The California Arts Council is pleased to announce approved funding for 130 arts organizations for the agency’s “Artists in Schools” program, a grant program designed to support artists in residency activities that take place in the classroom and in after-school settings.
“The Visual and Performing Arts are core subjects for California schoolchildren, and instruction from professional artists is a key component to a robust arts education under the state’s educational standards,” said Muriel Johnson, Director of the California Arts Council. “The Artists in Schools program brings schools, teachers, and after-school programs together with professional artists to teach dance, music, theater and visual arts to California’s youth.”
There are 123 organizations receiving funding in two categories: “Effective Arts Organization and School Partnerships” for projects taking place in schools during regular school hours, or “K-12 Standards-Based Arts in After-School Programs” for projects taking place on school campuses during non-school hours. Seven organizations received planning grants for the Artists in Schools program, designed to assist the arts organization and school partner to plan a course of action and strategies to incorporate community arts resources into the ongoing standards-based arts activities of a school. The total amount allocated for the 2008-09 Artists in Schools program is $1,139,695.
The list of funded organizations is below, along with each organization’s city and the amount funded. Members of the press may contact Mary Beth Barber, Communications Director, at 916-322-6588 or mbarber@caartscouncil.com. Arts organizations or school administrators interested in information about the Artists in Schools program may contact Wayne Cook, Arts Education Administrator and Coordinator, at 916-322-6344 or wcook@caartscouncil.com.
Artists in Schools
School and After-School Programs
About Productions (Pasadena) $7,500
ALICE: Arts and Literacy in Children’s Education (Oakland) $9,600
Angel’s Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro) $10,115
Armory Center for the Arts (Pasadena) $10,200
Arts & Services for Disabled (Long Beach) $8,400
Arts Council of Kern (ACK) (Bakersfield) $8,400
Arts Council of Napa Valley (ACNV) (Napa) $9,600
Arts for the Schools (Tahoe Vista) $10,800
Arts in Education Aid Council, Inc. (Reseda) $9,600
ArtsChange (Richmond) $3,750
ArtSeed (San Francisco) $10,800
Asian Improv aRts (San Francisco) $9,600
Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley) $10,200
Bethune Theatredanse (Los Angeles) $10,200
Blue Bear School of Music (San Francisco) $8,500
Bluepalm (Los Angeles) $9,600
Brava! For Women in the Arts (San Francisco) $9,600
California Center for the Arts, Escondido (Escondido) $8,400
California Institute of the Arts (Valencia) $10,800
Cantare con Vivo (Oakland) $10,200
Casa Vargas Productions (San Jose) $9,000
Center For World Music (Olivenhain) $10,200
Central Sierra Arts Council (Sonora) $10,200
Chinese Cultural Productions (San Francisco) $10,800
City Ballet of Los Angeles (Los Angeles) $9,204
City Ballet of San Diego (San Diego) $8,800
City of San Fernando (San Fernando) $10,800
Civic Arts Education City of Walnut Creek (Walnut Creek) $9,000
Class – A.C.T. (Cardiff) $7,644
Community School of Music and Arts (Mountain View) $9,000
Community Works (Berkeley) $10,200
Company of Angels (Los Angeles) $8,048
contra-tiempo (Los Angeles) $7,543
Crowden Center for Music in the Community (Berkeley) $9,660
CSUSM Fdn for Center Artes (San Marcos) $8,500
Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County (Santa Cruz) $6,986
Dance Kaiso (San Francisco) $10,800
Danza Floricanto/USA (Pasadena) $9,000
Del Norte Association for Cultural Awareness (Crescent City) $4,800
Dell’Arte International (Blue Lake) $10,200
Dimensions Dance Theater (Oakland) $10,800
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts (Richmond) $9,600
East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse (Oakland) $10,200
Eveoke Dance Theatre (San Diego) $7,809
Farragut Fan Club (Culver City) $4,896
Friends of Forestville School Education (Forestville) $5,584
Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation (Encino) $9,000
Gamelan Sekar Jaya (El Cerrito) $9,945
Ginga Arts (Los Angeles) $10,200
Golden Thread Productions (San Francisco) $9,600
Greenway Court Theatre (Los Angeles) $10,200
The HeArt Project (Los Angeles) $10,800
Helendale Educational Foundation (Helendale) $2,611
Higher Gliffs (Oakland) $10,200
Humboldt Arts Council (Eureka) $5,117
The Imagine Bus Project (San Francisco) $9,600
Ink People Center for the Arts (Eureka) $10,200
Inland Pacific Ballet (Montclair) $9,600
Inside Out Community Arts (Venice) $10,800
JazzFresno, Inc (Fresno) $9,600
Jean Isaacs’ San Diego Dance Theater (San Diego) $6,300
Kala Art Institute (Berkeley) $10,200
Kid Serve Youth Murals (San Francisco) $10,800
LACER: Literacy, Arts, Culture, Education and Recreation, (Hollywood) $9,000
LEAP – Imagination in Learning (San Francisco) $9,232
Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach) $9,600
Los Angeles Opera (Los Angeles) $10,800
Luna Kids Dance (Berkeley) $9,600
Magic Theatre (San Francisco) $10,200
Malashock Dance (San Diego) $9,000
Marcus A Foster Educational Institute (Oakland) $10,800
Mariachi Heritage Society (South El Monte) $10,200
Marin Shakespeare Company (San Rafael) $8,400
The Marsh (San Francisco) $10,200
Media Arts Center San Diego (San Diego) $10,200
Melody of China, Inc. (San Francisco) $9,600
Mono Council for The Arts (Mammoth Lakes) $8,400
Museum of Children’s Arts (MOCHA) (Oakland) $8,400
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (La Jolla) $9,000
Music Center Education Division (Los Angeles) $10,800
Music is Extraordinary (Oakland) $5,328
New Century Chamber Orchestra (San Francisco) $10,200
Oakland Dance, Inc. (Oakland) $9,000
Oakland East Bay Symphony (Oakland) $10,800
Oaktown Jazz Workshops (Oakland ) $8,145
Oceanside Museum of Art (Oceanside) $3,080
Ojai Music Festival (Ojai) $8,500
Opera Piccola (Oakland) $10,800
Out of Site (San Francisco) $10,200
P.S. Arts (Los Angeles) $8,400
Performing Arts Workshop (San Francisco) $10,800
Playwrights Project (San Diego) $10,200
Plumas Arts (Quincy) $9,600
Presidio Performing Arts Foundation (San Francisco) $9,000
Purple Silk Music Education Foundation, Inc. (Oakland) $10,800
RDNC (San Francisco) $8,437
Redwood Heights School Parents’ Fund (Oakland) $8,500
San Diego Art Institute (San Diego )$10,030
San Diego Ballet (San Diego) $6,967
San Diego Guild of Puppetry (Chula Vista) $10,200
San Diego Opera (San Diego) $10,800
San Diego Youth Symphony (San Diego) $9,498
San Francisco Arts Commission (San Francisco) $10,200
San Francisco Arts Education Project (San Francisco) $10,200
San Francisco Ballet (San Francisco) $9,600
San Jose Children’s Musical Theater (San Jose) $10,200
Santa Barbara Dance Institute (Santa Barbara) $9,600
ShadowLight Productions (San Francisco) $4,250
Shakespeare Festival/LA (Los Angeles) $10,800
Southwest Chamber Music (Pasadena) $10,800
Stagebridge (Oakland) $4,841
Stanislaus Arts Council (Modesto) $9,600
Stockton Symphony (Stockton) $10,200
Streetside Stories (San Francisco) $10,200
Symphonic Jazz Orchestra (Culver City) $8,773
Tapestry Arts (San Jose) $9,647
Theatre of Hearts/Youth First (Los Angeles) $9,600
Venice Arts: In Neighborhoods (Venice) $5,952
Ventura County Arts Council (Ventura) $10,200
Very Special Arts California (Sacramento) $5,985
Woman’s Will (San Francisco) $9,718
Yolo County Arts Council (Woodland) $9,600
Z Space Studio (San Francisco) $9,600
Artists in Schools
Planning Grants
San Benito County Arts Council (Hollister) $2,500
Stanford Jazz Workshop (Stanford) $2,500
All American Ballet (Ventura) $2,500
Sierra County Arts Council (Downieville) $2,500
Moxie Theatre (Encinitas) $2,500
Fresno Art Museum (Fresno) $2,500
Santa Clarita Performing Art Center (Santa Clarita) $2,500
