[Truckee, CA] – Today the California Arts Council announced several grants totaling $86,871 to Arts For The Schools as part of its annual funding for arts education in California.
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“We are deeply grateful to the California Arts Council for providing critical funding to ensure that all local students have access to arts education, even in these times”, says Eve McEneaney, CEO. 

With the support of the Truckee Core Values Fund Arts For The Schools hosted the Mixed Emotion Theatrix residency for schools and the onSTAGE Live public event on March 6th.  The residency was a large undertaking and began with teen auditions in December and January, and then 10 days of rehearsals with both the professional dance company and the local teens beginning Feb 25th through the public performance March 6th.

Arts For The Schools in partnership with Mixed Emotion Theatrix are holding teen auditions for So Now You Know, a one of kind production by Mixed emotion Theatrix combining dancers and storytelling. Each teen selected for the show will rehearse with the professional company and perform at all 5 of the local performances between March 4-6, 2020. Don't miss this once in a lifetime chance to learn from professional dancers and artists!

We are seeking a dynamic, motivated, and creative professional music teacher who loves working with children and has/or willing to work with at-risk youth. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of five years experience teaching music to youth, excellent curriculum planning skills, be flexible and organized, be kind and friendly, with the ability to create a program that enables students to gain a deep understanding of music.  The music teacher would be responsible for teaching 2 classrooms and needs to be available to teach 1-2 days per week. This is a contract position for 10 months from October 2019 -June 2020, with the option to renew annually.

This is a contract position and compensation includes teaching, prep and meeting time.

Interested?  Download the Music Teacher Job posting.

Arts For The Schools has hired Nation Beat, New Orleans-flavored brass, propelled by the sounds of Brazil drumming to play in Truckee on April 5. Enjoy a night of Nation Beat’s musical mojo with the thundering of maracatu drumming and don’t forget your dancing shoes! Borrowing, mixing and adapting musical traditions is at the heart of Nation Beat’s sound.  Nation Beat singularly conjures up the feeling of Carnival, drawing on the source of rhythm that lit up jazz.
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Arts For The Schools onSTAGE Live program for the public books and hires artists from all over the world to promote cultural understanding, learning and discourse in our community!  Join us for an evening of Brazilian Carnival and share in the joy!

“We are very grateful to Truckee Core Values Fund, the Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce, and the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation for a donation to help us put on this show for Truckee. The Truckee Cores Values Fund supports arts and cultural events in Truckee, as well as other wonderful community events”, says Eve McEneaney, Arts For The Schools ED.​

​Nation Beat show for the public is Friday, April 5th, 2019 starting at 7:00pm at the Community Arts Centerin Truckee.  Get your tickets only at artsfortheschools.org Tickets are $20 General Admission & $15 College Students or Military. VIP tickets are just $5-10 extra and you receive free concessions, reserved seating, & a chance to meet the artist after the show.

Arts For The Schools is honored to partner with Winter Wondergrass again to operate the Kid Zone.  Be sure you help support Arts For The Schools and kids arts education by selecting Arts in Schools option at checkout, so $1 is donated by the festival to Arts For The Schools.

The Kid Zone is a great place for you child to do a craft, take a art lesson from a professional artist or hang out and hula hoop.

Come by and see us at the Kid Zone March 29-31!

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Ghana, Okaidja Afroso combines his native rhythms with unforeseen pairings of musical flavors.
 
Arts For The Schoolspresents Okaidja Afroso, an Afro-pop singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Ghana, West Africa. His unique artistic vision has led him to combine his native rhythms with unforeseen pairings of musical flavors. His sound is a spicy fusion of Ghanaian music with diverse cross-cultural influences. Although most of Okaidja's hypnotic arrangements are sung in his native language, the meaning shines through. His calling and life purpose is to bring us all together so that we can laugh and grieve and dance and forge forward together, in community. Eve McEneaney, Arts For The Schools Executive Director, “We are so excited to have Okaidja work with the kids this year”.  “We can’t wait to bring this talent to the public show at the Community Arts Center in Truckee.” Join Arts For The Schools and Okaidja for an evening of storytelling and entertainment.

Yes on AA helps Arts For The Schools to provide visual arts education to TTUSD schools - grade 3-12th!

Yes on AA supplements our school district with $5.6 million annually. Each parcel pays $148/year. This is only $12 per month to provide invaluable funding to our community.

Yes on AA builds a strong foundation within our community. Our children emerge from our school system with a well-rounded education, ready to integrate into the local workforce or continue on to higher education in respectable schools. This is a benefit to our entire community, bringing respect and vitality to our wonderful home!​

A big thank you to Emi Sunshine and her family, also known as her band - The Rain for visiting Truckee! Over 1,241 students and audience members met Emi at their school or had a chance to see her at the onSTAGE Live public show on Friday, October 26th.

Thank you to our onSTAGE sponsors, also 101.5 Truckee Tahoe Radio for interviewing Emi and everyone who came out to see Emi for the show!

Want to see more of Emi? Visit our Facebook or Instagram for more photos!