Grantee Database
VISALIA ARTS CONSORTIUM INC
Grant Year
2024-25
Grant Program
State-Local Partnership
Award Amount
$140,979.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, the Visalia Arts Consortium, Inc., will continue providing the following forms of crucial support to Tulare County, with tracts predominantly rated below 50% in the Healthy Places Index:
– Empowering our staff to become long-term activators in our local creative economy;
– Weekly on-site mental health based art training sessions and monthly off-site sessions,
– Biweekly artist placement at a local farmer’s market;
– Monthly art-walk in Downtown Visalia with 8-14 participating venues,
– Monthly informational meetings;
– Bi-monthly educative presentations to local law enforcement and community college nursing students regarding mental health crisis and recovery;
– Countywide Poetry Out Loud competition;
– Annual festival;
– Annual studio tour;
– Collaborate to create artist opportunities for at least 3 public art works per year;
– Fiscal agency program currently supporting 2 local start-ups;
– Annual micro-granting for individuals and organizations;
Organization Summary
Our programs include:
– My Voice Media Center (in-house mental health based arts project; providing professional arts training for mental health consumers/their support base – Tues-Thurs: 10am-3pm) (new off-site youth sessions started in 2021, in partnership with CASA of Tulare County)
– Taste The Arts (annual art festival and street fair)
– First Friday (year-round program for art exhibits with monthly receptions)
– South Valley Artists Studio Tour (annual studio tours of Tulare County artists)
– Special Programs (fiscal agent program for 3 art startups with 2 former programs now organized under their own 501c3)
– Poetry Our Loud (in partnership with the Tulare County Office of Education; ordinarily serves more than 1000 youths)
– Membership Program (providing promotional services, discounted/free artist opportunities, and access to our programming committees)
– Community public art program (working with various Tulare County entities, currently working to install art on walls inside public access government buildings, on bridge renovations, and in county parks).
– Community art grants program (recently revamped a fairly restrictive grant program into one that no longer requires matching funds, can be applied for by individuals and organizations, and can now help organizations putting on arts and culture events with paid admission).
Organization
Visalia Arts Consortium, Inc.
Address
340 E Oak Ave ste 112
Visalia
93291
County
Tulare
Region
Central Valley
Phone
(559) 772-0001
Congressional District
California's 21st congressional district
State Assembly District
District 32
State Senate District
District 12
