Grantee Database

Bob Baker Marionette Theatre

Grant Year

2026-27

Grant Program

Arts and Youth

Award Amount

$18,750.00

Project Description

Bob Baker Marionette Theater (BBMT) will offer 23 low- and no-cost field trips for Title I schools in the California Healthy Places Index’s lower quartiles, pairing our marionette performances with a post-show social-emotional workshop facilitated by BBMT’s puppeteers. Workshops align with California T-SEL Competencies and extend into the classroom through an existing CAC-supported standards-aligned K–5 take-home curriculum. CAC funds will sustain the subsidized field trip program for majority Title I schools by providing 20 field trips ($10 subsidy per child @80 children each), broaden reach by adding three fully subsidized trips ($25 per child) with dedicated outreach and coordination in identified HPI Q1 service gaps, and improve its quality by investing $2,500 in professional development to advance our puppeteers as teaching artists, and $373 to design and implement an observation rubric to evaluate student learning.

Organization Summary

Our annual programming focuses on performances, educational workshops and cultural events. We inspire and educate over 100,000 intergenerational Angelenos annually through world-class puppetry performances in-theater, touring shows, community and civic events, field trips and educational workshops in collaboration with artist partners, our annual free community festival, Bob Baker Day, traveling exhibitions, and special musical and performance events with cultural partners.

Organization

Bob Baker Marionette Theatre

Address

4949 YORK BLVD

LOS ANGELES

90042-1609

County

Los Angeles

Region

South – Los Angeles & Orange

Email

Congressional District

California Assembly district 51

State Assembly District

District 51

State Senate District

District 24

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