Grantee Database
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA
Grant Year
2017-18
Grant Program
JUMP StArts - State Facilities
Award Amount
$36,803.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, University of California Arts Council will be able to bring The Odyssey Project (TOP) to the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility (VYCF). The Odyssey Project is a theater arts leadership program that has been designed for incarcerated youth. In this project Homer’s Odyssey provides a template for youth to re-imagine their lives through a heroic lens. A number of theater arts modalities are leveraged to support the youth on their creative journeys.
Organization Summary
At the forefront of Scholarship in the Humanities and Fine Arts: From the English Broadside Ballad Archive to the Center for the Study of Work, Labor and Democracy, UC Santa Barbara is home to 24 dedicated research centers and academic initiatives, as well as four performance programs in theater and dance and 25 musical groups, ensembles and choirs.
Organization
UCSB
Address
3201 SAASB BUILDING PAYROLL OFFICE
SANTA BARBARA
93106-0001
County
Santa Barbara
Region
Central Coast
Phone
(805) 893-4188
Congressional District
California's 24th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 37
State Senate District
District 21
