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CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ESCONDIDO FOUNDATION

Grant Year

2019-20

Grant Program

Arts Education - Artists in Schools

Award Amount

$20,000.00

Project Description

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 a 15-week arts integration program that teaches 4th grade students California history through theater, and 5th grade students English Language Arts through photography. My Story serves 250 students and 8 teachers in eight classrooms, at one school site in the Escondido Union School District.

Organization Summary

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.

Organization

California Center for the Arts, Escondido

Address

340 North Escondido Blvd

Escondido

92025

County

San Diego

Region

Far South

Phone

(760) 839-4159

Congressional District

California's 50th congressional district

State Assembly District

District 75

State Senate District

District 38

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