Grantee Database

BAY AREA CREATIVE BAC

Grant Year

2025-26

Grant Program

Arts and Youth

Award Amount

$20,000.00

Project Description

With support from the California Arts Council, BAY AREA CREATIVE BAC will strengthen its SPARC Creativity program, delivering year-round arts education to over 7,000 K-12 youth across the Bay Area. Grants fund will sustain culturally responsive, trauma-informed workshops in spoken word poetry, hip hop dance, visual arts and filmmaking, led by professional artists rooted in the communities they serve. This support will allow BAC to deepen its impact in underserved neighborhoods, maintain fair compensation for artists, expand bilingual and accessible programming, and invest in the organizational infrastructure needed to deliver transformative art experiences that affirm identity, foster resilience and build community pride.

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

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