Grantee Database
HUMBOLDT ARTS COUNCIL
Grant Year
2019-20
Grant Program
Arts Education - Artists in Schools
Award Amount
$18,000.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, the Humboldt Arts Council will place experienced poetry teachers in Humboldt County schools to work with K-12 students in hands-on, sequential training in poetry writing, reading, recitation, and publishing. Funds will be used to compensate poetry teachers for their time spent consulting with classroom and school staff; preparing lessons; responding in writing to students’ work; conducting poetry readings; and creating and producing anthologies.
Organization Summary
A private, nonprofit arts agency, the Humboldt Arts Council was formed in 1966 to serve in a rural county with a vibrant arts community. HAC incorporated as a private, California 501©3 in 1971, became the state/local partner of the California Arts Council in 1987, and became owners and operators of the Morris Graves Museum of Art in 2000. HAC is also the owner of the Romano Gabriel Sculpture Garden in Eureka, acquired in 2012. As a lead participant in community arts planning for over five decades, HAC has contributed significantly to the current level of maturity and vitality of Humboldt arts and culture.
Organization
Humboldt Arts Council
Address
636 F Street
636 F Street
Eureka
95501
County
Humboldt
Region
Upstate
Phone
(707) 442-0278
Congressional District
California's 2nd congressional district
State Assembly District
District 2
State Senate District
District 2
