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