2021-2022 School Year

Project Mini-Grant Recipients

  • Attitudinal Healing Connection’s ArtEsteem at Frick Academy
  • Cantare Con Vivo’s Choral Music Residency at La Escuelita Elementary School
  • Chapter 510’s Hoover In-School Book Project at Hoover Elementary School
  • Sankofa United PTA’s Creative Connections at Sankofa United
  • Destiny Arts Center’s Artists in Schools at Madison Park Academy Primary
  • Eli Wise’ DreamSongs at Greenleaf Elementary School
  • East Bay Agency for Children’s RISE/New Highland Visual Arts Project at Rise Community School & New Highland Academy
  • Harmony Project Oakland Site Program at Urban Promise Academy
  • Living Jazz’s Children’s Project at Carl B. Munck Elementary School
  • Museum of Children’s Art’s Artists in Schools Residency Program at Horace Mann Elementary School
  • Oakland Ballet Company’s You Can Dance! at Oakland Academy of Knowledge
  • Oakland Children’s Fairyland’s Youth Theatre Program at Fairyland
  • Prescott Circus Theatre’s Every-Body Circus at Montera Middle School
  • Gabby Lang’s Sing Along Music Class at Manzanita Seed Elementary School
  • Deborah Barsotti’s Strings for Pride at East Oakland Pride Elementary School
  • The Crucible’s Integrated Industrial Arts Education Program with McClymonds High School
  • Word for Word’s One Crazy Summer at Life Academy of Health and Bioscience
  • Youth Beat’s Media Arts & Community Building at MetWest High School

Laurie Pitman Award Winner

  • TOaG Quartet’s Jazz Clinics at Oakland High School

Rapid Response Fund Grantees

  • Attitudinal Healing Connection’s ArtEsteem at Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School
  • Destiny Arts Center’s Bilingual Capoeira and African Dance at Lockwood STEAM Elementary School
  • Junior Center of Art and Science’s Making Connections at Carl B. Munck Elementary School
  • Junior Center of Art and Science’s Making Connections at Emerson Elementary School
  • Living Jazz’s Children’s Project – Rhythm Component at Burckhalter Elementary School

2020-2021 School Year

  • Attitudinal Healing Connection’s ArtEsteem at Frick Academy
  • Cantare Con Vivo’s Choral Music Residency at La Escuelita Elementary School
  • Chapter 510’s Young Author Program at Hoover Elementary School
  • Junior Center’s Sharing Our Stories at Franklin Elementary School
  • Living Jazz’s Children’s Project at Howard Elementary School
  • Luna Dance Institute’s Special Education Dance at Grass Valley Elementary School
  • Prescott Circus Theatre’s Everybody Circus at Montera Middle School
  • Reel Stories’ After School Filmmaking at Madison Park Academy
  • Deborah Barsotti’s Strings for Pride Music Program at East Oakland Pride Elementary
  • The Crucible’s Integrated Industrial Arts Education at McClymonds High School
  • The People’s Conservatory In School Movement Arts at Manzanita SEED Elementary School
  • The TOaG Quartet’s Jazz Clinics at Oakland High School
  • Oakland Public Conservatory of Music’s Saturday School at various locations

2019-2020 School Year

  • Oakland Spirit Orchestra at West Oakland Middle School
  • Cleveland Multicultural Art Program at Cleveland Elementary School
  • Cantare Con Vivo’s Choral Music Program at La Escuelita Elementary School
  • Living Jazz’s Visual Arts Program at Carl B Munck Elementary School
  • Prescott Circus Theatre’s Circus Arts Program at Piedmont Avenue Elementary School
  • Junior Center’s Sharing Our Stories at Franklin Elementary School
  • Stagebridge’s Storybridge at Burckhalter Elementary School
  • Oakland Ballet Company’s You Can Dance at Allendale Elementary School, and 3 other locations
  • Chapter 510’s Young Authors Book Project at Hoover Elementary School

2018-2019 School Year

  • Attitudinal Healing Connection’s ArtEsteem at Hoover Elementary School
  • Artory’s Stellaluna at Bret Harte Middle School
  • Junior Center’s Visual Arts Program at Franklin Elementary School
  • Living Jazz’s Music Program at Carl B. Munck Elementary School
  • Luna Dance’ Dance Program at Grass Valley Elementary School
  • Deborah Barsotti’s Musical Mentor at Sankofa Academy
  • Oakland Youth Chorus at SOL
  • Prescott Circus Circus Theatre Program at Piedmont Avenue Elementary School and Laurel Elementary School
  • Pro Arts’ Visual Arts Program at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School
  • Stagebridge’s Storybridge Listening and Speaking at Lincoln Elementary School
  • Thingamakids! At La Escuelita Elementary School and 4 other locations
  • Exploring Culture Through Ceramics at Achieve Academy

2017-2018 School Year 

  • Deborah Barsotti’s Children’s String and Drum Orchestra at Sankofa Academy
  • Luna Dance Institute’s School & Community Alliances at Grass Valley Elementary School
  • Stagebridge’s Storybridge Listening and Speaking at Lincoln Elementary School
  • Attitudinal Healing Connection’s ArtEsteem’Self as Superhero’ at Hoover Elementary School
  • CalShakes Theater’s Every Learner, Every Story: Providing Equitable Theater Experiences for Oakland Students at Downtown Charter Academy
  • Prescott Circus Theatre’s Circus and Theatre Arts After School Program at Piedmont Avenue Elementary School and Laural Elementary School
  • Creative Threads at Emerson Elementary School
  • Priscilla Parchia’s Performance Art Class at Oakland SOL
  • BAY-Peace’s Learning Through Internships at West Oakland Middle School
  • ProArts’ Youth Fellows at Academy of Art University 

2016-2017 School Year 

  • ProArts’ AAU Youth Fellows Summer Program
  • Arts in Action at Life Academy of Health & Bioscience and Alternatives in Action High School
  • CalShakes’s Every Learner at Downtown Charter Academy
  • Learning for Life at Manzanita SEED Elementary School
  • Diablo Ballet’s PEEK Dance Program at Piedmont Avenue Elementary School and Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School
  • ProArts’ Art in Schools at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School
  • Education for Change’s Public Art Communicates at Achieve Academy
  • SFJAZZ’ Music Academy at Westlake Middle School
  • Stagebridge’s Storybridge Listening at Lincoln Elementary School
  • Deborah Barsotti’s String Orchestra at Sankofa Academy
  • Left Coast Ensemble’s Music From the Inside Out at Oakland School for the Arts
  • Community Rejuvenation Project’s Arrow Soul at Oakland Unity High School

2015-2016 School Year 

  • ProArts’ Academy of Art University’s Summer Program
  • Education for Change’s Public Art Empowers at Achieve Academy and ASCEND Middle School
  • Diablo Ballet’s PEEK Outreach Program at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School
  • African-American Shakespeare Company’s Shake-it-Up at Dewey Academy
  • California Poets in the School at Emerson Elementary School
  • MOCHA’s School and Community Programs at Esperanza Elementary School
  • Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement’s Art@PLACE Arts and Education Program at PLACE at Prescott
  • Composing Together’s Sounds to Space Program at Edna Brewer Middle School, Montera Middle School and Westlake Middle School
  • SFJAZZ’s Oakland Public Conservatory Music Academy at Westlake Middle School
  • Word for Word/Youth Arts at Z Space’s Literary and Performing Arts Programt at Edna Brewer Middle School
  • ProArts’ Early Childhood Education Integrated Learning Initiative at Markham Elementary School
  • Grow MLA’s Art in the Classroom at Melrose Leadership Academy

2014-2015 School Year 

  • Thingamakids! At North Oakland Community Charter at Bridges Academy at Melrose
  • Diablo Ballet’s PEEK Outreach Program at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School and Piedmont Avenue Elementary School
  • Public Art Transforms at World Academy and Achieve Academy
  • The Crucible’s Gear Girls at Fremont High School
  • MOCHA School & Community Programs at Esperanza School
  • ARISE Art Program at ARISE High School
  • Ballet Folklorico at East Oakland Pride Elementary School

2013-2014 School Year 

  • Alisa Peres’ After School Music Classes at Manzanita SEED Elementary School
  • ProArts’ Youth Fellows at Oakland High School and 5 other locations
  • The Crucible’s Gear Girls Program at Edna Brewer Middle School
  • Music in Schools Today’s Music Integrated Learning Environment at Lafayette Elementary School
  • Living Jazz’s Oakland Children’s Community Choir at Cleveland Elementary School and Glenview Elementary School
  • MOCHA’s Artist Residency at Esperanza Elementary School
  • Stagebridge’s Storybridge at Fruitvale Elementary School, Laurel Elementary School and Lincoln Elementary School
  • Friends of Oakland Parks and Recreation’s Today’s Future Sound at Hoover Elementary School and West Oakland Middle School
  • SF Performances Guitar Mentors at Westlake Middle School

2012-2013 School Year 

  • Living Jazz’s Oakland Children’s Community Choir at Glenview Elementary School and Cleveland Elementary School
  • Elmhurst Performing Arts Program and Elmhurst Community Prep
  • MOCHA’s Integrated Visual Arts Program at ASCEND
  • ProArts’ Youth Fellows Program at Fremont High School and 3 other locations
  • Music Therapy for Special Needs Students at Redwood Heights Elementary School
  • Oakland Schools Foundation’s Bilingual Choir at Manzanita SEED Elementary School
  • African Brazilian Culture through Dance, Music and Image at Oakland Technical High School
  • Spirit Team at Learning Without Limits
  • San Francisco Performances Guitar Mentor/Guitar Residency at Westlake Middle School

2011-2012 School Year

  • Chain Link Gallery’s Visual Arts Program at Emerson Elementary School
  • Oakland School’s Foundation’s Bilingual Choir at Manzanita SEED Elementary School
  • The Chamber Music Partnership’s Music From the Inside Out at Oakland School for the Arts
  • Oakland School’s Foundation’s Arts Integration at Acorn Woodland Elementary School
  • Congolese Dance and Visual Arts at Encompass Academy
  • Music Therapy for Special Needs Students at Redwood Heights Elementary School

2010-2011 School Year 

  • Oakland Schools Foundation’s Visual Arts Program at ASCEND
  • Academy of Art University’s Pre-College Summer Arts Program
  • ProArts’ Youth Fellows Initiative at Oakland High School and 4 other locations
  • Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Story Builders/Performance Lab at Bret Hart Middle School at 5 other locations
  • Prescott Circus Theatre’s Satellite Program at Parker Elementary School and Garfield Elementary School
  • MOCHA’s After School Artist Residency Program at RISE Community School
  • Oakland Schools Foundations’ Afro-Brazilian Dance at Sankofa Academy

2009-2010 School Year 

  • Oakland Small Schools Foundation’s “Art: a standard we must not ignore” Visual Arts Program at Bridges Academy at Melrose
  • Cal Shakes’ Imagination and Discovery: New Routes to Learning Through Theater Arts at Fruitvale Elementary School
  • Cantare Con Vivo’s Children’s Choirs of Oakland at Lincoln Elementary School
  • Attitudinal Healing Connection’s ArtEsteem Visual Arts Program at Westlake Middle School
  • OSSF’s Visual Arts Program at Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy
  • MOCHA’s Artist Residency at Emerson Elementary School and Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School
  • Music in Schools Today’s Achieving Through Music Program at Elmhurst Community Prep Middle School
  • Oakland Youth Orchestra’s OYO Bridge Lesson Scholarship at Edna Brewer Middle School
  • VALA’s Artist Residency and apprenticeship at Sankofa Academy
  • Academy of Art University’s Pre-College Summer Arts Program

2008-2009 School Year 

  • Oakland Small Schools Foundation’s Discovery Art Club at Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy
  • ALICE’s The Ancestor Project at Manzanita Community School and Jefferson Elementary School
  • Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Performance Lab at Skyline High School and Lighthouse Community Charter School
  • Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement’s Prescott Art Room at PLACE at Prescott
  • The Tides Center’s VALA Program at Edna Brewer Middle School
  • Oakland Small School Foundation’s Artist of the Week Meets the Curriculum at Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy and Manzanita Community School
  • Generations in Jazz Foundation’s Instrumental Music Program at Westlake Middle School
  • MOCHA’s Artists in Schools Visual Arts Program at Emerson Elementary School
  • Oakland Small School Foundation’s World Beats and Art for the People Programs at Oakland International High School
  • Oakland Small Schools Foundation’s Power of Words: Literary Magazine Project at ASCEND
  • Oakland Small Schools Foundation’s A Day in the Life – Digital Photography for Identity Development at Futures Elementary School

2007-2008 School Year 

  • Attitudinal Healing Connection’s ArtEsteem Visual Arts Program at KIPP CP, Hoover Elementary School, and Santa Fe Elementary School
  • Opera Piccola’s Literary, Music and Performing Arts Program at Roots International Academy and Coliseum College Prep
  • OASIS’ Graffiti Arts Education at Oasis High School
  • Cal Shakes’ Imagination and Discover: New Routes to Learning Through Theater Arts at Oakland Senior High School
  • North Oakland Community Charter School’s Community Mural
  • ALICE’s The Ancestor Project at Manzanita Community and Jefferson Elementary School
  • Prescott Joseph Center’s ArtPLACE at PLACE at Prescott
  • Arrow-soul writing class: ‘Semiotics & Traditional Writing Culture’ at Oasis High School
  • SF Performances’ Guitar Mentor Program at Westlake Middle School

2006-2007 School Year 

  • Attitudinal Healing Connection’s ArtEsteem ‘Self as Superhero’ at Santa Fe Elementary School, KIPP CP, and Hoover Elementary School
  • Dance for Power’s Performing Arts Program for Visually Impaired Students at Glenview Elementary School
  • Marcus Foster Education’s Prescott Circus Theatre at PLACE at Prescott
  • Oakland Small Schools Foundation’s Discovery Art Club at Fred T. Korematsu and Discovery Academy
  • Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Playmaking Project at Rock La Fleche Community Day School
  • MOCHA’s Artist Residency Program at RISE Community School and New Highland Academy
  • Luna Kids Dance’s Schools’ Alliance Dance Program at Tilden Elementary School and New Highland Academy

2005-2006 School Year

  • Attitudinal Healing Connection’s ArtEsteem ‘Self as Superhero’ at Lowell Middle School, KIPP Bridge, McClymonds High School, and Hoover Elementary School
  • East Bay Agency for Children’s After-School Arts Program at Sequoia Elementary School
  • Head Royce School’s Heads Up/Summer Arts & Technology at Heads Up
  • Oakland Leaf Foundation’s Warrior Garden at ASCEND
  • Marcus Foster Education’s Prescott Circus Theatre at Prescott Elementary School
  • East Bay Conservation Corps’ Action! Mural Project
  • Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Performance Lab at Skyline High School
  • Glenview PTA’s Performing Arts Program for Visually Impaired Students at Glenview Elementary School
  • On the Move’s Graffiti Arts Program at Oasis High School
  • Stagebridge’s Storybridge at Tilden Elementary School
  • Opera Piccola’s ArtGate at Manzanita SEED Elementary School
  • Hawthorne Elementary School’s Ceramics Program

2004-2005 School Year

  • East Bay Conservation Corp’s Diversity Mural Project
  • Glenview PTA’s Performing Arts Program for Visually Impaired Students at Glenview Elementary School
  • Destiny Arts Center’s Project Destiny at Santa Fe Elementary School
  • Higher Gliffs After-School Program at Hawthorne Elementary School, Calvin Simmons Middle School, and Mandela High School
  • Stagebridge’s Storybridge at Whittier Elementary School
  • East Bay Agency for Children’s Ceramics Program and Hawthorne Elementary School

2003-2004 School Year

  • OASES’ OUSD Jazz Workshop and Festival at Westlake Middle School
  • East Bay Conservation Corp’s Street Theatre Project
  • East Bay Agency for Children’s Visual Arts Program at Sequoia Elementary School
  • Stagebridge’s Storybridge Performing Arts Program at John Swett Elementary School
  • Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Playmaking Project at Rock La Fleche Community Day School
  • Attitudinal Healing Connection’s ArtEsteem ‘Self as Superhero’ at Lowell Middle School
  • East Bay Agency for Children’s Ceramics Program at Hawthorne Elementary School
  • Marcus Foster Education’s Prescott Circus Theatre at Prescott Middle School

2002-2003 School Year

  • Marcus Foster Education’s Prescott Clown Troupe at Prescott Elementary School
  • MOCHA’s Visual Arts Program at Urban Promise Academy
  • OASES’ Music Program at Westlake Middle School
  • East Bay Agency for Children’s  Ceramics Program at Hawthorne Elementary School

2001-2002 School Year

  • Marcus Foster Education’s Prescott Clown Troupe at Prescott Elementary School
  • East Bay Agency for Children’s Ceramics Program at Hawthorne Elementary School and Sequoia Elementary School
  • MOCHA’s Visual and Performing Arts Program at Jefferson Elementary School
  • OASES’ Traditional Chinese Music Program at Westlake Middle School

2000-2001 School Year

  • Purple Silk Foundation’s Purple Bamboo Orchestra at Lincoln Elementary School
  • Children’s Book Press Visual ‘LitLinks’ Storytelling Program at West Oakland Community School

1999-2000 School Year

  • East Bay Agency for Children’s Ceramics Program at Hawthorne Elementary School
  • Purple Silk Foundation’s Purple Bamboo Orchestra at Lincoln Elementary School
  • Laurel Allen’s Storytelling Program at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School

1998-1999 School Year

  • East Bay Agency for Children’s After-School Ceramics at Hawthorne Elementary School
  • Peralta Community College’s Purple Bamboo Orchestra at Lincoln Elementary School
  • AOK Pilot Year Storytelling Literacy Project at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School

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