Grantee Database
Rhythm Arts Alliance
Grant Year
2017-18
Grant Program
Professional Development
Award Amount
$1,000.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Rhythm Arts Alliance will be able to send both our Executive Director, Peter Walden, and our lead drum facilitator, Evan Greer, to the Center for Council’s level 2 council training workshop, entitled Deepening the Practice, to help solidify their council facilitation skills; our staff members can then use these deeper facilitation practices to create nurturing and safe spaces for our youth during our dance, music and song workshops.
Organization Summary
In addition to conducting classes for incarcerated youth through our collaboration with AHJN, RAA offers drumming, dance and song workshops in schools and community centers throughout Los Angeles County. Over the last ten years, RAA has expanded from one drum class a week at a single probation camp location to at least six classes per week, with access to the entire LA County probation system, including Juvenile Day Reporting Centers. Our workshops have expanded to include dance, song and music production instruction. We have collaborated with such diverse partners as the Children’s Defense Fund in their Freedom Schools program, and Sankofa at their inaugural Many Rivers Festival attended by over 15,000 people from across America. Additionally, RAA has worked with San Carlos High School on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona, and we have developed a special partnership with Central High School that serves as a home to pilot our curriculums in the public schools.
Organization
Rhythm Arts Alliance
Address
2116 Arlington Ave.
LA
90018
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(323) 999-8894
Congressional District
California Assembly district 37
State Assembly District
District 55
State Senate District
District 28
