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Florida Program ResourcesSurvey ResultsWe surveyed organizations throughout Florida, and discovered they offered a variety of innovative, hands-on arts programming. Read on for details about arts opportunities near you. Arts Association of Lake & Sumter
Counties (e.g. PALS) PALS, which established a Renaissance Faire in Lake County, also brings school children in to participate at Pops at the Point. This event featured the Orlando Symphony playing under a tent at Hickory Point, and music students in Lake and Sumter Counties enjoyed the music thanks to free tickets. Currently, PALS is working to fund a 2,000-seat performing arts center on the campus of Lake Sumter Community College. It has raised $5.8 million to date, and all contributions will be matched dollar for dollar by the State of Florida. Arts Council of Hillsborough County Arts Council of Hillsborough County supports an Arts
for Elders program that reaches more than 2,000 seniors, special
needs individuals, staff, volunteers and family members in 22 Hillsborough
County sites. A partnership with the Life Enrichment Center sponsors
the Forever Moving Dancers—adults
ranging in age from 55 to 80—in contemporary dance workshops.
To keep youth off the streets and focused on creative activities, they
also sponsor Community Stepping Stones,
an after-school and weekend art program in Tampa’s poorest neighborhood,
Sulphur Springs. Arts Council of Manatee Co. The Arts Council of Manatee County offers an array of arts-related programming for students and residents. It provides rebuilt computers as learning incentives, helps fund a writing curriculum, gives grants to local arts organizations for programs in art and theater for children, and conducts music master classes. Other Arts Council programs include student scholarships, a summer arts program for at-risk children, and opportunities for youth recently released from jail. Teachers enjoy grants, workshops, arts awards, and valuable resources, including an Arts Ideas Book. The Council also purchases all music for the all-county school music program. In partnership with Bright House Networks, it provided instruments to a low-income elementary school to start a band program, and developed a program for Hispanic and Latino families in partnership with Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. In the Riders for Readers program, motorcyclists ride to schools, where they read to up to 600 children, and distribute books and tee shirts. Bay Arts Alliance Bay Arts Alliance presents four live theater performances to Bay District students in the first, third, fifth, and eighth grades at no charge to schools or students. District transportation bus children to the performances, which take place during the school day. In preparation for the events, Bay Arts provides teachers with study guides that focus on topics ranging from the discipline of the arts performed, to literary tools used, to character lessons that emerge. A live transmission is also broadcast to the Bay Regional Juvenile Detention Center (BRJDC) in tandem with the performance, similar to a “pay-per-view” event. Key partners in the broadcast initiative include Comcast, which provided the hardware, physically laid the conduit between the two facilities, and open the connection between the sites (which are 12 blocks apart) when the event occurs. Other partners, the Public Eye video production company and Bill Hudson Video Productions, provide cameras, switchers, and trained operators to run the equipment during the performance. As often as can be negotiated, Bay Arts later brings the artists into BRJDC to conduct workshops with students. It also provides tickets to the children in the detention center, to use as gifts to people that mean something to them. This reflects the theory of restorative justice, where youth are encouraged to think of others, and exercise empathy and generosity. Youth have responded to this project enthusiastically, expressing appreciation to parents, grandparents, and even guards employed at BRJDC through the gift of performance tickets. Brevard Cultural Alliance For more than ten years, the Brevard Cultural Alliance has provided Artists in Residency programs in sites that serve at-risk youth and the Department of Juvenile Justice. It funds programs for the arts in conjunction with Senior Services Meals on Wheels; community lunch through the Brevard Community Resource Council; and a summer program for children with special needs through VSA arts Florida-Brevard Chapter. Through its efforts, residents enjoy the Art in Public Places program in local hospitals and the Space Coast Cancer Center. Council on Culture and Arts Council on Culture and Arts (COCA) administers more than $1 million each year in re-granting programs for the City of Tallahassee and Leon County. More than thirty grants are awarded each year to local non-profit arts and cultural groups, with criteria based on artistic excellence and service to citizens and visitors. A diverse panel of community volunteers reviews applications and makes funding recommendations in a rigorous and highly accountable process. Grant guidelines, which were developed by a community task force, are reviewed and revised every year. Many local citizens have physical or economic challenges that keep them from attending cultural events, and this re-granting program matches social service groups with local event producers. COCA coordinates the program, in which arts groups provide free tickets, and social service agencies identify individuals in need and arrange their transportation. COCA provides technical assistance with grant writing, fundraising,
board development, arts business management, marketing, and a variety
of other topics to hundreds of individual artists and arts organizations
every year. COCA staff speaks at community programs, teach guest classes
at local colleges, and serve as panelists and jurors for grant review
panels and competitions. COCA also sponsors workshops and Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville funds and manages the Art in the Jail program which provides weekly arts instruction to juveniles jailed as adults by both a professional visual artist and a creative writer. In addition, two local organizations have received funding and/or development training through Cultural Council Grants and Programs. Art with a Heart gives art experiences to hospitalized children, while Body & Soul provides live music performances to hospitalized children and adults. The Art in Public Places Program has installed artworks in seventeen Duval County public libraries, as well as The Children’s Commission, the Police Athletic League, the Equestrian Center, and the Lavilla Museum. Gulf Alliance for Local Arts Five 8-week classes of innovative art programming—held in three Senior Centers, an Assisted Living and Rehabilitation Center, and a Center for Retarded Citizens—will be provided to elderly people and adults with disabilities. Teaching artists will travel from Franklin and Gulf County facilities to instruct in a rural, underserved area. Guided by artists, participants will view and discuss other works of art, create their own work, and display the finished products at a community exhibit. Classes will provide beginning instruction in a variety of mixed media to best match clients’ skills with interests. Media will include acrylic painting, clay sculpting, and found art assembly. Participants will learn how to use visual arts to tap into self- expression and have engaged social interaction with instructors, peers and volunteers. A hands-on learning approach will be used, going beyond the passive arts and crafts activities typically offered at the facilities where classes will be held. A six-week creative dramatics class, meeting once weekly with the Gulf County Association of Retarded Citizens, will showcase a variety of styles, including storytelling, improvisation, movement, voice work, the use of texts and scripts, masks and puppets, and theater games. Through creative, dramatic structures, this will encourage participants to examine and explore both the world around them, and their own personal issues and interests. This new initiative is made possible through monies provided by an NEA Challenge Grant, the Florida Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Gulf Alliance for Local Arts. Pasco Arts Council Historically, the Pasco Arts Council has provided programming for at-risk youth in collaboration with the Pasco County Juvenile justice system. However, funding has not been available for this program for several years. Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida In Arts Ballet Goes to School, members of the Ballet Theatre visit several public schools to increase knowledge and appreciation of, and participation in, classical ballet. This program takes place prior to each of the Theatre’s four regular-season professional performances. Brevard Watercolor Society Brevard Watercolor Society, a 501(c)3 non profit, was founded in 1995 and has more than 250 members. It offers six watercolor workshops, 12 mini-paint-ins, and a two-day members' exhibit each year. This year's project, "Postcards from Home,” will feature over 200 4-x-6 postcards of the Brevard community and will be displayed throughout Brevard County. Future goals include taking the exhibition to the state capitol, thus heightening awareness about how art helps the economics of the community. Center for Emerging Art, Inc. Center for Emerging Art provides a forum for artists and community members to collaborate in a shared aim: Bringing arts to the community. Past projects include connecting seniors and high school students through quilting, using the arts to prevent alcohol and drug abuse, and working with children with disabilities through the arts. Other art activities include gardening, dance, music, visual arts, and quilting. Covenant Arts Covenant Arts provides music instruction to home-schooled students and their families—including beginning music for early elementary-aged students—in a Christian setting. A progressive sequence of bands caters to the beginning band student, the intermediate band student, and the advanced band student; students can participate in juried music festivals in solo and ensemble festivals. Guitar classes and dance instruction are also offered for beginners and experienced students. Tuition is applied for classes, which are offered on a semester basis. Classes in chorus and sign language will be offered in coming semesters. Education Foundation-Osceola County Seniors receive scholarships for the Education Foundation-Osceola County, allowing them to participate in events. The Exhibit at FMHI The Exhibit at FMHI, formerly known as the FMHI Collaborative, features the work of artists with disabilities. The exhibition has included drawings, paintings, print installations, silk-screens, quilts, portraits, and sculptures created by Tampa Bay area artists with mental and physical disabilities. These individuals have been positively influenced by the supported art programs of the following organizations: MacDonald Training Center; Mental Health Care, Inc.; Project Return, Inc.,; Pyramid, Inc.; the VA Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center (PRRC); and VSA arts of Florida. The artwork in the exhibition is rotated approximately every three months, with the seasons. Each new installation greeted with an opening reception at FMHI that features refreshments and, sometimes, live entertainment. The exhibitions allow these artists to showcase their work in an inclusive environment. King Center for the Performing Arts Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale In 2004, the Museum opened a Studio Art School for grades one to twelve, and an evening art school for adults. Thanks to need- and merit-based scholarship programs, students across all socioeconomic groups can enroll. Norton Museum of Art Outreach The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach Florida offers Progressive After-School Art Community Education (P.A.C.E.), an after-school art activity program for children in need of a structured, safe environment. P.A.C.E. includes music, literature, history and multi-cultural activities. This tuition-free program offers an arts-infused curriculum that promotes critical thinking in a fun, creative atmosphere. Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens (OMAM) has partnered with Children's Advocacy Center's I-CARE program to display art created by abused children, and students from local schools can have their work displayed at the Ormond Beach City Hall through the Art in the Atrium program. Additionally, OMAM partners with Ormond Beach Women’s Club and Osceola County Schools for The Young Artists Club, which provides arts enrichment to students in need of safe after-school programming. Schoolhouse Children’s Museum Schoolhouse Children’s Museum provides enrichment classes dedicated to home-schooled students, primarily those in grades three to five, to enhance what their parents teach. United Arts of Central Florida As a central fundraising organization, the United Arts of Central Florida supports numerous arts organizations throughout Central Florida. As a central fundraising organization, the United Arts of Central Florida supports numerous arts organizations throughout Central Florida. Nannette Jacoby Nannette Jacoby teaches students the art of pastel portrait painting at the Volusia County Detention Center. Heather Parker Artist Heather Parker is an artist and art instructor who teaches at an artist co-op in Panama City, Florida; adult learning programs at both Gulf Coast Community College campuses; and various Senior Centers, convalescent homes, and summer camps in the northern panhandle of Florida. Doris C. Locks, Inc. Doris C. Locks, Inc. is a team of female accountants who also volunteer as Girl Scout troop leaders. Arts activities help reduce the stress of their troop members and create an outlet of immediate satisfaction. ParkLand International Realty, Inc. Each year Jan Walker gives ten percent of her personal commission income to United Arts, an organization that funds many arts programs and entities. SunTrust Bank As a Broadway series sponsor, SunTrust Bank uses their block of tickets as a business development tool, encouraging bankers to take prospective high-end clients to dinner and a show. The return on investment is tracked not only to prove the sponsorship’s value, but also to ensure proper use of tickets for future business development opportunities. Ten Thousand Villages of Orlando Ten Thousand Villages of Orlando sponsors monthly drumming programs which use products by global artisans. Ten Thousand Villages also partners with local musicians, dancers, and henna artists for in-store events. Winter Park Chamber of Commerce Non-profit organizations can display art in the lobby of the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce building. The Chamber also sponsors and hosts the Annual Autumn Art Festival in Winter Park. Florida Atlantic University, College
of Nursing At Florida Atlantic University, the College of Nursing often collaborates with the College of Arts and Letters to present programs. University of Central Florida The numerous arts organizations funded by the University of Central Florida include the Shakespeare Theatre, the REP, and the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Charlotte Community Foundation Charlotte Community Foundation funded several arts programs via an unrestricted grants program, and also accepts displays of artists' work on a rotating two-month basis. Art With A Heart For Children The non-profit Art With A Heart For Children provides hospitalized children with an opportunity for expression and creativity through fine art instruction, enabling patients to discover their artistic voice while on a personal healing journey. Co-founded by cousins Lori Guadagno and Lisa Landwirth Ussery in 2001, the program aims to improve the quality of life for hospitalized children through the healing power of art. It has served more than 9,500 children at Wolfson Children’s Hospital and the Nemours Children’s Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Specific programs include the following:
Arts in Medicine at Shands Jacksonville Arts in Medicine (AIM) at Shands Jacksonville shares the benefits of the creative and performing arts with the hospital and the greater Jacksonville community, making art an integral part of each person’s health and well-being. Artists-in-residence, guest artists, and volunteers use their talents in visual arts, performing arts and creative writing to enhance the hospital experience for patients, visitors and staff. Specific programs include the following:
Some of the projects that are ongoing or have already been completed include Paintings by Douglas Anderson School of Art in the Emergency Department, and Portraits of Hope in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Florida Hospital, Nursing Administration Florida Hospital Artist-in-Residence is an art program that brings creativity to the bedsides of patients, families, and staff, and assists with sadness, pain, and boredom. Research supports the therapeutic value of creativity (including art, music, journaling, and drama), which has been shown to improve lab values, vital signs, pain, and stress. Lee Memorial Health System At Lee Memorial Health System (LMHS), the Arts In Healthcare program has become a significant part of the healing process for patients. Since 1997, many patients have been helped to better health through painting, drawing, journaling, clowning, and music. This nationwide program links expressive arts with the healing arts, promoting the well-being of patients of all ages as well as their caregivers. The Wellness Community of Southwest
Florida Building Hope , a project through the Wellness Community of Southwest Florida, will serve as the prototype model for 26 Wellness Communities Worldwide, It will offer free cancer care in a LEED green facility that combines the arts, design, technology, and nature. Seated on five acres, it will be surrounded by a 600-acre nature preserve. This green building will include two art galleries, an expressive arts studio, a teaching kitchen, an Internet cafe library, mind-body studio and eight healing gardens. In June 2008, an article about this project appeared in Healthcare Design magazine. Women in the Visual Arts, Inc., HOSPITALART Program The HOSPITALART Program, a part of Women in the Visual Arts, was created in 1999 in the belief that exposure to colorful and imaginative art has an uplifting effect on the human spirit. HOSPITALART artists create original designs either on a single 18-x-24-inch canvas, or on multiple canvases, making large murals. All of the art is donated to not-for-profit facilities such as hospitals, children’s aid facilities, youth and crisis centers, hospices, minority health clinics, nursing homes, and facilities for victims of domestic abuse. These enhance the facilities’ environments in Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties in south Florida. In addition, the Senior ArtReach programs, which provides visual art and drama programs to senior citizens, are held at county Senior Centers, and area rehabilitation and assisted living centers. Art.Enable is an arts program for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Art.Enable provides high-quality, hands-on learning opportunities for disabled individuals to express themselves through the visual and performing arts. While facilitators bring their own unique talents and expertise, they guide the art sessions neutrally to ensure that the artists can express themselves authentically. Art Deco Society of the Palm Beaches In collaboration with VSA arts of Florida, Arts with Juvenile Justice painted murals, while Juvenile Justice youth painted a beach scene in their cafeteria. Bay Regional Juvenile Detention Center,
Department of Juvenile Justice Bay Arts and Alliance has partnered with Bay Regional Juvenile Detention Center and a local cable company to allow youth to view live local performances. Free and/or discounted tickets are provided to youth and their families, who otherwise would not be exposed to the arts. Performers also often visit in-person after a performance. Florida Department of Corrections The Department of Corrections has participated in three ongoing arts-based workshops: Inside Out—Expressive Arts Workshops for Incarcerated Women; Victory over Violence, formerly Alternatives to Violence (AVP), for women at Broward Correctional Institution; and Rites and Passages—Theatre and Drumming Workshops for Men at Dade Correctional Institution. The Department of Corrections also provides group art therapy sessions for the adult prison population at Wakulla Correctional Institution. Lee County Sheriff's Office Lee County provides a Braille program, where inmates write and illustrate children’s books for seeing-impaired children. Orange County Corrections Orange County Corrections is currently designing an arts component for its youthful offender program. Brevard Achievement Center Brevard Achievement Center is working with adults with special needs, developing an art program where these clients can sell their artwork. City of Riviera Beach Through Creative Arts, the city of Riviera Beach participates in an art program where youth are creating a neighborhood mural for the teen center. City of Tavares The City of Tavares hosts a variety of art exhibits and performances in City Hall, at special events, and at the public library. Orange County Government Orange County conducts a visual and performing art contest for employees. They also sponsor Art in the Chambers and public art commissions, produce a public art map, and maintain a website. Palm Beach County Library System Palm Beach County Library System is a public library that offers free cultural programs for the community. A variety of programs at the main library, including music, art exhibitions, and folkloric dances, are aimed at the Hispanic community; cultural programs throughout the library system celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. The Palm Beach County Library System also hires artists and performers for specific programs at library branches. Barbershop Harmony Society The Barbershop Harmony Society uses barbershop a cappella music in workshops for high school and middle school students, enabling them to become more familiar with a cappella singing. Barbershop Harmony Society, Greater Canaveral Chapter The Barbershop Harmony Society provides vocal music education programs for high school students and the community. Barbershop Harmony Society, Sunshine District The Barbershop Harmony Society conducts youth harmony workshops in a cappella singing for high school- and college-aged vocalists, using four-part harmony in a chorus and quartet format. They have provided programs statewide and in specific counties, such as Pinellas and Hillsborough, with partial funding from the state, through the Department of Community Affairs, and from private grants. Brass Band of Central Florida The mission of the Brass Band of Central Florida, a non-profit organization, is to establish and maintain the tradition of British-style brass band music in Central Florida. The band features thirty of Central Florida’s finest brass and percussion musicians performing in the traditional British brass band style with a uniquely American twist. Members of the band, who are volunteers, include freelance musicians, band directors, and people from various walks of life. The BBCF rehearses twice a week at the University of Central Florida and other locations in the Orlando area. The band, which will mark its tenth anniversary in 2009, accomplishes its mission through a variety of educational and community outreach initiatives. The band has performed locally, out of state, and internationally in concert and competitive settings. A significant local performance is Oveido’s St. Luke’s Lutheran Church Concert Series, which typically consists of three sold-out performances in one weekend. In January 2009, the band will be featured at the Florida Music Educator’s Conference in Tampa. The BBCF regularly competes at the United States Open Brass Band Championships, where it won first place in 2004, 2005, and 2006, and in the Championship section of the North American Brass Band Association competition, where it achieved first place in 2005. The band has performed with well-known soloists that include trumpet player Philip Smith, and euphonium players David Childs, Robert Childs, and Steven Mead. It is currently ranked number 35 in the world. In 2005, the BBCF traveled to Birmingham England to perform at the 153rd British Open Brass Band Championships and was one of four featured bands at the Brass on Sundays Gala Concert in Symphony Hall. In 2006, the band was invited back to England, where it toured and performed at the Brass in Concert Championships at The Sage in Gateshead. BBCF was also featured at the World of Brass in Concert, sharing a performance with the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. In addition, The BBCF has recorded three CDs: Brass A-Peel, ‘Tis a Gift, and their latest CD, Sing, Sang, Sung, recorded in England. BBCF is under the direction of Michael J. Garasi, who is also the Director of Bands at the University of Central Florida and conducts the Florida Lakes Symphony Orchestra. He is known as one of the most formidable and reputable conductors in the world of brass bands, and has won several awards. Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Each year, the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra presents a free concert of “Peter and the Wolf” to fourth grade students in Charlotte County. Central FL Chapter of USA Dance Central FL Chapter of USA Dance, non-profit ballroom dance organization, often provides volunteer dancers as entertainment (and sometimes gives mini-lessons) at events sponsored by business, social service, and healthcare organizations. The Emerald Coast Chorus The Fort Walton Beach Emerald Coast Chorus offers a number of events and programs to Okaloosa County, and are members of the Okaloosa Arts Alliance and the Barbershop Harmony Society. Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra The Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra (FSYO) provides exceptional educational experiences that motivate more than 200 students to reach their musical potential every year. Now in its fifty-first season, FSYO has weekly rehearsals and a subscription of concerts for three full orchestras; a training string orchestra; flute and cello choirs; and chamber ensembles. The Florida Youth Orchestra The 300-member Florida Youth Orchestra (FYO), based in Brevard County, brings the gift of orchestral music to the young and is recognized as Florida’s premier youth orchestra. Recently, the FYO developed a concert series dedicated to the generation
that taught them music. Generations bridges the gap between young players
and older listeners, and furthers FYO’s commitment to reaching
out to all parts of the South Florida community. This concert places
particular focus on the Senior Citizens of the community, many of whom
lack a chance to experience classical music performed live. At each concert, Seniors are encouraged to bring family members to share an afternoon of music with their loved ones. Each concert provides the chance for the young musicians to visit and interact with the older listeners. During the refreshments provided after the performance, the orchestra streams out into the audience for interaction, further connecting different generations. Highlands Ridge Chorale The Highlands Ridge Chorale is a community choral organization whose goal is to foster and share the art of choral music, to pursue excellence in choral repertoire and performance, and to bring musical education to the community. Malcolm McKinney Malcolm McKinney, songwriter and acoustic performer, has performed at various venues in Florida, including the Florida and South Florida Folk Festivals, and won second place in the 2008 Will McLean New Florida Song Contest. He participated in Artist-in-the-Schools programs in New Hampshire in 1978, and Tennessee in 1980. Maltz Jupiter Theatre Conservatory of Performing Arts The Maltz Jupiter Theatre Conservatory of Performing Arts (COPA) opened in September 2007 with an after-school curriculum that includes ballet, dance technique for the theatre student, tap, acting, voice, music theory, performance techniques for the singer, acting for film, musical theatre, and the making of a musical. Professionals throughout the area teach regularly at the conservatory, and guest artists from the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s productions also conduct workshops. A youth touring company gives students the opportunity to perform throughout the area, while “coffee shop productions” allow students the opportunity to create their own mini-performances in its studios. Full-length book musicals are also performed by students and directed by professionals. A community outreach program enabled COPA to go to Jupiter Elementary School, a Title I school, for six weeks for special Page to Stage workshops that illustrate how a story can be read in a book or acted out in a play. Six hundred students then attended the Kids Korner series of children’s performances at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Melbourne Chamber Music Society For the past thirty years, the Melbourne Chamber Music Society has sponsored one or more of its internationally recognized ensembles to hold an annual workshop or master class for Brevard schools and youth. Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra The Orlando Philharmonic offers several programs for various sectors of the community. These include performances at local assisted living facilities and local business functions; Tiny Tots, an introduction to the orchestra for underserved, non-profit nursery schools, and coordinated trips to the Darden Family Series and Young People’s Concerts for children who live in group homes or come from underprivileged families. Par For The Chorus Par For the Chorus, a non-profit, provides free entertainment to the elderly, nursing homes, and hospice. Rising Stars of Tomorrow, Inc. Rising Stars of Tomorrow’s annual theater production premieres in February, after eleven full months of preparation, including production planning, construction and painting of props, costume design, auditions, and rehearsals. The Silver Nightingale Musician Laura Sue Wilansky provides musical services to hospices and hospitals, as well as other healthcare organizations and individuals in healthcare settings. She has presented arts workshops to children and adults in schools, summer camps, libraries, and arts institutions. She has also performed at numerous benefits for arts, social service, and healthcare organizations. Sol Children Theatre Troupe Sol Children Theatre Troupe provides complimentary admission to children
being served by Kids in Distress and Children’s Home Society. The Sunshine Chordsmen, a member of the Barbershop Harmony Society, have performed at assisted living and retirement centers in Broward County. Tampa Bay Heralds of Harmony The Tampa Bay Heralds of Harmony have sponsored an annual Hillsborough County Youth Harmony Workshop for the past eight years. Each year, approximately 300 singing high school and middle school students, and their teachers, participate in a day-long workshop that promotes a cappella harmony. Youth Brass Band of Central Florida The mission of the Youth Brass Band of Central Florida (YBBCF) is to provide an opportunity for the area’s top high school age brass and percussion players to supplement their wind band experience by performing in a British-style brass band, and to raise the overall level of brass ensemble playing in the Central Florida area. The YBBCF is an educational outreach program established by the Brass Band of Central Florida, which is following a trend being set by colleges and universities to bring the British-style brass band medium back to North American communities after over 100 years. The only organization of its kind offered exclusively to high school students in the state of Florida, it aims to better prepare members for a future career in music. Instrumentation of the YBBCF follows British tradition, and includes B-flat and E-flat cornets, E-flat tenor horns, B-flat baritones, trombones, bass trombone, tubas, and percussion. Repertoire includes orchestral and band transcriptions, as well as traditional brass band music, and students are encouraged to perform chamber music in small quartets and quintets. The band, which will perform two or three concerts per season, plans to compete in the youth category of the North American Brass Band Championships. Some concerts will include special musical guests who will provide master classes for the students. The rehearsal and performance season will last throughout the school year, beginning in September and ending in May. Membership is chosen by recommendation of the students’ music director and an audition each September. Young Singers of the Palm Beaches Young Singers of the Palm Beaches is Palm Beach County’s premier children and youth community choir. They serve 185 singers and perform locally, nationally, and internationally. Apollo Project, Inc. Apollo Project has implemented and created programs for the Federal Prison System of the Department of Justice, VSA arts of Florida, and many independent schools and churches. The programs, which are based on need, employ a variety of techniques. Most important, they teach aspects of creativity, both from the particular artist’s point of view and more generally as it relates to life skills. Art and Culture Center of Hollywood The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood has provided an after-school program at one of the Police Athletic League facilities in an underserved and underrepresented area of the city. Art League of Daytona Beach The Art League of Daytona Beach has worked on visual art projects and lessons with juveniles with developmental disabilities and illness; juveniles who are incarcerated; and adults with disabilities and illness. BK Group BK Group provides interactive storytelling concerts and workshops for schools, libraries, prisons, camps, museums, and agencies that serve individuals with disabilities and their caregivers. Boys Town of Central Florida Boys Town of Central Florida received funding from Wachovia Bank for cultural activities, as well as donated tickets for activities such as Cirque du Soleil and the Shriners Circus. Brevard Symphony Orchestra For several years, musical ensembles of the Brevard Symphony Orchestra (BSO) have appeared at the Parrish Medical Center in Titusville. These ensembles perform in the Center’s atrium for patients, visitors Currently, the BSO is working on “My First Symphony,” a project for newborns to 5-year-olds, and their parents, which will include a performance and an informal discussion. Brevard Symphony Youth Orchestra The Brevard Symphony Youth Orchestra (BSYO) sponsors a Special Audiences program that features free concerts for numerous social service and special needs organizations, including Bridges, which provides round-the-clock residential and training services to people with disabilities; Citrus Council Girl Scouts; College Internship Program, which provides vocational and social skill training for individuals with Aspergers; Crosswinds Youth Services, which reduces and prevents juvenile delinquency; Families Exploring Down Syndrome-Brevard (FEDs of Brevard); Hacienda Girls Ranch, a residential program for abused, neglected and abandoned girls; and New Beginnings Ministry, for women transitioning out of incarceration. These special guests are treated to a pre-concert “instrument petting zoo” run by BSYO students, where they can try several instruments of the orchestra, representing the brass, woodwinds, string, and percussion sections. In addition, audience members are able to meet the conductor, observe a portion of the dress rehearsal, and often experience an impromptu performance by students on their instruments. In this way, the special audience members are prepared for and intrigued by the concert performance. After the concert, each guest is given a BSYO T-shirt, an educational packet that includes information about orchestral instruments, and some small mementos and favors. CNC CNC‘s schools in South Florida engage in the Arts, and in the Central Florida Charter, the arts is designated as an integral part of the school. The Character & Heritage Institute The Character and Heritage Institute presents Operation Filmmaker, an educational outreach program which focuses on character education through the art of filmmaking and provides hands-on experience in documentary film. Now in its fourth year, Operation Filmmaker has produced popular spin-offs, including: Operation Filmmaker Goes Science, Operation Filmmaker Educator Style, Operation Photographer, Operation Filmmaking for Silver Stars and Operation Film Tykes. The goals of Operation Filmmaker are to broaden participants’ artistic capabilities; instill creativity and productivity through making a film; promote education through the art of filmmaking; and provide a motivational training program to enhance talents in videography, editing, and music, possibly transforming them into a full-time career. Crealdé School of Art Crealdé School of Art’s outreach program targets disadvantaged youth, at-risk teens, and seniors from underserved communities to offer self-esteem-boosting art experiences. Successful partnerships have been established with the City of Winter Park, the Boys and Girls Club of Central Florida, the Farmworkers Association of Florida, the Orange County Government, and the Tajiri School of Performing Arts and Academics. In addition, satellite sites at the Winter Park Community Center, the Maxey Community Center in Winter Garden, and the John H. Bridges Community Center in Apopka allow for easy, no-cost access to in-depth classes for children, at-risk teens, and senior citizens. Working in partnership with the Orange County Public School system, Crealdé also provides hands-on art experience to nearly 3,000 elementary school children through studio field trips and on-site, after-school programs. Crealdé is one of the original co-founders and co-sponsors of the Winter Park Autumn Art Festival, which is exclusive to Florida artists. In addition, Crealdé has conducted special grant-supported programs like Storytellers, Monument Builders, and the Public Art Mural Project. Current and past funders include United Arts of Central Florida, the State of Florida Department of Cultural Affairs, the City of Winter Park, the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation, the Fanny Landwirth Foundation, the Golden Rule Foundation, Walt Disney World Helping Kids Shine program, and many more. In April 2007, Crealdé and the City of Winter Park Community Redevelopment Agency partnered to open the Hannibal Square Heritage Center. The Center, managed by Crealdé, is the permanent home of the exhibition “Heritage Collection: Photographs and Oral Histories of West Winter Park,” provides free art classes to seniors and youth from the community, offers programming from Crealdé’s curriculum, and hosts exhibitions and cultural programs that focus on local history, cultural preservation, and southern folklore. Creativity Queen, LLC The Creativity Queen provides services, products, and experiences that encourage flexible, creative thinking. It creates solutions to problems, develop healthier communication, strengthen relationships, and create lifelong skills for success. Programs offered include art therapy; Creative Kids: Creative Solutions groups; a twelve-week Creativity Lab program; and Creativity Queen Coaching. The Creativity Queen received the 2007 Small Business of the Year award from SCORE, counselors to America’s small businesses. DSI Supporters, Inc. DSI Supporters exhibits arts and crafts created by the handicapped at county fairs. Education Foundation Osceola County The Education Foundation funds the Arts Alive! college scholarships awarded to high school seniors, and works in partnership with the Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) to provide a reception for the program’s awards event. During the year, the arts education program as provide a source for entertainment and decorations for several of venues. They also participate in the county's art fairs and with funders. In the Foundation’s Braille program, inmates write and illustrate books for sight-impaired children. The Foundation also engages specific classes to make placemats for lunch meetings with new customers. Children design art for events, and music classes sometimes provide event entertainment. The Education Network The Education Network (T.E.N.) produces school and community-based programming, aiming to celebrate the importance of arts by expanding accessibility to them and strengthening the art curriculum. For The Children, Inc. Several instructors from various local arts organizations have taught kids at For The Children. It also partners with Lake Worth Playhouse, a local musical theatre, drama, and dance organization. A Gift For Music A Gift For Music believes that every child should have not only the tools to succeed, but also important experiences along the way. A Gift For Music provides violin, viola, and cello instruction to more than 900 Orange County elementary school students who normally could not afford its cost. A Gift For Teaching A Gift For Music (AGFM), funded by the Walt Disney Company, is a program of A Gift for Teaching. Through AGFM, 1,000 second through fifth grade students receive two violin classes each week during the school year. Participants attend twelve Orange County, Title I elementary schools. Gadsden Arts Center Gadsden Arts Center has both developed and participated in several arts education programs, such as Detecting Art, created to improve area investigators’ observation skills with art. Most recently, they partnered with Big Bend Hospice for an art-based grieving workshop. Hard Luck Dance Robyn Luck is a Teaching Artist with Arts 4 Learning and VSA arts. She uses visual arts and movement to help students discover who they are. She is also the artistic director of Hard Luck Dance, a modern dance company that seeks to prove that everybody can dance, expressing personal and emotional stories through abstract movement. Institute for Healing through Sound and Music The Institute for Healing through Sound and Music (IHSM) sends certified music practitioners to sing and play therapeutic music at the bedsides of those who are sick and dying. They offer their services in hospitals, nursing homes, hospice residences, and private homes in the Florida Bay Area. In addition, IHSM has conducted many presentations on the healing power of music. Karen Peterson and Dancers Inc. Karen Peterson and Dancers provide high-quality movement workshops that lead to performance for children, teens, and adults who have learning, emotional, and physical disabilities. Their Movement, Music and Performance program is offered to sixty to seventy children in a 20-week pilot program. Melbourne Art Festival During the Melbourne Art Festival, participating artists have the opportunity to teach classes to children. MicheLee Puppets, Inc. MicheLee Puppets provides issue-based puppetry theatre performances and workshops in public and private school settings. Since 1985, MicheLee has provided arts education services for more than 1.4 million children and youth in the state of Florida. Native Heritage Gathering, Inc. Native Heritage Gathering produces a three-day Native American Powwow every year. The event features a special School Day on Friday for all educational institutions. Orlando Repertory Theatre The Orlando Rep provides classes, workshops, presentations, and projects focused on families and children. Orlando Shakespeare Theater Orlando Shakespeare Theater (OST) partners with United Cerebral Palsy of Central Florida (UCP) to produce a full production of one of Shakespeare’s plays with a cast of both able and disabled students. Shakespeare with Heart works with UCP adolescents to perform a show after three weeks of collaboration between OST summer campers and UCP students. The program also provides theater classes in underserved schools in Osceola, Orange, and Lake Counties through an NEA grant, culminating in a live production at Orlando Shakespeare Theater. Shakespeare Alive! is a program offered to a number of “alternative” schools, some court-ordered and some school-ordered. PowerOne PowerOne sponsors theatre, children's theatre, concerts, elementary, middle school and high school programs; recruits artists to perform local concerts; and raises money for its performing arts facility. Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach partnered with the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County and the Breakers Hotel on the Literacy Program. The program is for Breakers employees who speak English as a second language. The Preservation Foundation used Heritage Education for a portion of the program to provide information about the early history of the area in general, and the Breakers Hotel in particular. Stage 1 Stars - Theatrical Training Studio Stage 1 Stars provides mostly voluntary services, including creative dramatics workshops, theatrical demonstrations, loan of costumes and/or props, theatrical make-up and artificial hair application demonstrations and instruction, and adjudication of competitions. During the past five years, it has also provided fee waivers to many organizations, including Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Florida, Brevard County Library System, Brevard County Public and Private Schools, Child Care Association, Club Esteem, Girl Scout and Boy Scout Clubs, Headstart-Pre Headstart, Home School Association, Hospice, Odyssey of the Mind, Very Special Arts Brevard, and local churches. Riverside Fine Arts Association, Inc. Riverside Fine Arts Association‘s outreach program, Project Listen, brings local and professional musicians into schools in Duval County. Riverside Fine Arts Association works with Title I schools, providing performance programs for schools that have had their music program slashed due to budget cuts. Barto Gallery periodically donates money to support the arts in Central Florida. Support Dance, Inc. Support Dance has spread the arts to the youth of Palm Beach County since 1998. One of the programs offered is March Magic and Dance, which combines a live, professionally-staged dance performance with magic acts performed on stage. Support Dance provides free tickets and offers transportation to over 300 school-aged children and their chaperones, through various social service organizations and numerous schools. The West Palm Beach Boys and Girls’ Club, Kids Sanctuary, Gold Coast Downs Syndrome, Coalition for Independent Living, and the Mayan-Guatemalan Center, among others, have participated. Tallahassee Writers Association, Inc. Big Bend High School Writers Guild supports groups in area schools, and sponsors monthly readings for student writers in local bookstores. Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Inc. The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center (TBPAC) delivers a wide variety of free arts education outreach programs throughout its seven-county region, serving thousands of at-risk and underserved K-12 students, seniors, patients and service agency clients each year. One such initiative, Time Tapestries, is a multi-disciplinary program
that teaches seniors creative storytelling, dramatic narrative, and performance
skills. Time Tapestries originated as the Patel Conservatory’s
first program focusing on Senior Citizens, engaging the community’s
lifelong learners in sharing personal stories, writing dramatic narratives,
embracing visual literacy, and performing their work. The pieces range
from issue-based personal and family tales, to stories of national and
world significance. By performing their stories for others living in
their communities, Seniors celebrate the value and accomplishments of
their lives, and also create a friendly pathway to the Center for those
who seek continued learning experiences. Next, this program will develop
a core company of Senior performers and engage them in community outreach
beyond their living environments. Women's Center of Jacksonville, Inc. The Art and Soul program began in 2003 with a commitment from the Women's Center of Jacksonville Providing a woman-friendly environment for women artists to display and sell their art. 40 percent of all art sales benefit WCJ, while 60 percent go to the artist. An empowering experience for the artists, Art and Soul is also an ongoing cultural experience for clients, staff, and visitors. Exhibits are quarterly and feature an opening night reception. Collaborations for special exhibits also exist during Women’s History Month, and with local arts organizations and artists for workshops and arts education. WCJ believes that art, with its ability to educate, heal, entertain, and inspire, has a place in all aspects of the programs and services of the agency, and is committed to that ideal. Youth Arts Corps at Family Resources Inc. The Youth Arts Corps provides arts education and job training for teens. First Presbyterian Church First Presbyterian Church, Ft. Myers, includes artistic aspects in its adult and childhood curricula, and has conducted theatrical and solo performances for local residents. Members share their creative time and talents with schools in the area that do not provide art programs, working through organizations such as VSA arts of Florida. One program offered is the Start with the Arts workshop. Corporate Academy South Senior High This School of Choice has a new Visual Arts Academy for at-risk youth aged 15 to 18. Escambia County School District Escambia County School District did art projects in a juvenile detention center. Hamilton County School District Hamilton County School District works through VSA arts of Florida. Osceola County School District Visual art is offered in a Juvenile Justice residential facility. The talented clients have won numerous art awards in county contests. Boys & Girls Clubs Apopka In partnership with Crealdé School Of Art, the Apopka Branch Boys & Girls Club works with children ages 6 and up in their after-school and summer program each Wednesday afternoon. Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida encourage participation in the arts at all locations, and a full-time arts director will be hired to create a comprehensive, full-service art program. Winners of an annual children's art competition and exhibit move on to the state and national level. Each year, Boys & Girls Clubs of Florida have art displayed in local businesses. Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida-Osceola Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida offers arts programming to its members. Arts activities vary, but can include fine arts, digital arts, arts and crafts, performing arts, and musical arts. Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County have successfully provided photographic or digital arts of interest to children. They hope to attract volunteers to work with children in other applied arts. Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin County The arts is a critical part of programming at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin County. The Clubs conduct and hold a fine arts exhibit annually to showcase members’ artwork, and have dance, art, and music in all facilities Current activities include ballroom dance, a hip-hop extreme dance team, music-making, and digital art and photography, as well as different art mediums throughout the year. Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County The Boys & Girls Club of Palm Beach County offers Art Smart, an arts education program tied to the young people's educational needs. Boys and Girls Club Vero Beach Boys and Girls Club of Vero Beach holds an art exhibit each year. Central Florida YMCA The Central Florida YMCA runs after-school programs in thirteen Orange County middle schools. In these schools, students produce plays each semester and participate in arts programs. Due to systematic budget cuts, these after-school programs are often these are often the only arts exposure these ten- to thirteen-year-olds receive during their middle school years. Central Florida YMCA partners with Orange County and Orange County Public Schools in this initiative, which began in 1999. VSA arts of Florida VSA arts of Florida VSA arts of Florida has provided teaching artists for organizations that serve adults with disabilities; elementary, middle, and high schools; health care settings; and for youth at risk in detention centers. .One-hour residencies consist of eight to ten sessions; in 2007, 82 different residencies were held. A comprehensive evaluation system emphasizes student learning, meeting not only specific state standards but also achieving personal growth. VSA arts of Florida – Clay County Tiles by Patsy VSA arts of Florida funded Pond in the Round, the interactive public art piece in Tampa’s universally accessible Freedom Playground. VSA arts of Florida-Palm Beach County VSA arts of Florida-Palm Beach County provides visual and performing arts programs for children and adults with disabilities, both in schools and in the community. VSA arts of Florida-Volusia VSA arts of Florida-Volusia has sponsored the Very Special Arts Festivals for exceptional student education students. The VSA Teaching Artist program provides teaching artists grants to work with exceptional student education students, Department of Juvenile Justice students, and students in the healthcare systems. |
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