Grantee Database
School of The Getdown
Grant Year
2026-27
Grant Program
General Operating Support
Award Amount
$18,000.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, School of The Getdown will pursue our ongoing programming and operations as a small arts and cultural organization and further our mission to celebrate and promote Black arts traditions and to share these cultural traditions with diverse Bay Area communities through performance and educational programs, centering youth and the Black community.
Organization Summary
School of The Getdown offers a weekly vocal workshop series; private lessons in singing, instrumental music, performance, and music history; an annual multidisciplinary youth arts summer camp; vocal and instrumental masterclasses with resident and visiting artists; and masterclasses and lecture performances in schools, prisons, and educational programs worldwide. We produce multicultural and intergenerational concert series, free community programming, commissioned artistic works, festivals, and lecture performances, and thematic programming celebrating Black history and Black culture, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Organization
School of The Getdown
Address
1804 Russell St
Berkeley
94703
County
Alameda
Region
Bay Area – Other
Website
Congressional District
13th Congressional District of California
State Assembly District
District 15
State Senate District
District 9
