Grantee Database
OPERA CULTURA
Grant Year
2019-20
Grant Program
Youth Arts Action
Award Amount
$9,000.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, OPERA CULTURA will host after-school opera workshops for foster youth, incarcerated youth, and other Latinx students in San Jose. The project will include arts interns, who will guide the youth in producing their own expansive and integrative multimedia event entitled “Connections.” The event will feature work created by youth and other local artists focusing on themes of social justice, and will culminate in an opera theatre presentation.
Organization Summary
Our programming in the past has included presenting Latinx opera, collaborating with Latinx based arts organizations, and providing training for young people in the performing arts through La Escuela Initiative. While San Jose remains our artistic home, we have also presented and co -presented in New York, Washington D.C, and México. Notable performances include Armienta’s opera Bless Me Ultima ( based on Rudolfo Anaya’s novel), and Rodriguez’s opera Frida ( based on the life of Frida Kahlo).
In June 2025, we’ll present Armienta’s opera Cuentos at the School of Arts and Culture – Mexican Heritage Theater in East San Jose; the work inspired by the true stories of farmworkers and immigrants. We’re collaborating with Latine LGBTQ+ theater company Alebrijes. Lastly, provide training to young people in the arts through our La Escuela Initiative. Many of the participants are young people of color in Santa Clara county.
Organization
Opera Cultura
Address
P.O. Box 6293
San Jose
95150
County
Santa Clara
Region
Bay Area – Other
Phone
(408) 838-4983
Congressional District
California's 17th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 27
State Senate District
District 15
