YOUTH IN ARTS AWARDED STATE GRANT

The California Arts Council announced a grant award of $36,479 to Youth in Arts as part of its Creative Youth Development and Arts and Cultural Organizations General Operating Support programs during its 2024-25 fiscal year grant cycle. Support awarded will continue to benefit communities throughout the state until the end of the project cycle timeline in September 2025.The grant allows Youth in Arts to continue to
provide essential programs, including Artists in Schools which brings professional, working artists to schools through long-term residencies; Arts Unite Us, providing on-going arts access for students with disabilities; and the Intensive Arts Mentorship, which provides paid internships or emerging youth artists. General operating support will bolster Youth in Arts’ commitment to advocating for and delivering equitable and accessible arts education that amplifies student voice, fosters community development and forges creative pathways for systematically marginalized communities.

The CAC’s Creative Youth Development program will advance the Intensive Arts Mentorship program that offers teens mentorship and job skills training. The Creative Youth Development grant will directly support mentorship sessions, public art creation and installation, teaching artists’ fees and the student
participants’ stipends. “We are deeply grateful to the California Arts Council for their generous support, which enables Youth in Arts to continue advancing our mission of providing equitable arts education and creative empowerment,” said Youth in Arts Executive Director Taylor Buttrey. “These grants will help us
continue to expand our Intensive Arts Mentorship Program, sustain key programs in our schools, support students with disabilities through Arts Unite Us, and strengthen `Til Dawn, our teen a cappella group.”
Youth in Arts was featured as part of a larger announcement from the California Arts Council of more than 800 grant awards totaling close to $19.5 million in overall projected investments for operational and project support to nonprofit organizations and units of government throughout California.
For more information, visit youthinarts.org.