65B - ARTS AND CULTURE MASTER PLAN

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Santa Ana Arts Future Community Arts and Cultural Master Plan 5. Youth ,Arts Programs and Education Coal= apport existing and create new opportunities for,young people to engage in artistic and creative activities and career pathways. Arts education and arts programming for youth is a citywide concern and a priority for strengthening the arts and cultural fabric of any community. There are many avenues to arts enrichment and arts education already in Santa Ana. In addition to standards-based arts education in the schools, many young people benefit from arts programs in neighborhoods that provide creative and productive afterschool and weekend activities while ensuring kids have safe environments during out of school time. Arts and culture organizations throughout the city offer in -school artist residencies, out of school programs, field trips and other forms of arts enrichment. City managed classes for all ages in community and recreations centers provide educational and avocational arts activities at relatively minimal costs. SAUSD has recently updated its district -wide visual and performing arts strategic plan and will be launching its first arts conservatory at Santa Ana High School in 2017. Many of the model programs found in cities throughout the country begin with municipal support and incentives for developing partnerships with other public and private sector entities to leverage limited resources. The California Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts have grant funding for arts programs that engage teaching artists through collaborative residencies as well as community arts training programs to train artists to work in communities. Arts organizations are eligible to apply for funding alone or in partnership with the City, community and social service organizations. Sharing culture and traditions through the arts are another way to provide young people with a sense of history and grounding in their community. Resources for passing on traditional art forms from one generation to the next are available through the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTH). Their Apprenticeship Program encourages the continuity of the state's traditional arts and cultures by contracting master artists to offer intensive, one-on-one training to qualified apprentices. Strengthening the school to career pipeline with arts and creative workforce training programs provides young people with ways to envision a career path that aligns with their creative interests. Partnerships and collaborations between creative businesses and arts education focused on career development can build a pipeline from school to career encouraging students to stay in Santa Ana. The SAUSD Career Technical Education Program (CTE) provides career technical education and workforce preparation that contributes to student academic and career success and the community's economic development. Programs such as the Culinary Arts and New Media Academies at Valley High School; Digital, Visual, and Media Arts Academies at Godinez, Saddleback, Santa Ana and Segerstrom High Schools, and the Fashion Design and Merchandising Academy at Santa Ana High are all programs that could benefit from collaborations with creative businesses and arts organizations that align with their curricular foci. Recommendation 5.1: Develop a Youth Arts Access Program. Initiative 5.1.1: Address barriers to participation by working with arts and cultural institutions and other community-based organizations to provide free attendance for youth citywide. 33 65B-37