Grantee Database
ARTE AMERICAS THE MEXICAN ARTS CENTER
Grant Year
2024-25
Grant Program
Creative Youth Development
Award Amount
$16,203.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Arte Américas will expand our successful Bilingual Storytime and Art program to establish bilingual curriculum resources for educators engaged with TK-6th grade students, bridging the gap between the classroom and Arte Américas, which supports positive self-identification and respect for diverse cultures. This program fosters creative abilities of youth through culturally and linguistically responsive arts learning and connects children and families with the vibrant community of professional artists that exists in the Central Valley. Interdisciplinary artistic processes inspired by children’s literature will inspire young people to use their own voices and share their own unique narratives, and perspectives all while deepening parent-child bond through creative problem solving and self expression.
Organization Summary
With multiple exhibitions a year in four gallery spaces, an outdoor music series, indoor concerts, receptions, lectures and community festivals, Arte Américas is the largest Latinx Cultural Center in the Central Valley. Major opportunities to engage include our annual dia de muertos programs and exhibitions, a Mothers’ Day Mariachi Brunch and Summer Concert Series (6 per year) in an outdoor venue known as Plaza Paz. We facilitate biweekly bilingual storytime and art workshops as well as biweekly artmaking workshops so that every weekend, our community can connect at Arte Américas. We function as fiscal sponsor for scaling organizations including an ongoing program of Mexican folkloric dance groups in the valley, Danzantes del Valle. We contract with Fresno Unified School District to teach after school and winter break arts enrichment programs for youth.
Organization
ARTE AMERICAS THE MEXICAN ARTS CENTER
Address
1630 VAN NESS AVE
FRESNO
93721-1129
County
Fresno
Region
Central Valley
Phone
(559) 268-6130
Congressional District
California's 21th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 31
State Senate District
District 14
