The Arts Council provides over $1 million to 130 State Arts Organizations for "Artists in Schools"
Program designed to integrate community arts organizations into K-12 schools and after-school programs

The California Arts Council is pleased to announce approved funding for 130 arts organizations for the agency's "Artists in Schools" program, a grant program designed to support artists in residency activities that take place in the classroom and in after-school settings.

"The Visual and Performing Arts are core subjects for California schoolchildren, and instruction from professional artists is a key component to a robust arts education," said Muriel Johnson, Director of the California Arts Council. "The Artists in Schools program brings schools, teachers, and after-school programs together with professional artists to teach dance, music, theater and visual arts to California's youth."

There are 123 organizations receiving funding in two categories: "Effective Arts Organization and School Partnerships" for projects taking place in schools during regular school hours, or "K-12 Standards-Based Arts in After-School Programs" for projects taking place on school campuses during non-school hours. Seven organizations received planning grants for the Artists in Schools program, designed to assist the arts organization and school partner to plan a course of action and strategies to incorporate community arts resources into the ongoing standards-based arts activities of a school. The total amount allocated for the 2008-09 Artists in Schools program is $1,139,695.

The list of funded organizations is noted below, along with the organization's city and the amount funded. Arts organizations or school administrators interested in information about the Artists in Schools program may contact Wayne Cook, Arts Education Administrator and Coordinator, at 916-322-6344 or wcook@caartscouncil.com.

Artists in Schools
School and After-School Programs

About Productions (Pasadena) $7,500
ALICE:Arts and Literacy in Children's (Oakland) $9,600
Angel's Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro) $10,115
Armory Center for the Arts (Pasadena) $10,200
Arts & Services for Disabled (Long Beach) $8,400
Arts Council of Kern (ACK) (Bakersfield) $8,400
Arts Council of Napa Valley (ACNV) (Napa) $9,600
Arts for the Schools (Tahoe Vista) $10,800
Arts in Education Aid Council, Inc. (Reseda) $9,600
ArtsChange (Richmond) $3,750
ArtSeed (San Francisco) $10,800
Asian Improv aRts (San Francisco) $9,600
Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley) $10,200
Bethune Theatredanse (Los Angeles) $10,200
Blue Bear School of Music (San Francisco) $8,500
Bluepalm (Los Angeles) $9,600
Brava! For Women in the Arts (San Francisco) $9,600
California Center for the Arts, Escondido (Escondido) $8,400
California Institute of the Arts (Valencia) $10,800
Cantare con Vivo (Oakland) $10,200
Casa Vargas Productions (San Jose) $9,000
Center For World Music (Olivenhain) $10,200
Central Sierra Arts Council (Sonora) $10,200
Chinese Cultural Productions (San Francisco) $10,800
City Ballet of Los Angeles (Los Angeles) $9,204
City Ballet of San Diego (San Diego) $8,800
City of San Fernando (San Fernando) $10,800
Civic Arts Education City of Walnut Creek (Walnut Creek) $9,000
Class - A.C.T. (Cardiff) $7,644
Community School of Music and Arts (Mountain View) $9,000
Community Works (Berkeley) $10,200
Company of Angels (Los Angeles) $8,048
contra-tiempo (Los Angeles) $7,543
Crowden Center for Music in the Community (Berkeley) $9,660
CSUSM Fdn for Center Artes (San Marcos) $8,500
Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County (Santa Cruz) $6,986
Dance Kaiso (San Francisco) $10,800
Danza Floricanto/USA (Pasadena) $9,000
Del Norte Association for Cultural Awareness (Crescent City) $4,800
Dell'Arte International (Blue Lake) $10,200
Dimensions Dance Theater (Oakland) $10,800
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts (Richmond) $9,600
East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse (Oakland) $10,200
Eveoke Dance Theatre (San Diego) $7,809
Farragut Fan Club (Culver City) $4,896
Friends of Forestville School Education (Forestville) $5,584
Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation (Encino) $9,000
Gamelan Sekar Jaya (El Cerrito) $9,945
Ginga Arts (Los Angeles) $10,200
Golden Thread Productions (San Francisco) $9,600
Greenway Court Theatre (Los Angeles) $10,200
The HeArt Project (Los Angeles) $10,800
Helendale Educational Foundation (Helendale) $2,611
Higher Gliffs (Oakland) $10,200
Humboldt Arts Council (Eureka) $5,117
The Imagine Bus Project (San Francisco) $9,600
Ink People Center for the Arts (Eureka) $10,200
Inland Pacific Ballet (Montclair) $9,600
Inside Out Community Arts (Venice) $10,800
JazzFresno, Inc (Fresno) $9,600
Jean Isaacs' San Diego Dance Theater (San Diego) $6,300
Kala Art Institute (Berkeley) $10,200
Kid Serve Youth Murals (San Francisco) $10,800
LACER: Literacy, Arts, Culture, Education, (Hollywood) $9,000
LEAP - Imagination in Learning (San Francisco) $9,232
Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach) $9,600
Los Angeles Opera (Los Angeles) $10,800
Luna Kids Dance (Berkeley) $9,600
Magic Theatre (San Francisco) $10,200
Malashock Dance (San Diego) $9,000
Marcus A Foster Educational Institute (Oakland) $10,800
Mariachi Heritage Society (South El Monte) $10,200
Marin Shakespeare Company (San Rafael) $8,400
The Marsh (San Francisco) $10,200
Media Arts Center San Diego (San Diego) $10,200
Melody of China, Inc. (San Francisco) $9,600
Mono Council for The Arts (Mammoth Lakes) $8,400
Museum of Children's Arts (MOCHA) (Oakland) $8,400
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (La Jolla) $9,000
Music Center Education Division (Los Angeles) $10,800
Music is Extraordinary (Oakland) $5,328
New Century Chamber Orchestra (San Francisco) $10,200
Oakland Dance, Inc. (Oakland) $9,000
Oakland East Bay Symphony (Oakland) $10,800
Oaktown Jazz Workshops (Oakland ) $8,145
Oceanside Museum of Art (Oceanside) $3,080
Ojai Music Festival (Ojai) $8,500
Opera Piccola (Oakland) $10,800
Out of Site (San Francisco) $10,200
P.S. Arts (Los Angeles) $8,400
Performing Arts Workshop (San Francisco) $10,800
Playwrights Project (San Diego) $10,200
Plumas Arts (Quincy) $9,600
Presidio Performing Arts Foundation (San Francisco) $9,000
Purple Silk Music Education Foundation, Inc. (Oakland) $10,800
RDNC (San Francisco) $8,437
Redwood Heights School Parents' Fund (Oakland) $8,500
San Diego Art Institute (San Diego )$10,030
San Diego Ballet (San Diego) $6,967
San Diego Guild of Puppetry (Chula Vista) $10,200
San Diego Opera (San Diego) $10,800
San Diego Youth Symphony (San Diego) $9,498
San Francisco Arts Commission (San Francisco) $10,200
San Francisco Arts Education Project (San Francisco) $10,200
San Francisco Ballet (San Francisco) $9,600
San Jose Children's Musical Theater (San Jose) $10,200
Santa Barbara Dance Institute (Santa Barbara) $9,600
ShadowLight Productions (San Francisco) $4,250
Shakespeare Festival/LA (Los Angeles) $10,800
Southwest Chamber Music (Pasadena) $10,800
Stagebridge (Oakland) $4,841
Stanislaus Arts Council (Modesto) $9,600
Stockton Symphony (Stockton) $10,200
Streetside Stories (San Francisco) $10,200
Symphonic Jazz Orchestra (Culver City) $8,773
Tapestry Arts (San Jose) $9,647
Theatre of Hearts/Youth First (Los Angeles) $9,600
Venice Arts: In Neighborhoods (Venice) $5,952
Ventura County Arts Council (Ventura) $10,200
Very Special Arts California (Sacramento) $5,985
Woman's Will (San Francisco) $9,718
Yolo County Arts Council (Woodland) $9,600
Z Space Studio (San Francisco) $9,600

Artists in Schools
Planning Grants

San Benito County Arts Council (Hollister) $2,500
Stanford Jazz Workshop (Stanford) $2,500
All American Ballet (Ventura) $2,500
Sierra County Arts Council (Downieville) $2,500
Moxie Theatre (Encinitas) $2,500
Fresno Art Museum (Fresno) $2,500
Santa Clarita Performing Art Center (Santa Clarita) $2,500