Fred Alvarado
Fruitvale/San Antonio Senior Center Mural project features a free 12-week mural arts workshop resulting in a finished mural to be displayed at the Center.

Jesus Barraza
A set of ten social serigraph prints that document the issues facing youth of color in Oakland and supports their community organizing efforts.

Erica K. Bridgeman
Two audio documentaries for The Radio Chronicles featuring the personal stories of African American educator and social justice luminary Horace Alexander and pioneering international businesswoman Lucy Maxym.

Delina Patrice Brooks
Beauty, the Beast is a dance-theater production which celebrates the diverse images of beauty found in Oakland, challenges media-driven standards, and explores cultural legacies of beauty amongst girls and women of color.

McNeil Dennis
Strictly Oakland, California Via Vacherie, Louisiana is a 150- page book featuring new and selected poems by slam champion Mack Dennis.

Lauren Elder
Part One of a new mulitpurpose garden and landspace project for New Highland Academy.

Kaila Flexer
The Ladder of Gold is a series of workshops and performances featuring instrumental music of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews, co-territorial peoples, and new music inspired by those traditions.

James Gayles
JazzMasters is an exhibition of new paintings, drawings, mixed media work and large format digital prints which celebrate the cultural and historical contributions of Oakland to the field of Jazz.

Rosa Gonzalez
2008 Street Tour from East Oakland to Fruitvale featuring visual and performing artists and culminating in a Funkloricos multi-arts storytelling event.

Ruben Guzman
In Honor of My Ancestors is an elaborate and colorful Cartoneria sculpture commemorating the 2007 Dia de los Muertos Fruitvale Festival.

Jamie Kennedy
Tourettes Without Regrets is a series of slam poetry and hiphop competitions which culminates in a free public performance.

Naru Kwina
Hip Science: The Human Body 101 is a children's storybook featuring an urban lyrical text and a multicultural cast of characters.

Evie Ladin
Three community-building and intergenerational old-time Square Dances with a caller and musicians who share an original American art form.

Marla Leech
Post-production work for a video-documentary which explores the artistic process and the impact of Oaklandbased spoken word performance Aya de Leon.

Favianna Rodriguez
A series of black and white images that reflect immigrant life in California, and community events around the bilingual book project Reproduce and Revolt! Radical Graphics for the 21st Century.

Rita Sklar
A body of watercolor and mixed media works that celebrates the multiracial diversity of Oakland, as experienced in Dimond Park.

Geoff Trenchard
In Spite of Everything features members of the The Suicide Kings in a hip-hop theater project which addresses factors leading to school violence.

Umi Vaughan
Mural-sized Photo Quilt on tile that seeks to build community by speaking to intercultural connections and featuring people engaged in positive activities.

Jeffery Wong
A new composition and performance for the California Chinese Orchestra's 13th Annual Concert and Opera that combines modern folk melodies with Western symphonic structures in a unique Chinese folk symphony.

21 Grand Arts Group Inc. for 21 Grand
The Experimental Music Series is an affordable and accessible venue featuring genres of improvised music, avant-garde and free jazz, experimental works, computer/electronic performance and more.

Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc.
Ninth Annual ArtEsteem Exhibition: Reflections of Me and My World: 2008 is an art and social justice program that uses the arts for expression, self-esteem, community building, and academic and emotional literacy.

California Revels
The Christmas Revels for 2007 incorporates music, dance, drama, traditional ritual, audience participation and an original script built around the holiday traditions of the Edwardian period in the English Midlands.

Covenant House California for Oakland Covenant House
In-depth music production training courses and annual CD compilation project serves homeless and at-risk youth in Oakland.

Crosspulse, Inc.
Home season of Concerts, Educational Performances, Family Programming and Workshop featuring body music and related music, dance and theater arts.

Dimensions Dance Theater for Fua Dia Congo
The 30th Anniversary Home Season production of Malaki Matanga features three internationally renowned master artists along with company dancers in celebration of Congolese dance, drumming, song and cultural heritage.

East Bay Children's Theatre, Inc.
Free performance season brings traditional folktales in the form of musical theater to children at economically disadvantaged schools.

Friends of Negro Spirituals
In Our Own Words: The Negro Spirituals Heritage Keepers oral history project and Negro Spirituals Educational Forums together capture and share the cultural tradition of the Negro Spiritual.

Kitka, Inc.
Song Routes in a New Land - Home Season features Master Artist Residencies, Concerts and Workshops with Eastern European musicians and vocalists.

Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute for Prescott Circus Theatre
Instruction and activities at seven Oakland elementary schools feature the circus arts disciplines of juggling, acrobatics, stilting, clowning, hip-hop dance, hambone, balancing, unicyling, and more.

MIX – Music is eXtraordinary for Oakland Public Conservatory of Music
Workshops Project and Free Concerts series features a rich diversity of ethnic music forms and showcases the musical talents of students and professional musicians in Oakland.

Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, Inc.
Theater in the Yard consists of three community-based productions that encourage collaborations between community artists, students, and resident theater artists in West Oakland.

Rhythmic Concepts, Inc.
In the Name of Love, the 6th Annual Musical Tribute Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., continues a prominent annual civic and cultural event paying homage to one of the greatest humanitarians of our time.

Savage Jazz, Inc.
A new suite of dances set to an original collaborative jazz score expresses the energy, improvisation, and syncopation of jazz.

Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County
Artist-in-Residence Program utilizes art as a mechanism to stimulate awareness of environmental issues, thoughtful consumer behavior and to promote reuse and recycling.

The Ronn Guidi Foundation for the Performing Arts
The Summer Workshops series provides an opportunity for students of dance to interact with local choreographers from diverse styles and disciplines, culminating in a Choreographers' Showcase with Oakland East Bay Symphony musicians.

Woman's Will
Theatre for Life and Life Out Loud programs bring instruction in live theatre and free performances to underserved neighborhoods, youth in crisis and their families.

Youth Radio
Oakland Voices Project engages youth in artistically grounded, media-based storytelling and culminates in a Youth Media Showcase.

Youth UpRising
Digital storytelling series in partnership with Oakland Tribune and UC Berkeley gives voice to the experiences, perspectives, challenges, and triumphs of young people in Oakland.

Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc.
ArtEsteem classes in three schools offer students an opportunity to explore and create imaginary and real replicas of themselves and their environment within a standardized curriculum.

Claudia Goodman-Hough
Studio Arts Program at Redwood Heights Elementary allows more than 300 students to participate in a hands-on process of visual art making using a wide variety of materials and media.

Debra Koppman
Telling Our Stories, a school-wide project in its 9th year at Sequoia Elementary, is designed to give children hands-on experience in a variety of visual arts.

Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc.
Rites of Passage continues in four schools with Cross Currents, where students explore the history and origins of African-derived dance forms in hip-hop, jazz, and social dances.

East Bay Conservation Corps
Environmental Justice Arts Integration Project supports school-wide efforts to develop and implement a wide variety of arts-integration strategies and projects within an environmental justice curriculum.

Museum of Children's Art
Year-long visual artist residencies at two schools serve an estimated 400 students and provide professional development for teachers.

Oakland East Bay Symphony
Music for Excellence (MUSE) provides comprehensive instrumental instruction in grades 3-12 by bringing professional musicians into 18 Oakland public schools.

Oakland Leaf
A collaborative of visual and musical arts educators provide a comprehensive program of arts coaching, curriculum development, and direct instruction at ASCEND K-8 school.

Oakland Youth Chorus
Music education classes are provided for all students at EnCompass Academy with Teacher Training in Arts Integration for classroom teachers.

Oaktown Jazz Workshops
Jazz in the Schools Program is a 6-month residency at Oakland School for the Arts featuring Khalil Shaheed, Babatunde Lea and other master musicians.

Oasis High School
Through graffiti arts, students are challenged to explore social justice issues within a school-based curriculum and monthly art events.

Opera Piccola
Artgate brings Artists-in Residence to 22 public schools througout Oakland teaching Drama, Poetry/Spoken Word, Visual Art, Photography, Comic Book Art, Traditional Mexican Art, Music, and African and Hip-Hop Dance.

Peralta Parent Teachers Group
Arts are seamlessly expanded into a schoolwide learning environment focusing on ecology and recycling, while the arts-based Western Exploration Project and Intergenerational Collaborative Project are continued and expanded.

Purple Silk Music Education Foundation, Inc.
Year-long, in-depth instruction in traditional Chinese musical instruments, Chinese opera and world music to an estimated 560 students in two schools.

Stagebridge
Storybridge is an intergenerational program that seeks to strengthen students' artistic and literacy skills while teaching the art of storytelling, and provides teacher training, mentoring and workshops culminating in student performances in six schools.

African Queens Youth Performance Company
Strategic Development Support for pre-professional dance training program specializing in African dance.

AXIS Dance Company
Contemporary dance collaborations and performances with disabled & non-disabled dancers.

Bay Area Blues Society
Preservation and perpetuation of blues, jazz and gospel through free programs and performances.

Creative Growth Art Center
Art facility and gllery providing creative support for adults with disabilities.

Destiny Arts Center
Youth center promoting performing and multi-media arts during and after school hours.

Diamano Coura West African Dance Co.
Professional dance, music classes and performances depicting the African Diaspora.

Dimensions Dance Theater
Create, perform and teach dance that reflects historical experiences of African Americans.

EastSide Arts Alliance
Community based organization and center producing the Malcolm X Jazz Festival and free art workshops.

Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park
Historical community space which promotes arts and educational programs.

Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA)
Arts education and youth development for grades K-8 through visual and performing onsite and in schools.

Oakland East Bay Symphony
Symphonic and collaborative performances and education.

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir
Multi-racial, interfaith group of 55 vocalists performing gospel music.

Oakland Opera Theater
Perfs. of original works of dance, theater and new media.

Oakland Symphony Chorus
Professional quality choral performances and music education.

Oakland Youth Chorus
Musical instruction and performances with students.

Oakland Youth Orchestra
Orchestra music education program for youth 12-22.

Oaktown Jazz Workshops
Instructional music workshops, demonstrations and performances for Oakland youth.

Opera Piccola ("Small Works")
ArtGate education program presenting multi-cultural folk tales/musical theater.

Pro Arts, Inc.
Artist-based organization serving the East Bay through art exhibitions and programming.

Purple Silk Music Education Foundation
Music instruction, education and appreciation using traditional Chinese instruments.

Stagebridge
Theater company of older adults using theater to bridge generations.

Tea Party Magazine
Strategic Development Support for magazine that documents and showcases voices of Oakland's artists and cultural organizations.

The Crucible
Strategic Development Support for Fine & Industrial Art Education classes and programming.

The Junior Center of Art and Science
Youth-based classes, workshops & events that integrate art and science.