Oakland Asian Cultural Center

For General Operating Support

  • Amount
    $90,000
  • Program
  • Date Awarded
    10/21/2020
  • Term
    36.0 Months
  • Type of Support
    General Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
The API Cultural Center, better known as the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, is a community center based in Oakland’s Chinatown dedicated to strengthening the cultural identities of diverse local Asian and Pacific Islander communities. The organization reaches more than 7,000 people each year through two festivals; classes and workshops including taiko drumming, Chinese painting, and Mongolian folk dancing; and performances, screenings, and visual art exhibitions. This grant to API Cultural Center supports the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.oacc.cc 
Address
388 Ninth Street, Suite 290, Oakland, CA, 94607-4295, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support  
The API Cultural Center, better known as the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, is a community center dedicated to exploring, teaching, and presenting the arts and culture of diverse local Asian and Pacific Islander communities. In a typical year, the organization serves more than 7,500 people through festivals, performances, classes, workshops, screenings, exhibitions, and lectures. This grant to API Cultural Center supports the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
for general operating support  
API Cultural Center, doing business as Oakland Asian Cultural Center, fosters intergenerational and cross-cultural dialogue and strengthens the cultural identities that are the underpinning of the vibrant East Bay Asian community. The organization’s programming includes three annual festivals celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander traditional and contemporary artistic practices, weekly classes for all generations and families, an artist-in-residence program, visual arts exhibitions, in-school education residencies, and a host of community collaborations. With continued support, this cultural hub would improve its financial stability, plan for capital improvements, and deepen and expand its thriving programs.

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