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A-/ SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1223 07661 7142 DOCUMENTS DEPTc San Francisco Art Commission FEB 241993 ^rts Education Summary SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Goals 1) to make arts accessible to San Francisco children and teens at risk in school and community settings 2) to facilitate collaborative projects and strategic planning 3) to provide resources: funding, Information, technical assistance -l) to support the role of professional artists in education 5) to promote cultural equity in the distribution of resources The primary purpose of the grants program is to be able quality arts education programs locally, we do this by support our arts education policy and goals The it imission and other local flinders is that we have an a San Francisco PublicLibrary lira and community renters, schools, and arts education I matlon and technical assistance, as well as funding. We Government Information Center 1 process in the city tor arts education grant awards. SanFrancisco Public Library 100Larkin Street, 5th Floor SanFrancisco, CA 94102 wunfty Pilot Grants: Initiated in 1902, this program totalling $73,700) to 15 organizations. This program Is REFERENCE BOOK the Commission's Youth Arts Fund and a 3-year grant Dr the Arts. The grant awards are for one year and Not to be taken from the Library workshops led by professional artists working with local >ns. Over 1 ,200 youth at risk, ages 1 1 - 1 7, are directly Kl thousands more reached through performances, and publications sponsored by the projects. The grantee , ui ycintxerviuira ai c corratroi dumj with over 30 schools and 20 libraries and community groups. Although all projects have literary arts at their core, most are inter- disciplinary in nature and include theatre, dance, visual arts, music, photography, and media arts. We are planning an event with the Art Commission Gallery to showcase student work developed within these projects 2. Youth Arts Festival: We provide $10,000 in support of this annual 5-clay ,May 5_9th) pUt on by the San Francisco Unified School District arid the Fine j d urn. Over 80 schools and community arts group participate, showcasing student ?rorn kindergarten through high school. Over 10,000 people attend 7on 979j4 ' J "' tees, exhibits, and hand-on art activities featured at the festival. Trie Art Ar79ae on's Arts Education Office sits on the festival steering committee. Scholarships: We provide a 13,000 grant annually to California State >chool for the Arts (C55SA) to mat e bCholarships available to low nuoine 1 A- \ DOCUMPMTR DEPTc San Francisco Art Commission 24 1993 ^rts Education Summary A ubrary public m3 Goals ffihr^y 7 ?J 1) to make arts accessible to San Francisco children and teens at risk in school and community settings 2) to facilitate collaborative projects and strategic planning 3) to provide resources: funding, information, technical assistance -l) to support the role of professional artists in education 5; to promote cultural equity in the distribution of resources Activities GRANTING PROGRAMS; The primary purpose of the grants program is to be able to facilitate the development of quality arts education programs locally, we do this by creating granting guidelines that support our arts education policy and goals The difference between the Art Commission and other local funders Is that we have an a nands-on relationship with cultural and community renters, schools, and arts education organizations. We provide information and technical assistance, as well as funding. We have the only peer-panel review process in the city tor arts education grant awards. /. Literary Arts Community Pilot Grants: Initiated in 1902, this program made grants of $2,000-S6,750 (totalling $73,700) to 15 organizations. This program is made possible with funds from the Commission's Youth Arts Fund and a 3-year grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The grant awards are for one year and support local after-school arts workshops led by professional artists working with local arts and community organizations. Over ,200 youth at risk, ages 1-17, are directly 1 1 served through this program, and thousands more reached through performances, exhibits, televised productions, and publications sponsored by the projects. The grantee organizations are collaborating with over 30 schools and 20 libraries and community groups. Although all projects have literary arts at their core, most are inter- disciplinary in nature and Include theatre, dance, visual arts, music, photography, and media arts. We are planning an event with the Art Commission Gallery to showcase student work developed within these project's 2. Youth Arts Festival: We provide 110,000 in support of this annual fi-clay festival (May 5-9th), put on by the San Francisco Unified School District and the Fine Arts Museum. Over 80 schools and community arts group participate, showcasing student art work from kindergarten through high school. Over 10,000 people attend performances, exhibits, and hand-on art activities featured at the festival. The Art Commission's Arts Education Office sits on the festival steering committee. 3. Scholarships: V/e provide a 13,000 grant annually to California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) to rnal e scholarships available to low income San Francisco students accepted to the school CSSSA Is an Intensive summer residential training program for high school students throughout the state who show outstanding talent in dance, music, visual arts/crafts, creative writing, theatre, film, and video. The Art Commission is the local sponsor for California Arts Scholar Recognition Poy which takes place as parr or roe opening celebration for the Youth Arts Festival. At this ever,',, local CSSSA students are publicly recognized as "California Art Scholars" and are presented with commemorative medallions. Ten to fifteen San Francisco students attend CSSSA each year. COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES /. Arts Education Fanciers Collaborative: This group is joint ly led by Bruce Slevers, Director of Walter & EUse Haas Fund, Nolly White, Director, The Gap Foundation, and Ann Wettrich, Arts Education Officer, S.F Art Commission, we began meeting in August with the goal of facilitating strategic and collaborative planning locally In arts education and allocating funding towards special projects identified by the group. The group consists of about 20 foundations and corporations Involved in arts education funding. The group has identified three projects to work on: a) Arts Education Resource Dlreclory: TheArt Commission Is working with the San Francisco Unified School District to create a resource guide loyouth arts programs in school and community settings. The new directory titled, Inside/Out combines and updates two previous directories put out by the District and the Commission. The directory features Information about In-school, after-school, weekend, and summer arts programs for .ban Francisco children and teens. It will include neighborhood maps locating schools and community art centers, and provide information about local arts services and festivals. Three to five thousands copies ot the book will be printed and distributed in Spring of '93 ( tree) to public and private schools, cultural and community centers, children service and arts organizations, PTA's, librar ies, and other interested groups. This project is being funded by the Crescent Porter Hale Foundation, the Uap Foundation, the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, the Bernard Osher Foundation, and the Pacific Telesis Foundation. l>) Arts Education Professional Dovolopmont Institute: Currently in the research stages, this project will address the needs lor arts education in the schools by training teachers in the SFUSD and facilitating artist-teacher partnerships. An advisory group is being formed to develop this prelect which will include a summer institute tor San Francisco teachers,'a series of arts education workshops to be ottered through SFUSD professional development program, and In-school workshops. This prelect strives to Initiate collaborative and strategic planning among San Francisco arts organizations and schools, promoting quality arts education by creating a structure where local arts education resources are made accessible to teachers. The goal of the Institute is to give teachers the skills, knowledge and resources necessary to Incorporate the ai ts into their curriculum and to utilize community resources In bringing a rich diversity of arts education opportunities to their students. The institute will bring national arts education experts as keynotespeakersaim will contract local arts education organizations, artists and arts educators to conduct workshops The idea is to unify efforts, establish common goals, and focus resources to meet needs in a way that avoids duplication ot ettorl. c) Arts Education Clearinghouse: Ihis project is in early conceptual stages The idea is to create en information center with a data-base on arts education events, programs, issues and resources The prelect might Include a newsletter. Discussions have taken place with several organizations that could possibly devote space to this prelect--the new public library, and the new Verba Buena Children's Place. Both groups have expressed an interest. 2. San Francisco Arts Providers: A consortium of approximately 30 arts organizations In the city, who provide arts education programs to San Francisco public schools. The Art Commission acts in an advisory capacity and helps to facilitate collaborative initiatives and strategic planning in arts education among the membership. J Cultural and Community Center Activities: The Community Arts & Education Program at the Commission provideb financial and technical assistance support to cultural centers and community arts centers. We hold monthly meetings with these groups to disseminate pertinent Information and facilitate joint planning and projects. Arts education information Is shared at these meetings and program development In this area is encouraged. 4 Public Advocates: ine Pest Agenda tor Cniidren in S.F. This is a broad-based coalition of groups, led by Public Advocates, serving children in the city It includes representatives from schools, the teachers union, health and human service organizations, city agencies and the business community. Trie goal Is for strategic planning, creating common goals and an efficient plan for the delivery of quality services to children in San Francisco. The group Is involved in putting together an action agenda for the Board of Supervisors and the Board of Education to equitably address the needs of children throughout the city. We have just begun working with this newly formed group with the goal of getting them to include the arts and the creative development needs of children in their agenda and action plan. Staff The Art Commission has one full-time temporary position in arts education made possible through combined funding sources--the California Arts Council's State-Local Partners Program, the Youth Art Fund, and a one-year special project grant from Walter I. Elise Haas Fund. Ann V/ettrich was hired in hay '92 as Arts Education Officer. She works within the Community Arts & Education Program under the direction of Sonia Gray, Future Program Development and Funding Our goal is to generate new public funds to secure the arts education position and to expand our grants programs. We hope to create new granting programs to meet a variety of needs in arts education, such as, scholarships to local arts programs; arts apprentships, artist-in-residence programs for community day schools who work with youth at high risk of educational failure, and other special project grants. Potential funding sources are identified below. I. City Funds: We have been meeting with the Mayor's Office of Children, Youth and ThPir Families to receive an allocif ion of funds from the Children's Initiative Forty percent or these monies, which are expected to total appro.:; r.ately 13.2 million dollars for 93-9-1 cm a formula of J0.025 for each one hundreci dollars of assessed property valuation are allocated to several city departments: Public Health, Social ) Services, Juvenile Probation, and Public Libraries, Recreation and Parks. Additionally the Private Industry Council will be allocated approximately 2.66 million In 93-94 for collaborative planning among city departments, facilitated by MOCYF, to utilize this money as a whole. This departmental plan will emphasize collaboration with the San Francisco Unified School District. We are nope to work with tins group, even though the Art. Commission is not one of the city agencies currently being funded. The Art Commission could play a pivotal technical assistance role In developing quality arts programs with the other city departments and the local arts education community. Approximately half of the Children's Initiative funds are regranted to children's service organization In the first funding cycle only one arts organization was funded. Our meetings with the MOCYF resulted in wider allocations for the arts built Into the new guidelines for 92-93. These guidelines call for $400,000 to be granted towards arts and cultural programs. • 2. State Funding: Two legislative initiatives were signed by the governor this year to fund arts education partnerships among local schools, arts agencies, and community organizations. Funding is not expected to be available until 1994. The two initiates are ^ 282 and *" 286. The first, known as the "license plate bill" will produce 1 1 an arts license plate (designed by Wayne Thiebaud) to be sold throughout California. Some undesignated percentage of the profits from these sales will go to the California Arts Council to implement the arts education initiative legislation (* 1286) which will fund public/private partnership projects In arts education throughout the state. 3. Federal Funding: Three primary sources: a) National Endowment for the Arts The NEA is supporting two national projects in arts education. These prelects are jointly developing national standards and assessment methodologies for arts education. A draft will be available for Input across the Hold nationally in the early part of '93 Additional arts education funding Is available to non-profit groups through the many Individual departments at the NEA. (The Mission Cultural Center Is applying for one of these grants to fund an after-school multi-disciplinary arts program.) Their grants program for local arts agencies is being re-evaluated thisyear. New guidelines have not yet been established and await the results of the national standards and assessment projects. h) Kennedy Center: In process of developing a grants program, similar to the state arts education partnership program described above Mo funding is currently available. c) Clinton Administration: We are hoping the new administration will allocate public funds through education, social service, and Jobs programs that can be utilized to suppor' o »r arts education efforts. We need help in promoting our work and leveraging public and private support to expand our efforts and broaden arts education opportunities throughout San Francisco. 3 1223 07661 7142