2005 Community Partners - Arts and Culture $40,000 AjA Project in Community Heights For equipment to support this project, in which refugee youth learn to express themselves through photography, alleviating the sense of despair, loss and alienation that many of them experience, and fostering a sense of belonging in their new community www.ajaproject.org $28,000 Eveoke Dance Theater: Young Artists Program To expand a program in which promising young amateurs supplement the work of professionals in this award-winning dance company, with the goal of fostering social action through arts education www.eveoke.org $17,000 La Jolla Playhouse: Enriching Children's Lives Through Theater To bring high-quality theater experiences to local schools, to give children the opportunity to write and perform their own plays and to provide theater training for teachers www.lajollaplayhouse.com $37,000 San Diego Museum of Art: Outreach and Family Festivals For after-school arts programs in community centers followed by festivals that bring schoolchildren and their families to the museum, making the arts accessible to economically disadvantaged people www.sdmart.org $50,000 San Diego Opera: Pre-Opening Student Performances To help cover the expense of pre-opening opera performances for schoolchildren, the culmination of a classroom program that exposes students to all aspects of opera www.sdopera.com $41,000 San Diego Symphony: Sound Connections Project To launch an innovative program that will engage schoolchildren in the concert experience and help them understand the creative process and the relationship between music and other art forms www.sandiegosymphony.com $27,000 Sushi Performance & Visual Art: Artists Advisory Board Showcase Concerts To identify, support and present outstanding emerging choreographers and performance artists from the San Diego/Tijuana region to arts audiences, patrons and professionals. www.sushiarts.com