Established in 1992. Alisal Eagles Youth Cheer/Football Organization is here to teach the fundamentals of football and cheer to the youth of Alisal, Salinas, CA with an emphasis on promoting good sportsmanship, academic excellence, and teamwork.
The Art Careers Academy at Monterey High School is a California Partnership Academy, a school- within-a-school, for students interested in the Visual and/or Performing Arts.
The community stands witness to the challenges of under privileged kids that want, and deserve, a chance for a full and rewarding life. This chance is well within reach, with help from our community.The Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County have been a vital part of this community for over 45 years.
Caminos Del Arte enhances the cultural life of our community by educating our youth, through arts training, mentoring, performance and cultural programs. We teach and promote traditional and nontraditional arts, which fill cultural voids in our community, and we provide leadership skills that will last a lifetime.
The Carmel Classic Guitar Society (CCGS) promotes the classical guitar through education, workshops, recitals, lectures, and gatherings for the public. The CCGS serves the youth and underserved elderly and ailing residents of Monterey County through its two arts programs The Guitar in Schools and the Healing Guitar.
See Calendar for Classes: http://www.carmelguitarsociety.org/Calendar.html
The Carmel Youth Center is committed to providing a positive and academically friendly environment that is safe, drug-alcohol-and-tobacco-free, and is designed for the community youth.
Programs: http://www.carmelyouth.com/program-become-a-member.php
The mission of Chartwell School is to diagnostically educate students with specific learning variations, including dyslexia, in a way that provides them with the academic skills, confidence, creativity and perseverance necessary to meet the challenges of mainstream education and lifelong learning.
Community Partnership for Youth (CPY) is a prevention program providing positive alternatives to gangs, drugs, and violence while reinforcing individual strengths. Our vision is to provide our youth with a safe, structured environment that encourages healthy boundaries, positive self-esteem, and the ability to make good choices for a full and successful life.
Programs and Classes: http://cpy.org/programs/
The D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Dance Program brings at-risk youth a free and positive alternative to drugs and violence through the fun, healthy, and expressive art form of dance.
Dance Kids of Monterey County was created to provide ongoing performance opportunities in dance and theater arts to the youth of Monterey County. Our mission is to strengthen character and positively influence children's lives through the performing arts.
Established in 2001, the DEA Educational Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization that exists to support the DEA Museum through fundraising, advocacy and educational outreach, exhibit sponsorship, and educational program development.
Our mission is to transform the lives of youth and communities through inspiration, dedication, discipline, and performance of classical orchestral music.
Our mission is to provide a Salinas World Pop Dance and Leadership program which addresses youth leadership issues in a low-income, high-risk area through dance and the performing arts.
Workshops at Cesar Chavez Library in Salinas on Saturdays from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
The mission of Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast (GICC) is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, bold, and to respect themselves and the world around them. Our philosophy is to create a community recognizing that each young person already embodies the qualities and strengths to achieve self-empowerment and become a leader. Our role is to cultivate and grow those qualities.
Our mission is to provide guitars and lessons to foster kids, at-risk youth, and other deserving children in a classroom setting with qualified teachers.
HARA is dedicated to nourishing the hearts, minds, and spirits of young professionals who feel drawn to represent life through new media--providing Monterey Bay high school students film-making and acting training through hands-on experience producing original films in order to prepare them for a sustainable career in the collaborative arts.
Click on 2017 Summer Camp for more details.
The mission of Ladies First is to motivate and encourage at-risk females, by providing them with tools to enhance their socialization skills through education, cultural exposure, and skill-set development workshops.
MYA was founded as a non-profit nine years ago. Our mission is to provide opportunities for children of Marina and throughout the region to experience the performing, visual, and cultural arts through seasonals and year-round participation-based programs. We are the only non-profit organization in Marina committed to such an endeavor. We believe that communities need to preserve and nurture the Arts because they are vital to the quality of life now and in the future.
The mission of the Monterey County Dance Foundation is to support the performing art of dance in Southern Monterey County through fundraising, event promotion, and event organization that directly benefits performers, youth, and the community of Southern Monterey County.
Programs and Classes: http://www.montereycountydancetheatre.com/classes.html
The mission of Opera-Essence Performances is to provide school children and other audiences with an opportunity to create art by encouraging interactive participation in staged musical events.
Orchestra in the Schools, Inc. provides students throughout Monterey County an opportunity to learn an instrument, be a part of an orchestra, and perform with students from other schools. Orchestra in the Schools, Inc. (OITS) is known for its outstanding small group instrumental instruction, and students, parents, and lovers of music always look forward to the concerts performed annually in the winter and spring.
Peacock Acres provides supportive housing, intense case management, and life coaching for foster and former foster youth that have been separated from their families. With resolve in our hearts, we steer them towards opportunities for growth for growth as they continue their journey toward a happy, productive life.
Sol Treasures awakens and nurtures appreciation and passion for the arts in people of all ages in South Monterey County and provides a home for creative and inspiring opportunities to unify the community through art and culture. We fulfil our mission through our gallery of local artists, classes in art, music and theater for all ages, and cultural enrichment events.
Classes: www.soltreasures.com
The SD mission is to establish a vibrant center for the performing arts offering a wide variety of dance-based activities that connects diverse artists and audiences, bridges disciplines through collaboration, and celebrates the power of dance to inform and inspire. The SD vision is to utilize dance and the arts as a vehicle to open doors, ignite creativity, and fuel the human spirit.
Stage Kids, Etc. is organized for purposes of providing educational, cultural, and leadership programs and activities for children and young adults, in Big Sur, California, and its surrounding communities.
Summer Program Registration: http://stagekids.org/register/
ACFA provides free art classes, exhibits, and performances in the Alisal neighborhood in East Salinas and the greater Salinas area. Through art and creativity transformation can begin. Thank you for your contribution to our center.
The Lyceum's Mission is to inspire a life-long love of learning through enrichment programs that stimulate intellectual promise, awaken individual creativity, and foster academic achievement.
The mission of Youth Arts Collective (YAC) is to provide a creative sanctuary for Monterey County youth ages 14 t 22 to explore their potential as artists as they develop personal awareness and self-esteem, social understanding, and an appreciation for contributing in positive ways to their community.
YAC provides supplies, studio space, art training, exhibition and commission opportunities, individual mentoring, and a community unlike any other. We’re open 4 hours a day, 6 days a week, year round.
YAC is open to the public:
Weekdays: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Saturdays: 12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m.
Youth Music Monterey's mission is to inspire excellence in individual students and enrich our community by providing young people with opportunities to participate in, and gain greater understanding of, music and its performance.