Our Crab Fest is back and we are so excited to be able to crack crab with you again! Tickets are $100 and all proceeds will immediately fund grants for arts education. Your delicious evening will directly result in the Arts Advantage for Oakland's kids! To keep everyone as safe as possible, proof of [...]
AOK’s first online art auction of 2022 is just a few weeks away and will launch on Friday, March 11! The “Hang It, Wear It, Use It” auction is our most diverse collection yet. Find gorgeous pieces by local Oakland artists for your walls, your wardrobe, or your table. The best part: 100% of proceeds [...]
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We're humbled, once again, by the generosity of the AOK community. Thank you for your year-end outpouring of support for this community-funded effort. There are currently 22 AOK grant recipients teaching arts education in 28 Oakland public schools; they are reaching 2,400 students with the life-changing power of a consistent arts education. Those 2,400 Oakland [...]
The application process is now open for the Arts for Oakland Kids Landis Grants of up to $10,000! The application form with all required documents must be submitted by no later than 11:59pm PST on Tuesday, February 22, 2022. Learn More or Apply Here Check out our grantees! [...]
We are excited to announce the newest members of the Arts for Oakland Kids Board of Directors, Niki Shah Heinrich and James Potter! In addition to their passion for arts education and commitment to Oakland's kids, they both bring invaluable knowledge and skills to the organization. We are thrilled [...]
AOK is grateful to announce that the Wallace and Alexander Gerbode Foundation was the very first to invest in AOK’s new Arts Justice Initiative! AOK’s Arts Justice Initiative is designed to fund consistent, weekly arts education for every student in Oakland’s most under-resourced public schools. Funding for comprehensive arts education for every student, every week in one [...]
Join us for our newest event! See our EVENTS page to purchase tickets Arts for Oakland Kids invites you to a new kind of celebration at Warehouse416 in the heart of Uptown, Oakland's famous art district. While you enjoy MUSIC, BEER & WINE, and APPETIZERS from some of our favorite eateries, you'll get to bid on deals from Bay Area [...]
Welcome to the Board Logan McWilliams! We first met Logan McWilliams, then a Transitional Kindergarten teacher, on a site visit to the Pro Arts Early Childhood Education program AOK funded at Markham Elementary. The second we walked into her classroom full of innovative images and displays, we knew we were in for a treat. We [...]
It being the 50th Anniversary of the Oakland A's, it is only appropriate that Stomper wears a suit and a bow tie. I wanted the illustrative design of his suit to reflect a child-like nature and our mission within Arts For Oakland Kids. Elements were included to highlight whimsical aspects of music, theater, and the [...]
