Inner-City Arts

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

Jul 19, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$3,041,161

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

After-school programs:after-school programs provide 7-week workshops in the visual and performing arts to children and youth of local social service agencies and area schools. Goals are to provide instruction to reduce gang involvement and juvenile delinquency during critical after-school hours, and to provide youth with a safe haven. Programs are offered after school and on weekends, for 2-4 hours per week and include:(1) arts reach: offered m-f, during after-school hours, for grades k-8. Classes in visual art, theater, music, ceramics and animation; (2) visual and performing arts institutes: serve middle and high school students on the weekends with intensive year-long study in a chosen art form. Workshops are offered in theater arts, animation, dance production, stand-up comedy, graphic design, digital photography, film production, visual arts and ceramics. Workshops offered m-f during the week, after-school hours; (3) summer camps and intensives: elementary visual arts summer camp, m-f, 4 hours, 5 weeks; middle and high school performing arts intensives,m-f, 4 hours, 5 weeks. 2011 after-school program service: 1,191 students

Activity 3

Professional development trainings for classroom teachers:professional development trainings provide classroom teachers meaningful strategies for incorporating the visual and performing arts into their classroom curriculum, enhancing the creative capacity and academic success of their students. Through a variety of self-selected workshops, teachers receive 3-7 hours of instruction, exploring their own creativity through painting, drawing, ceramics, music, dance, and drama, and building bridges between the arts and other disciplines to foster literacy, inquiry, and critical thinking in their students. 2011 service: 1,114 teachers, 71 workshops (426 hours).

Filer

EIN

95-4239478