With support from the California Arts Council, the California Center for the Arts, Escondido will serve 540 students across 9 schools and two school districts over a 16-week period through the Taste of the Arts After School program. The program provides culturally relevant instruction in West African Drumming, Flamenco dance, World Art and Caribbean dance. The culturally relevant curricula are designed to build cross-cultural understanding, awareness and empathy through arts education.
The Center’s unique campus includes a 1,523-seat concert hall, a 404-seat theater, an art museum, art and dance studios, and a full-service conference center with meeting and banquet facilities. The Museum is an inviting 9,000-square-foot exhibition space with three galleries, a dedicated youth exhibition gallery wall, a sculpture court, secure collections storage, and a museum store.
The Center performing arts season presents 26 diverse offerings. The Museum presents four exhibitions a year. Each exhibition is enhanced by lectures, art education tours and activities. Each exhibition features the work of local students in order to engage youth in a deeper conversation around art and how it exists and impacts the world around them.

