The city's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs announced $201,000 in grants to 25 youth arts programs that will provide arts training outside of school hours for Seattle's middle and high school youth in 2008.
An annual funding program, Youth Arts provides up to $10,000 to programs in which experienced teaching artists lead youth training programs in all arts disciplines. The Youth Arts program supports a continuum of learning beyond the school day and the classroom, with priority placed on serving youth and communities with limited or no access to the arts.
Youth Arts projects range from traditional arts to leading-edge art forms. 2008 funded programs will teach filmmaking, bookmaking, theater, spoken word, dance, scenic design, music composition and more. Applicants include a mix of arts and cultural organizations, community-based organizations and individual artists.
It's estimated 2008 Youth Arts projects will engage 168 teaching artists who will offer more than 15,000 hours of training to 4,357 youth in neighborhoods throughout the city, including Beacon Hill, West Seattle, Central District, Capitol Hill, Rainier Valley, University District, Wallingford and Greenwood.
Capitol Hill groups receiving funding included.
911 Media Arts Center ($ 8,487) Reel Eyes, a 15-week, after-school series offering 60 hours of digital filmmaking/media literacy workshops led by four artists for 12 youth who will produce short films focused on personal and community experience culminating with a public screening.
Gage Academy of Art ($10,000) Teen Art Studio, a year-long, free, weekly drop-in series serving 400 youth with a safe, creative art studio environment and 150 hours of mixed-media instruction by 12 artists, culminating in at least one public exhibit of the teens' work.
Reel Grrls ($10,000) Reel Grrls, a three-part, winter/spring/fall series led by eight artists and mentors offering 95 hours of media literacy/filmmaking training for 85 diverse young women, and culminating in three public screenings of their work.
Richard Hugo House ($6,000) Scribes, a three-part, year-long series offering 400 hours of written/spoken word training. Led by 12 artists for 1,000 youth, the workshops focus on playwriting, poetry, zines and short fiction for publication and readings.
Seattle International Film Festival ($6,500) Superfly Filmmaking, a two-day intensive workshop, in which 20 artists will offer 60 hours of digital filmmaking training and hands-on mentoring to 50 youth grouped in teams. The teams will produce and screen four short films, all based on the same script.
Washington Ensemble Theatre ($6,000) Queer Teen Ensemble, 15 artists will lead a two-month after-school series offering 100 hours of scriptwriting and ensemble theater workshops exploring identity and building community for 20 youth and culminating in four public performances.
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