Grantee Database
NEW VILLAGE ARTS INC
Grant Year
2018-19
Grant Program
Arts Education - Artists in Schools
Award Amount
$10,800.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, NEW VILLAGE ARTS INC will bring VERBITAS, a documentary theatre project, into 3 North County San Diego high schools, as an educational pathway for teens and seniors to connect through theatre. Funds support professional teaching artists in schools regularly for 4 months as students choose topics to explore senior citizen perspectives, interview community members and transform those interviews into theatrical productions that are open to the public.
Organization Summary
New Village Arts (NVA) is now celebrating its 23rd season of award-winning, professional theatre, thrilling and unique visual arts, and thriving education and outreach programs in the Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center.
NVA attracts over 25,000 patrons to Carlsbad Village to experience professional theatre in its intimate, 100 seat house and has been recognized as one of the finest theatres in San Diego County and a regional leader in equity, diversity and inclusion. NVA’s robust Education and Outreach program includes immersive theatre programs in local high schools, The Mainstage Players: a professional training program for teens and young adults with neurodiversity, Mindful Theatre: programs for the local senior community, and Teatro Pueblo Nuevo, an outreach program to our bi-lingual and multi-cultural community.
In 2023, NVA opened the Next Stage, a smaller stage that hosts comedy, opera, spoken word, salsa, and much more.
NVA has truly become the cultural hub of North County San Diego.
Organization
New Village Arts
Address
2787 STATE ST
CARLSBAD
92008-1629
County
San Diego
Region
Far South
Phone
(760) 433-3245
Congressional District
California's 49th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 76
State Senate District
District 38
