Through partnerships with local non-profit organizations, Arts for Humanity! programs engage at-risk youth, persons with developmental disabilities, and seniors in the creative arts.
Dedicated to aiding persons with special needs ages 18-22 through education, work, and life skills this program provides ongoing Expressive Arts Classes (visual art), and Creative Theatre and Movement Groups. Sponsored by the Santa Barbara High School District, classes are held at Santa Barbara City College.
Program: Creative Art and/or Creative Theatre and Dance
Schedule: San Marcos HS Transition Program, Fridays, 9:30-11:00am
A Friday night social gathering for teens with developmental disabilities in junior high and early high school, this program is held at Alpha Resource Center, a non-profit organization providing services and support for people with developmental disabilities and their families.
Program: Teen Extreme – Creative Art, Creative Theatre and Dance, and/or Expressive Music
Schedule: Friday evenings 6:30-8:00, four (4) times a year, dates TBA
This organization provides bilingual/bicultural after-school programs, primarily focused on the enhancement of academic achievement but also provides a place for local youth to hang out and experience cultural opportunities.
Program: Creative Art, Creative Theatre and Movement, and/or Expressive Music, ex. “Drum for Fun” or “Music Magic”
Schedule: Thursdays, 2:00-4:00pm; any day 3:30- 5:00pm
The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara, Inc. has been changing lives for nearly 70 years by providing young people with hope and opportunity, a safe place to learn and grow, ongoing relationships with caring, adult professionals and life-enhancing programs and character development experiences.
Program: “Theatre of Imagination” Creative Theatre and Movement class (for ages 6-12)
Schedule: Wednesdays, 4:45 – 6:15pm
Program: Creative Art Class Mentorship Experience – New program
Schedule: TBA
Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara empowers individuals with developmental disabilities, supports families and fosters a community that values the contribution of all people.
Instructor: Karsen (Interns can assist)
Program: Creative Theatre & Movement
Schedule: Weekly, Thursdays from 1:15pm – 2:30pm
For 25 years, Transition House has provided food, shelter and services to Santa Barbara’s families who have lost their housing. Each year, the Transition House Auxiliary organizes this fun and popular event. Proceeds benefit the many diversified, effective programs and services that Transition House provides to homeless families with children.
Instructor: Karsen (Interns can assist)
Program: Creative Theatre / Literacy Program
Schedule: Tuesdays, 5:30 – 6:00pm
Garden Court offers an independent and fulfilling lifestyle to Santa Barbara seniors and is a lively community where planned and impromptu activities are a part of their every day.
Program: Creative Art and/or Interactive Arts and Life Stories
Schedule: Saturdays or Sundays in the late morning or at 2:00pm, Friday at 3:30pm
The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara, Inc. has been changing lives for nearly 70 years by providing young people with hope and opportunity, a safe place to learn and grow, ongoing relationships with caring, adult professionals and life-enhancing programs and character development experiences.
Program: “Theatre of Imagination” Creative Theatre and Movement class (for ages 6-12)
Schedule: Weekly, Day TBA, 1.5 hr class between 3:30 – 6:00pm
Program: Creative Art class for kids
Schedule: Weekly, TB
Qualified interns are welcome to help pioneer new programs under the guidance of AH! Staff
Braille Institute is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to eliminate barriers to a fulfilling life caused by blindness and severe sight loss. The Institute provides an environment of hope and encouragement for people who are blind and visually impaired through integrated educational, social and recreational programs and services. The organization provides assistance to more than 75,000 people across five regional centers in Southern California and through more than 350 Community Outreach locations.
Program: Expressive and Interactive Arts for visually impaired
Schedule: TBA
WTP offers a variety of employment services to assist individuals with disabilities or disadvantages to overcome barriers to employment by strategically placing them in work environments that are compatible with their interests, talents and abilities.
Program: Expressive and Interactive Arts for developmentally disabled adults
Schedule: TBA
Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital provides comprehensive medical rehabilitation services, for both outpatient and inpatient care, to empower people with disabilities to achieve optimal quality of life.
Program: Creative Art for community members and outpatients with disabilities
Schedule: October 12th – November 17th, Thursdays 3:00 – 5:00 for 6 weeks
For 32 years, Friendship Manor has provided an affordable senior housing in the Santa Barbara, California area. It is not just a place to live, but a home that provides comfortable surroundings, which reinforce self-respect, self-esteem, and the dignity of aging. This affordable senior community celebrates life and prolongs independence.
Program: Senior – Expressive Art
Schedule: TBA
Additionally, Arts for Humanity! participates inSanta Barbara’s wonderful free public events by providing creative enrichment programs at no charge for our local non profits and our community:
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Goleta Lemon Festival |
The 20th Annual California Lemon Festival in Goleta is put on by the Goleta Chamber of Commerce and typically sees crowds of 30,000 people over the 2 days. You’ll find wonderful food, a fantastic family atmosphere, and variety of entertainment and activities that have made this the most anticipated event in the Goleta Valley. This weekend also includes the Goleta Fall Classic Car and Street Rod Show and the ever-popular ‘ Safety Street.’ There is also a popular pie-eating contest, and the arts and crafts area. This is where I would like Arts for Humanity! to participate. I would love to have a group come out and host a children’s activity table, with a “Spontaneous Theatre activity”. |
October 15-16, 2011 |
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Isla Vista Teen Center Spontaneous Theatre |
Arts for Humanity!’s Community Events are a surprise and delight for participants, such as our Spontaneous Theatre for Children where costumes and props provide a plethora of creative opportunities forSanta Barbarayouth. Isla Vista Teen Center provides bilingual /bicultural after-school programs, primarily focused on the enhancement of academic achievement but also provides a place for local youth to hang out and experience cultural opportunities. |
April 21, 2012 |
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Children’s Festival Spontaneous Theatre |
Family Service Agency’s annual Children’s Festival gives children and families a chance to enjoy a day full of family and fun entirely for free. Thousands children and families enjoy many activities, including face painting, dancing, playing games, eating free hot dogs, dressing up, and riding ponies. “Spontaneous Theatre” is an event wherein Arts for Humanity! staff and interns provide an opportunity for children of all backgrounds to interact with each other as they dress in costumes and use props for spontaneous theatre and imaginative play. The children also greatly enjoy their portraits being taken as part of this event. |
May 12, 2012 |
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Special Olympics Spontaneous Theatre |
Special Olympics provides year-round sports training competition in a variety of sports for individuals with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship. Spontaneous Theatre for Children is an event alongside Special Olympics activities where youth with developmental disabilities experiment with costumes and props to stretch their imagination and expressivity in a social peer focused environment. |
April 2012 |
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I Madonnari |
Arts for Humanity! interns recreate art by artists with disabilities from Arts for Humanity!’s Community Expressive Arts Programs. I Madonnari, or street painters, transforms the Santa Barbara Mission plaza using pastels on pavement to create 150 vibrant, colorful, large scale images. The Children’s Creative Project, put on by the Santa Barbara County Education Office, has made this the first street painting festival in North America. |
May 26-28, 2012 |
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Summer Solstice in the Park, Spontaneous Theatre |
The Summer Solstice Celebration has evolved into a creative and original display of floats, giant puppets, whimsical costumes and masks of more than 1,000 parade participants, of all ethnic and economic backgrounds. It is the largest, single-day arts event in Santa Barbara County. The parade culminates in a festival with a wonderful collection of live world music, food, arts and crafts, and a special free children’s festival. AH!’s Community Events are a surprise and delight for participants, such as our Spontaneous Theatre for Children where costumes and props provide a plethora of creative opportunities forSanta Barbarayouth. |
June 22-23, 2012 |