Children’s Creative Project is committed to supporting arts education throughout Southern California. In 2022, our founder and Executive Director, Kathy Koury, stepped down after decades of service. Our new director, Kai Tepper, now leads the way as we chart a path into 2023, with a renewed sense of passion and motivation to see every child have access to arts experiences!
During the next 24 hours, people worldwide will come together to participate in Giving Tuesday. At Children’s Creative Project, we aim to raise $10,000 by the end of the year to fund equitable arts education in our partner schools.
We place professional artists in schools throughout the Central Coast to lead visual and performing arts workshops for students from preschool to high school. These workshops engage children’s sense of play and support their cognitive and social-emotional development. Art provides opportunities for brain development, mastery, self-esteem, and – most importantly – creativity!
Thanks to supporters like you, we can raise the funds needed to reach even more students through our #artforeverychild campaign this Giving Tuesday.
Your gift to Children’s Creative Project provides experiences for children to engage with the arts through our Resident Artist and Touring Artist programs. Will you help us?
$42 donation provides a classroom with arts workshops for one week
$420 donation provides a classroom with arts workshops for ten weeks
$1,000 donation provides a school with a bilingual Touring Artist program that includes music and storytelling
$1,386 donation provides arts workshops for an entire school year
$6,300 donation provides arts workshops for a small school for ten weeks
$10,500 donation provides arts workshops for a medium school for ten weeks
$14,700 donation provides arts workshops for a large school for ten weeks
Your gift to Children’s Creative Project helps make engaging experiences possible.
Learn more about how you can support #artforeverychild here.
A letter from our
Executive Director
Dear friends of Children’s Creative Project,
I am honored to be writing to you as the new Executive Director for Children’s Creative Project in what is officially our first virtual newsletter! After 44 years of service, founder Kathy Koury retired as the Executive Director in 2021. Now, as we are coming up to the holiday season, we have much to celebrate and be grateful for. Our work would not be possible without the generous support and collaboration of so many people.
According to a recent study done by SRI International with support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, research found that only 11% of students in California have access to every art form. Our goal for Santa Barbara County and our neighboring region is to increase this number to 90% of students across every school district. To help make this goal a reality, that’s where you come in!
Access to quality arts education is made possible through a vibrant network of artists, teachers, principals, parents, community members, non-profit partners, funders, school administrators and you, all working together to create meaningful opportunities that enrich the lives of our diverse student population. With the recent passing of Proposition 28, we will continue to support our schools and bring arts education to the forefront of every student’s experience in grades TK-12 within the Santa Barbara County region.
Sincerely,
Kai Tepper
Executive Director
