Focus: Arts & Culture

AjA Project in Community Heights
Journey Program
$40,000
To provide arts education to refugee and immigrant youth from Somalia, Sudan, Columbia, Southeast Asia, Afghanistan, and Iraq through the use of photography and story-telling
www.ajaproject.org

Eveoke Dance Theater
Young Artists Program
$28,000
To expand a program in which promising young amateurs supplement the work of professionals with the goal of fostering social action through arts education
www.eveoke.org

La Jolla Playhouse
Enriching Children’s Lives through Theater
$17,000
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

San Diego Museum of Art
Outreach and Family Festivals
$37,000
To provide arts experiences in local neighborhoods for children and seniors through quarterly family festivals
www.sdmart.org

San Diego Opera
Pre-Opening Student Performances
$50,000
To introduce younger audiences to a main-stage opera experience, particularly those in underserved and disadvantaged neighborhoods throughout San Diego County
www.sdopera.com

San Diego Symphony
Sounds Connections Project
$41,000
For a two year series of the Young People’s Concerts consisting of three programs each year to explore the creative process and the relationship between orchestral music and other art forms
www.sandiegosymphony.com

Sushi Performance & Visual Art
Artists Advisory Board Showcase Concerts
$27,000
To support “The New Wave Showcase”, an annual program which mentors and presents the work of independent and emerging choreographers and performance artists from the San Diego and Tijuana regions
www.sushiart.org