Grantee Database
BAY AREA CREATIVE BAC
Grant Year
2025-26
Grant Program
General Operating Support
Award Amount
$15,000.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Bay Area Creative (BAC) will deliver transformative arts programs that ignites self-expression, healing, and social change. Founded by nationally ranked spoken word poets, BAC provides steady work for over 30 artists each year abd reaches over 14,000 low-income youth and adults through free workshops and events in spoken word poetry, urban dance, and visual arts. Led by professional artists from the same communities they serve, these programs offer vital spaces for participants to process their experiences, build resilience, amplify their voices and share their creative works for the betterment of society. Through school-day residencies, after-school programs, summer workshops, and weekly community performances; BAC fosters a new generation of artists and leaders, strengthening the Bay Area’s arts ecosystem and cultural fabric.
Organization Summary
SPARC Creativity offers spoken word poetry, dance, filmmaking workshops and performances tailored for underserved youth aged 5-18. Our comprehensive services encompass weekly arts workshops conducted during the school day, after school, and throughout the summer. Additionally, SPARC teaching artists lead impactful school day performances that showcase the creative expressions of our participants.
Revisions stands as a beacon of therapeutic arts for youth and families, providing essential services such as facilitating writing groups in Juvenile Hall, facilitating creative support groups for social workers, leading conferences focused on substance abuse prevention, and performing at mental health symposiums.
Educators for Empathy is dedicated to professional development for both classroom teachers and teaching artists. Our impactful sessions take the form of in-service school district-wide half and full-day training sessions. We extend our reach by collaborating with other nonprofits, offering monthly one-on-one coaching sessions to empower educators with transformative teaching practices.
Spoken works delivers local creative professionals to provide team building sessions that
connect members of the workforce to a culturally diverse panel of published authors and
nationally ranked spoken word artists. Activities are insightful, productive and high energy
designed to leverage lateral thinking towards new solutions and bonding.
Organization
Bay Area Creative
Address
1389 Jefferson St Apt C505
Oakland
94612
County
Alameda
Region
Bay Area – Other
Phone
(949) 285-9086
Congressional District
California Assembly district 20
State Assembly District
District 20
State Senate District
District 10
