BAYCAT educates, empowers, and employs low income youth, young people of color, and young women, from historically underserved communities in the Bay Area, in digital media arts. BAYCAT helps passionate storytellers develop the hands-on skills and experience needed to compete for jobs in a booming tech & media industry. Students learn to use cutting-edge technology to gain skills in filmmaking, music production, graphic design, and animation; while learning essential job readiness skills.

The Bayview Opera House currently provides arts education and cultural enrichment to San Franciscans on a low- or no-cost basis. Recent offerings include adult classes in drama, dance, and yoga, DARE TO DREAM ARTS after-school classes, toddler and parent/toddler classes, and an 8-week-long summer arts camp. The Opera House also hosts a large variety of cultural events, community gatherings, and seasonal celebrations.

Mirroring the mission of the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the School of Theatre strives to foster students' creative potential, stretch their imagination, and encourage them as artists. Reaching some 24,000 people in the Bay Area each year, the School of Theatre offers eclectic, year-round programming for all ages, including theatre training, K-12 arts education workshops, educator resources, professional development, and platforms for arts advocacy.

“Bu Falle” unites performers from various musical backgrounds to share our culture with the community. Our artists are natives from the countries of Senegal, Mali, and Guinea, located in the Western region of Africa. Our musicians offer community performances, workshops, and in-school residencies. We recommend our quality performances and classes not only for your entertainment, but also for the extensive cultural and educational benefit that we offer to people of all ages and ethnicities.

At the Build San Francisco Institute, students join instructors in a real architecture studio to work on real projects centered in a major San Francisco construction project. High school juniors and seniors earn credit in two classes: Environmental Science and Architecture and Design. Two afternoons each week, students meet with professionals on a one-to-one basis to discuss their projects. Classes are held in the Build San Francisco studio located at 901 Mission Street.

Since 1964, California Poets in the Schools (CPITS) has become one of the largest writers-in-the-schools programs in the nation. We serve students K-12 in over 31 California counties, stretching from Humboldt and Siskiyou to Inyo, Mono, and San Diego, in districts both urban and rural. Each year, CPITS reaches thousands of classrooms, teaching in public and private schools, juvenile halls, after-school programs, hospitals, and other community settings.

I have ten years' experience initiating and coordinating youth music projects and musical-cultural exchange worldwide. I specialize in classical music, El Sistema music education, and the traditional musics of Ireland and Mexico. I am interested in both teaching music and languages, and in organizing/coordinating music projects in communities. I hope to be able to use my extensive international network to arrange cultural musical exchanges between foreign and Bay Area music groups.

The Chinese Culture Foundation provides activities in history and art through our Him Mark Lai Learning Center. Year-round, we host school and community groups by appointment on our Chinatown Democracy Walk and Chinatown Art Walk. We also host classes at the Center throughout the year (by appointment and pending funding for certain programs), as well as music and culture workshops at school locations. Through our various programs, we engage youth in mural making, music, and art workshops.

The mission of Community Music Center is to make high quality music accessible to all people, regardless of their financial means. Classes are offered on a sliding scale and some are completely tuition-free. CMC students range in age from a few months to nearly 100 years old, and they enjoy classes in everything from Western classical to Chinese to Latin Music. Last year over 2,400 students of all ages studied at CMC and thousands attended CMC performances.

The San Francisco Symphony presents the 2013-2014 Concerts for Kids series, a program designed especially to introduce and acquaint students with the glorious sounds of symphonic music. We offer two age-specific, school day programs: Children’s Concerts (kindergarten through grade 3) on May 5, 6, 7, and 9, 2014, and Youth Concerts (grades 4 through 9) on April 29 and May 1 and 2, 2014. Tickets are $5 and available for purchase by calling the SF Symphony Box Office at (415) 864-6000.