Grantee Database
CHAPTER 510 INK
Grant Year
2019-20
Grant Program
Youth Arts Action
Award Amount
$20,000.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Chapter 510, Ink. will foster the creative talents of marginalized and underserved youth as they explore elements of identity through poetry with our fifth-annual Beauty in Difference poetry workshop for teens. In partnership with Nomadic Press, this project results in a published collection of students’ poetry and essays, transforming youth writers into published authors and elevating their voices beyond their local community.
Organization Summary
Chapter 510 offers writing, podcasting, and bookmaking workshops to Oakland youth, led by Teaching Artists in affirming and inspiring spaces within a supportive community of volunteers and artists. We also publish our students’ words in beautifully bound and illustrated books and host events to collaborate with and elevate Oakland’s diverse community of artists and creatives.
Organization
Chapter 510 INK
Address
546 9th Street
OAKLAND
94607
County
Alameda
Region
Bay Area – Other
Phone
(510) 326-4231
Congressional District
California Assembly district 18
State Assembly District
District 18
State Senate District
District 9
