SPECTRA Matching grants are provided to assist Santa Cruz County K-12 public schools and community organizations to enhance their arts education programs by bringing SPECTRA Teaching Artists into classrooms for visual, performing, or literary arts workshops, residencies, and performances.
Donor Name: Arts Council Santa Cruz County
State: California
County: Santa Cruz County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 09/09/2022
Grant Size: up to $2,000
Details:
Purpose: To assist Santa Cruz County K-12 public schools and community programs to augment their arts education curriculum by bringing SPECTRA Teaching Artists into classrooms for visual, performing, or literary arts workshops, residencies, and performances.
Priorities: They prioritize their funding based on EQUITY and where they can make the greatest impact. Their number one priority goes to schools where high percentages (60-100% unduplicated) are students of color, English Language Learners, on free and reduced meal plans, and are foster youth. They also ackowledge that some schools are without specific arts funding and/or strong parent groups to fundraise and support arts programs are prioritized. They also prioritize sustainable models – arts programs that they know have been or will be a part of the school climate/culture for a long time, and need their support to continue. They do not intend to fund arts programs just implemented one year and then gone.