With support from the California Arts Council the California Center for the Arts, Escondido will hire teaching artists and implement the My Story Literacy Through the Arts program. My Story is an 18-week arts integration program that teaches 4th grade students California history through theater, while 5th grade students learn English Language Arts through photography. My Story serves 500 students and 16 teachers in eight classrooms, at two school sites in the Escondido Unified School District.
The Center’s unique campus includes a 1,523-seat concert hall, a 404-seat theater, an art museum, art and dance studios, and a full-service conference center with meeting and banquet facilities. The Museum is an inviting 9,000-square-foot exhibition space with three galleries, a dedicated youth exhibition gallery wall, a sculpture court, secure collections storage, and a museum store.
The Center performing arts season presents 26 diverse offerings. The Museum presents four exhibitions a year. Each exhibition is enhanced by lectures, art education tours and activities. Each exhibition features the work of local students in order to engage youth in a deeper conversation around art and how it exists and impacts the world around them.