Sitar Arts Center

“Line 11a explanation - the form 990 is reviewed by the finance committee and presented to the board for its approval.”

“Discussed annually with all members of the board to disclose all conflicts of interest.”

“Disclosure of governing documents, policies and financial statements will be provided upon request.”

“Sitar arts center bridges an opportunity gap in washington dc by providing an arts education that positively impacts youth from low-income households. Sitar's programs serve as an essential vehicle for devloping the 21st century educational and workforce skills tha pave the way for lasting achievement. Sitar's primary focus is reaching families that would not otherwise have these opportunities. 80% of sitar's students are from low- income households. Alongside its students and families, sitar collaboratively builds an engaging and supportive community that brings together the district's families, teaching artists, and cultural partners.”

“Summer teen intern visual artists are commissioned by corporate and nonprofit organizations to paint large scale murals to install on their buildings.”

“In the musical, are assistant stage managers and run tech for the show.”

“Students with individual instrumental and voice lessons and music theory classes. Through partnerships with washington performing arts, the national symphony orchestra and dc jazz festival, students experience world-class music performances in sitar's theater. Camp sitar features 2-week intensives in piano, beginning band and instrument-making with everyday items. The summer teen intern music artists are assistant teachers for the classes for younger children.”

“Dance the dance program at sitar develops the skills of accountability and initiative through discipline and practice and the ability to collaborate and communicate through movement. In the early childhood arts program, babies and toddlers explore movement with their parents and preschoolers learn dance basics in fun, age- appropriate classes. Arts afterschool provides elementary aged students with an intensive and progressive ballet program offered in partnership with the washington ballet. A partnership with citydance ensemble provides sought after hip-hop classes and volunteer faculty members bring the students a wide variety of dance forms, including tap, belly dance, broadway & video choreography, caribbean dance and choreography class. Camp sitar allows dance students to explore their dance form more deeply, with 2-week blocks of daily classes. The summer teen intern dance artists are assistant teachers in classes for younger children, serve as dance coaches for the musical and perform in the musical. Digital arts and writing in order to succeed in learning and work in the 21st century, students need to be skilled in technology. Strong writing skills are essential in any era, and often under-developed at school. Sitar helps students to develop these skills with creativity, self-expression and fun. The growing arts afterschool digital arts program offers classes in digital photography, music production, architecture, video game design, comic book design, t- shirt design, graphic design and documentary film. Many of these classes incorporate creative writing, because video games and comic books require a story arc and character development. Arts afterschool also has essential writing classes outside of the digital arts lab such as poetic creations, short story writing, opera-libretto writing, memoir writing and story book and illustration class. Camp sitar provides many of the same digital and writing classes and also offers a 2-week digital arts intensive with game design in affiliation with george mason university game design institute. The summer teen intern digital and writing artists are assistant teachers in the classes for younger children.”

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