Grantee Database
A REASON TO SURVIVE
Grant Year
2018-19
Grant Program
Artists in Communities
Award Amount
$12,104.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, A REASON TO SURVIVE will provide artist residency for six months to two artists from the Blindspot Collective theater group. In collaboration with community members of National City, artists and youth from the Sweetwater school district will collaborate to create an original work of verbatim theatre. Through this project, youth grow as resident storytellers, while professional actors will perform the piece over a two-week run in Spring 2020.
Organization Summary
A Reason To Survive (ARTS) offers arts programming and creative workforce opportunities for youth and young adults (ages 8-24) living the south county region of San Diego. Through our program initiatives – Community ARTS, ARTS 4 Justice, ARTS On Campus, and ARTS @ Work — young people gain exposure to a range of artistic disciplines (visual arts, media arts, music, and industrial arts in our Maker Workshop), while deepening their social-emotional development through meaningful relationships and mentorship provided by teaching artists and ARTS staff. Through our innovative Community of Care model, we integrate social-emotional supports into our program / curricula design and into the overall design of learning spaces, exhibitions, and performances at the ARTS Center.
Organization
ARTS
Address
200 E 12TH ST
NATIONAL CITY
91950-3314
County
San Diego
Region
Far South
Phone
(619) 297-2787
Congressional District
California's 52nd congressional district
State Assembly District
District 80
State Senate District
District 18
