Virginia Avenue Project

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

Aug 5, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.0

Gross Receipts

$361,205

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

CORE PROGRAM:Our Core Program involves children who belong to our youth center at the Santa Monica Police Activities League. We work with these children from age six through high school.Creative Play 2 - 30 kids, 8 mentors, 1 lead teacher culminating in an open workshop for parents and friends.Creative Play 2 consists of intermediate acting classes for children ages 6-18 who have successfully completed Creative Play 1. This program runs for 12 weeks every Winter/Spring - two days a week for an hour and a half.Playmaking - 7 kids, 5 mentors, 1 lead teacher, 14 actors, 7 directors culminating in a production of "Out of the Blue" at the Miles Memorial Playhouse.Playmaking invites beginning young playwrights to write short plays that are directed and performed by professional theatre artists. This program occurs in Winter/Spring two hour sessions twice a week for five weeks. One-on-Ones - 16 kids, 6 junior counselors, 16 actors, 16 writers, 1 music director culminating in a production of "20 Something " at Inner City Arts and the 24th Street Theatre.In the One-on-One program an adult writer/performer writes a short play for a child which the two perform together. The rehearsal process takes place during a week away in Ojai at the Oak Grove School - kids and adults rehearse 4-5 hours a day before returning home to perform their plays at a theatre in Los Angeles. There are two sets of One-on-Ones during the summer.Creative Play 1 - 20 kids, 5 mentors, 1 lead teacher culminating in an open workshop for parents and friends.Creative Play 1 consists of beginning level acting classes - occurs for 6 weeks every fall - one day a week for an hour and a half. Children who complete this program move on to Creative Play 2 during the Winter/Spring.

Activity 3

SMART PARTNERS:Police Activities League21 kids ages 6-18, 21 mentors, 1 lead teacher culminating in the publication of The Buzz magazine.A creative tutoring program that pairs an adult with a child for the school year to help with homework and participate in creative writing exercises that are published in the Virginia Avenue Project's magazine, The Buzz. Kids and their adult mentors meet once a week for an hour and a half throughout the school year. Lincoln Middle School15 8th grade mentors, 15 6th grade mentees, 1 lead teacher culminating in the publication of The Buzz Magazine.A free peer-to-peer creative tutoring program pairing 8th graders with 6th graders who are having trouble adjusting to the rigors of middle school. In addition to homework, the Smart Partner teams participate in creative exercises that are published in the Virginia Avenue Project's magazine, The Buzz.John Adams Middle School15 8th grade mentors, 15 6th grade mentees, 1 lead teacher culminating in the publication of The Buzz Magazine.A free peer-to-peer creative tutoring program pairing 8th graders with 6th graders who are having trouble adjusting to the rigors of middle school. In addition to homework, the Smart Partner teams participate in creative exercises that are published in the Virginia Avenue Project's magazine, The Buzz.

Filer

EIN

95-4368440