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Name of Applicant: Amount Requested: Category: Score: Delhi Center $10,000 Organization 84.2 — 3rd Description of Project: The Delhi Center Summer Arts Camp will provide challenging enrichment and cultural art lessons for 60 to 100 participants ages 6-18 including classes in singing, acting and improvisation, musical theater, hip hop, breakdance, popping, ballet, ballet folklorico, and art and illustration. Participants will have several different activities to choose from each week so that they are exposed to different art forms and artistic disciplines in order to increase their awareness and appreciation of the arts. The program will provide high-quality, personalized learning and instruction. Classes will be divided into different age groups and/or skill levels to ensure success for all students. The curriculum begins with foundational skills and progresses towards greater levels of complexity, creativity, and achievement. Lesson plans include developing teamwork and working with partners as well as independent practice. Students learn to follow instructions and become more self-confident by having the opportunity to master skills in a supportive environment. Program Leaders will assist instructors by supervising participants during non -class hours and will manage the free lunch program. The Summer Arts Camp will be conducted Monday through Friday from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm for 5 weeks from July 10 through August 11. A minimum of two classes per hour for a total of 10 classes per day will be conducted during the first 3 weeks and rehearsals and preparation for the Extravaganza will take place the final two weeks, with the production to be held during the last week. The Extravaganza will include a dance and singing recital, a musical theater rendition of a popular book or play, an art gallery, and a video presentation. The Delhi Center Summer Arts Camp is modeled after a pilot program that was conducted in the summer of 2016. The lessons learned last summer have been used to develop a more focused program that is expected to achieve greater participation and success. A video of the summer will be produced and presented during the end -of - summer Extravaganza and a second video of the Extravaganza itself will be produced to be presented at various events in the community as well as on the Delhi Center website and other social media sites. The Camp provides a way to achieve cultural equity, access, and inclusion in cultural arts programming by taking advantage of existing facilities that are underutilized that will be made available to the community for a wide range of artistic endeavors. The proposed program improves the quality of life of residents by engaging them in 25D-15