Annemarie Baldauf - http://riverview.mdusd.org/
Annemarie Baldauf will lead students in the creation of six, permanently installed mosaics on the outside of the gym at Riverview Middle School in Bay Point. Riverview was founded in 1956 and is the only secondary school and gym in Bay Point, which is also used for community meetings and events. This is their first year of funding.
ALICE: Art and Literacy in Children's Education - www.aliceprogram.org
ALICE is a grassroots organization that teaches literacy, celebrates cultural diversity, and
strengthens community through the arts. ALICE was founded on the principle that the arts are essential to every child's learning and that all children deserve an arts-integrated education
regardless of their racial, socio-economic, or ethnic background. OCF supports "In Praise of Soil,"
a multicultural, multi-disciplinary community project. This is ALICE’s second year of funding.
Bay Area Youth Journalism - http://oaktownteentimes.blogspot.com
Bay Area Youth Journalism’s Oaktown Teen Times is printed four times a year and has a circulation of 10,000, one of the largest student newspapers in the U.S. OCF supports “Share the Harvest,” which will include a Green Page for the paper, expand gardens at Media Academy, Unity High School and Oakland High, as well as expand environmental literacy through news articles and events. This is their first year of funding.
Berkeley Art Center - www.berkeleyartcenter.org
Berkeley Art Center serves the diverse and creative community of Berkeley, through the presentation of visual art exhibitions, music performances and literary programs relevant to its unique community. OCF supports Paper Quilt Project: Collaborations in Contemporary Craft. This is Berkeley Art Center’s second year of funding.
Habitot Children’s Museum - www.habitot.org
Habitot Children’s Museum provides early childhood learning and exploration, parent education and community connection to the more than 60,000 annual visitors. OCF supports “Art for Earth’s Sake,” providing children 0-5 opportunities to create art using natural materials to reflect their growing appreciation and awareness of the earth and will be featured in a Community Art Show at sites throughout the Bay Area. This is Habitot’s first year of funding.
“Heart of the Labyrinth” (HEARTH) - karmajamtsu@gmail.com
HEARTH explores the intersection of family, community, art, education, horticulture, ecology and the urban landscape. HEARTH nurtures the environment by utilizing art as a tool for social change and justice. OCF supports programming at Bridges Academy at Melrose. This is HEARTH’s second year of funding.
Hugh Livingston for Sound & Place Oakland: Hidden Creeks - hugh@livingstonsound.com
Artists will explore real and imagined sounds of the creeks and streams of Oakland, almost entirely hidden in underground culverts. Oral histories and recordings of flowing water will be collected into a web archive. OCF supports Sound & Place Oakland: Hidden Creeks mapping and outreach efforts. This is their second year of funding.
Junior Center of Art and Science - www.juniorcenter.org
The Junior Center of Art and Science has served children for more than 55 years. OCF supports “Shared Spaces,” encouraging children’s appreciation and advocacy of the birds and wildlife found in Lakeside Park. This is their fourth year of funding after a two-year break.
KALA Art Institute - www.kala.org
Kala’s Artists-in Schools program brings arts education to Berkeley, Oakland, and Emeryville public schools. OCF supports Mapping Environments, an integrated art and mathematics program that builds awareness of environmental science and develops stewards of the schools and city. This is KALA’s fourth year of funding after a two year break.
Oakland Asian Cultural Center - www.oacc.cc
OACC builds vibrant communities through Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) arts and culture programs that foster intergenerational and cross-cultural dialogue, cultural identity, collaborations, and social justice. OCF supports Tai Chi Chats: Conversations about community redevelopment in Oakland Chinatown and the creation of oral history exhibits featuring video and a memory map. This is OACC’s second year of funding.
Our Oakland: Eastside Stories - http://ouroakland.org
Oakland Speaks: Eastside Stories is an integrated public art project that will beautify the new East Oakland Community Library through an architectural art glass installation and create a related permanent digital archive of community stories told by residents through photos, videos, and recorded narratives. OCF supports the web archive of stories and outreach. This is Oakland Speaks: Eastside Stories’ third year of funding.
Peralta Elementary School - www.peraltaschool.org
Peralta Elementary is a small North Oakland elementary school with 42% of students who receive free and reduced lunch. OCF supports Peralta’s School Environmental Stewardship program. This is their second year of funding.
Rock Paper Scissors Collective - www.rpscollective.com
Rock Paper Scissors Collective is an Oakland arts and craft collective and volunteer-run community space, where people of all skill levels share sustainable practices and alternative models, and exhibit, sell and learn about arts and crafts. OCF supports Community Collaborations, connecting the arts community and larger non-arts community in Oakland to make arts accessible to all people and promote creative resourcefulness in underserved communities.
VALA (Visual Arts /Language Arts) - www.naturesculpture.com
Working with public school children and their teachers in Oakland, Berkeley and Richmond, VALA's uses the arts to overcome cultural barriers among children from different ethnic backgrounds and to improve their language arts skills. In addition, VALA provides teachers with professional development opportunities that enable them to infuse the arts into the Open Court curriculum.
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