ACTIVE LEARNING BELIEVE AND INSPIRE

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Name of Applicant: Award Amount: Category: Average Score: ALBI $6,190 Organization 87.2 — 5t" Organization's Description of Project: Active Learning Believe and Inspire in partnership with the Hoover Elementary will provide the opportunity for students ages 6-9, to create visual art and poetry based on their own personal community superheroes. The varied pieces of artwork will be published and showcased throughout the city at several venues such as DTSA Art walk, Santa Ana Public Libraries and local businesses. The winning poetry piece will be showcased through a song or spoken word and accompanied by a contemporary dance; while the winning art piece will become the cover of the book. Organization is based in Santa Ana and proposes to use grant funds to provide arts and culture programming in Wards 1, 2, and 4. Organization's proposed use of funds: Active Learning Believe and Inspire (ALBI) will use the funding to pay for staff salaries, materials for the projects and the publishing fees. The total amount of funding requested is $6190.00 A teaching artist will spend a total of 39 days teaching various age groups developmentally appropriate lessons in visual art and poetry. Students will be working with the teacher for 50 minutes 5 days a week to learn and create their own works of art that will then be composed into a published book by Classroom Authors. The teaching artist will be paid $25 an hour and have 1 hour to prepare program activities each day and 3 hours of instruction for all age groups. The first 6 weeks, or 24 days, will be spent in the classroom with students. At the beginning of each week, a community hero, such as a police officer, local artist, educator or family member, will visit the class and speak to the students about their career and their goals. Next, the teacher will guide the students to analyze what they learned about this community hero, reflect on their own goals, and write freely to express their thoughts. Students will then analyze and unpack a developmentally appropriate poem related to the hero or subject of the week such as dreams or goals. Additionally, the teacher will lead students into critically thinking and analyzing various pieces of visual art that encapsulate their feelings into a picture. At the end of the week, students will have the chance to present their works of art in front of the class and share their visions. Skill development activities in each discipline of art are based on the California Arts Standards and the developmentally appropriate needs of the students. The curriculum builds in a weekly series that begins with foundational skills then methodically explored and analyzed through a multitude of activities and projects that merge art, expression, self-awareness and end with a culminating performance. Every class encompasses the development of English -Language skills as well as providing opportunities for children to explore, create and innovate their ideas through art. Students explore a wide variety of techniques and methods to produce meaningful artworks ready for showcase. Various materials such as paper, colored pencils, paint and paint brushes, will need to be purchased at a total cost of $700. Throughout the program the community hero's will have a time to judge the material and choose 2 winning pieces by the end of 6 weeks. The winning poetry piece will be showcased through a song or spoken word and accompanied by a contemporary dance; while the winning art piece will become the cover of the book and will be submitted to Classroom Authors to be published. The teacher will spend the remaining 15 days teaching students dance choreography to accompany the poetry through song or spoken word and supporting students at their community ALBI Page 1 of 4