Performing Arts Workshop
For Participation In A Deeper Learning Conference In San Diego, CA
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Amount$3,000
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Program
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Date Awarded2/14/2019
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Term2.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
Performing Arts Workshop helps young people develop critical thinking, creative expression, and basic learning skills through the arts. The San Francisco organization teaches K-12 students through 270 artist residency programs at more than 80 sites, reaching 4,200 students in public schools, after-school programs, and community centers. A leader in local arts education advocacy and the broader education reform movement, its advocacy work uses research to inform policymakers about arts education and build grassroots coalitions to support the arts in schools, districts, and communities. Project grant will enable the organization to send one staff member to Deeper Learning Conference in San Diego March 27-29, 2019.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.performingartsworkshop.org
Address
768 Delano Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94112, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Performing Arts Workshop uses arts education to develop the critical thinking, creative expression, and learning skills of youth between the ages of three and 18. The organization works in schools, transitional housing facilities, community spaces, juvenile detention facilities, and at its own facility in San Francisco. Each year, Performing Arts Workshop serves over 1,900 students with instruction and presentation opportunities in music, dance, creative writing, theater, spoken word, visual arts, and media arts. Support for Performing Arts Workshop aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s Youth strategy and Program Delivery substrategy.
