Grantee Database
PALO ALTO ART CENTER FOUNDATION
Grant Year
2019-20
Grant Program
Artists in Communities
Award Amount
$19,000.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, the Palo Alto Art Center will engage artists Sergio De La Torre and Chris Treggiari—the Sanctuary City Mobile Print Cart—in a series of ten public engagement artmaking activities in conjunction with the Palo Alto Art Center’s Fall 2020 exhibition New Americans, a group exhibition of work by foreign-born and first-generation American artists that highlights the cultural and artistic prosperity of our country’s immigrant populations.
Organization Summary
The Art Center believes that its mission is best achieved by connecting the experience of viewing art with direct involvement in making art. Core programs include exhibitions and exhibition-related community programming; arts education programs for school children, both in-school and at the Art Center; a Studio Art Program offering high-quality arts instruction, classes, and workshops in a variety of creative media for adults and teens; and the Children’s Fine Art Program, providing classes, summer camps, and other programs for preschool through middle school-aged youth.
Organization
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation
Address
1313 Newell Road
Palo Alto
94303
County
Santa Clara
Region
Bay Area – Other
Phone
(650) 617-3535
State Assembly District
District 24
State Senate District
District 13
