Performing Arts Workshop
For General Operating Support
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Amount$350,000
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Program
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Date Awarded6/14/2019
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Performing Arts Workshop, which recently acquired the youth literary arts nonprofit Streetside Stories, provides sequential arts programming for Bay Area students ages 3 to 18. The organization’s nearly 300 artist-residency programs take place at 90 sites, reaching 5,400 students each year in public schools, after-school programs, and community centers. Performing Arts Workshop is also an advocate for arts education, using research to influence policymakers and build grassroots coalitions to support the arts in schools, districts, and communities.
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.
