Creative Sonoma Arts Education Innovation Grants Awarded
By Kristen Madsen
Creative Sonoma announces recipients of Arts Education Innovation Grants totalling $88,000 to fund fifteen innovative arts education programs serving students in the County who may have limited access to arts training. Grants are being provided in a partnership between Community Foundation Sonoma County and Creative Sonoma, a division of the Economic Development Board of Sonoma County.
“These grants reflect the value our community places on the arts being available to students all across our County,” said Chair of the Board of Supervisor James Gore. “Outstanding arts programs such as these develop 21 st century skills necessary to navigate the ever-changing workforce.”
Funded arts programs will create hands-on learning experiences in a variety of arts disciplines, such as performing music with ukuleles and orchestral instruments, and exploring materials and techniques in a teen visual art lounge. Students will study traditional Latino dance, write self-reflective poetry, and experience theatre projects that develop collaboration and community spirit. Workshops focusing on photography, filmmaking, and design will inspire students to tell their stories with a creative perspective. The programs will occur between now and June 2019 on school campuses, and in community centers, parks, and other venues across the County.
“Investing today in the creativity of our young people will provide benefits to our community’s vitality long into the future,” said Elizabeth Brown, CEO of Community Foundation Sonoma County. “We are pleased to support the innovative and engaging arts education programs being provided by the organizations.”
LIST OF GRANTEES
Art Escape Sonoma Kate Ortlano
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Sonoma County Santa Rosa
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley El Verano
Child Parenting Institute Santa Rosa
California Poets in the Schools San Francisco
Cazadero Performing Arts Camp Berkeley
Chop's Teen Club Santa Rosa Lorez Bailey
Felta Education Foundation Healdsburg
Healdsburg Jazz Festival Healdsburg
Imagine Bus Project San Francisco Maria Cristini
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Santa Rosa
Sonoma County Dancers United Santa Rosa
Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation Santa Rosa
Sonoma Valley Education Foundation Sonoma
Walking Elephant Theatre Company Santa Rosa
Creative Sonoma, a division of the Economic Development Board, supports and advances the creativecommmunity of Sonoma County.
