Grantee Database
FOCUS ON THE MASTERS
Grant Year
2018-19
Grant Program
Arts Education - Artists in Schools
Award Amount
$8,875.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, FOTM will provide their hands-on Learning To See art program to Ventura Unified School District and Rio School District middle schools to 390 students who are all enrolled in AVID, a program that helps lower performing, disadvantaged, but motivated students. The 12 lessons for each of the 13 classes will highlight 3 extraordinary local artists with roots in the traditional indigenous art forms of their heritage, which inform their artwork today.
Organization Summary
Focus on the Masters (FOTM) is a art appreciation program that chronicles lives of accomplished contemporary artists. Through the collection of oral histories, documentation and work samples, the FOTM archive and its programs enhance community awareness of artists, celebrate the history and diversity of our cultural community, foster a better understanding of art and its essential place in a healthy society.
FOTM has two objectives:
1) to document extraordinary artists and their work through photographic portraits, audio and video interviews, and biographical research that encompasses each artist’s experiences, artistic reflections and development; and
2) to present this work to a broad public through extensive educational outreach including our Learning To See (LTS) Outreach, a monthly meet-the-artist interview series, video biographies, exhibitions, resource library and website: www.FocusOnTheMasters.com.
ALL of our programs spring from material contained in the archives.
Organization
FOCUS ON THE MASTERS Arts Archive & Library
Address
505 POLI ST STE 310
VENTURA
93001-4615
County
Ventura
Region
Central Coast
Phone
(805) 653-2501
Congressional District
California Assembly district 37
State Assembly District
District 37
State Senate District
District 19
