OUR IMPACT

At the heart of our mission is the belief that creativity is a combination of courage, imagination, compassion, and curiosity. Through our programs, we have seen how arts and science education builds resilience and empathy and supports the expression of complex ideas and robust collaboration.

We reached 400 students in after school arts and science programs in 6 systemically under resourced public schools in Richmond, CA.

We engaged 630 young people through school residencies in over 21 classrooms in 5 under-resourced public schools across the East Bay.

We served over 200 families from 23 zip codes during our onsite after-school and summer camp programs.

We were able to meet over 800 families in our community through 10 free events across Oakland where we set up engaging and fun arts and science activities.

IMPACT BEYOND MEASURE

“One of my favorite moments is when students realize and embrace that they are artists. They often hear about being an artist as some far off adult career path. When they realize that they can be an artist RIGHT NOW they often vocalize it excitedly to me and you can see a sparkle in their eyes as they take that new found confidence into art class.” – Joey Rose, JCAS Visual Arts Teaching Artist

“The teenagers in my class talk about the pressure they feel everywhere else in their life. Our art class is a break and a reprieve for students from what they deal with outside of class: family issues, lots of different social pressures, bullying.” – Elisa Oceguera, JCAS Teaching Artist

OUR IMPACT

IMPACT BEYOND MEASURE

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