Grantee Database
CREATIVE MINDS NYC INC
Grant Year
2019-20
Grant Program
Arts Education – Exposure
Award Amount
$19,000.00
Project Description
With support from the CAC, Creative Minds NYC, Inc (aka Story Pirates Changemakers) will expose students to the arts at two Title I California public schools. This will include school-wide assembly performances designed to excite and inspire students to write their own stories, in-class workshops to teach standards-based writing skills, and a culminating assembly, featuring stories written by the students during the residencies and performed by our cast of professional comedic actors.
Organization Summary
Story Pirates Changemakers teach and inspire creative writing through high-quality literacy programs for underserved kids and schools, collect stories written by kids, then adapt them into sketch comedy and musical performances. Our programs have made learning more accessible, engaging, and effective for kids, schools, teachers, and families who need it most.
Story Pirates opened in Los Angeles a decade ago in partnership with the Geffen Playhouse, operating through their arts education programming. When the Geffen shifted their focus to exclusively serve older students, the Pirates continued in Los Angeles by obtaining a contract with the LAUSD as arts education service providers and professional development facilitators. To date we have provided programming in hundreds of California schools and have a weekly television program on KLCS, a public television station serving Los Angeles County.
Organization
Story Pirates Changemakers
Address
35 West 35th Street
Suite 701
New York
10001
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(347) 878-6798
Congressional District
California District 36
State Assembly District
District 51
State Senate District
District 24
