation
The Leonard and Rita Sperry Foundation
The E.L. Wiegrand Foundation
Citibank - San Rafael

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