Arts Enrichment Grants Program (AEG)

The Arts Council Silicon Valley, in partnership with E3 Institute, WestEd: Advancing Excellence in Early Education will support arts organizations to develop and provide arts education programs to young children ages 0-5 and their families. This program is funded by FIRST 5 Santa Clara County.

Select Santa Clara arts organizations are participating in the 2009 AEG Program by providing Arts Enrichment activities for preschoolers and their families throughout Santa Clara County at designated sites.

Through the Arts Enrichment Grants Program, we seek to:

• Provide direct, hands-on arts programming for young children and arts education opportunities for parents
• Increase awareness of the importance of artistic engagement through experiential activities as a part of early childhood development
• Include arts learning experiences for young children as part of kindergarten readiness

Participating Arts Organizations are:

• Association of Viet Arts (AVA)
• Community School of Music & Arts (CSMA)
• Kaisahan of San Jose Dance Co., Inc.
• Oriki Theater
• Triton Museum of Art

For further information, please contact: