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creative activities that are accessible in terms of affordability and location. It addresses <br />the barriers that often prevent participation in the arts by ensuring involvement despite <br />the inability to pay. The program encourages social and active participation in the arts, <br />and provides an opportunity for children to showcase their accomplishments to the <br />community. <br />Community Benefit: <br />The proposed project will enrich the Santa Ana arts and culture community by engaging <br />young people in the arts and providing them with a variety of arts classes to give them <br />maximum exposure to different visual and performing artistic genres to help them <br />develop a long-term passion and commitment to the arts. The project will also serve as <br />a vehicle to celebrate and share the artistic accomplishments of the students with their <br />families and the community. <br />The program provides a way to achieve cultural equity, access and inclusion in cultural <br />arts programming for a community that has long been undeserved and faced with <br />accessibility barriers to participation in creative opportunities. The program takes <br />advantage of existing facilities that are underutilized that can be made available to the <br />community for a wide range of arts activities that will increase awareness of the arts. <br />A variety of visual and performing arts classes will be offered during the summer while <br />children are out of school and can dedicate quality time to trying out different art genres, <br />learning new skills, and identifying where their interests lie. Classes will be offered in a <br />wide variety of visual and performing arts to provide maximum exposure to the arts. <br />Also, parents will be asked to volunteer, which will bring more exposure to and <br />participation in the arts to the entire family. <br />Throughout the program, opportunities will be identified to conduct performances for the <br />seniors and others who participate in Delhi Center programs, such as the Community <br />Building Initiative Resident Leader Group and Delhi Neighborhood Association. This will <br />provide a venue for program participants to engage in dress rehearsals while <br />showcasing their talents for different community groups who can provide positive <br />feedback. <br />The end -of -summer Extravaganza will join the entire community in a celebration of the <br />artistic accomplishments of participants. This will help promote the importance the arts <br />play in the achievement of young people in our community. The program will <br />demonstrate how the arts can help young people learn creativity, develop leadership <br />skills, learn self-discipline, and develop self-esteem, and participants will receive <br />recognition for their artistic endeavors. <br />25D-16 <br />