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Schools & Partnerships
YBCA is proud to work with our educational partners in our surrounding neighborhoods. We work with these partners to cultivate artistic skills and a lifelong appreciation for the arts in our students. The transformative impact is evident in the heartfelt feedback from families and teachers, who have shared how the programs have inspired joy, confidence, and self-expression in the students – reinforcing the power of the arts to uplift, connect, and inspire.
Bessie Carmichael Elementary
We provide high-quality arts education to K-5 students through our school partnership with Bessie Carmichael Elementary. In collaboration with dedicated Teaching Artists and classroom teachers, and with our partnership with Precita Eyes Muralists, we enrich the curriculum with drawing, painting, printmaking, movement, storytelling, sculpture, and more. Students receive personal art kits to support continued creativity beyond the classrooms.
“I really enjoyed seeing how the students were making connections with all the different art materials and exercises we were doing. For example, a student applied their knowledge of printmaking to clay by seeing what different imprints they can make with different tools, and the student did this entirely on their own.”
– Joyce Nojima, YBCA Teaching Artist
“I love that the projects were long term and that they continued to work on it piece by piece each session. I also love that they used materials that I don’t get to use a lot (i.e. clay, glitter/beads, mini boxes) because we just don’t have the time and money to prepare big art projects like that all the time. I really appreciated it.”
– Hayley Grodt, 1st Grade Teacher, Bessie Carmichael Elementary School
About Precita Eyes Muralists
As an inner-city, community-based, mural arts organization, Precita Eyes Muralists work to enrich and beautify urban environments and educate the public about the process and history of community mural art. Working with a wide variety of neighborhoods and communities, they nourish one’s inherent creativity and celebrate the beauty of their community. They maintain a deep commitment to collaboration. This dedication to the collaborative process ensures that the creative work produced is accessible, both physically and conceptually, to the people whose lives it impacts. They bring art into the daily lives of people through a process which allows them to celebrate their beauty, discover their creativity, and reflect their concerns, joys and triumphs.
Filipino Education Center Galing Bata
We partner with the Filipino Education Center Galing Bata to deliver arts education to students in their summer program at the Children’s Creativity Museum. In collaboration with Galing Bata teachers, YBCA’s Teaching Artists provide culturally relevant art learning experiences centered on students’ interests. The students explore various art materials, Filipino art, culture, and history.
“Art has always been a valuable tool for our students to express their creativity. We are so grateful to have YBCA come and teach our youngest students. One of our students would usually have a hard time staying put and finishing an activity, but during the time I was there in one of the YBCA art classes, I saw that the student was engaged and finished the art activity with a big smile! They were also so proud of their work! It’s a pleasure partnering with YBCA.”
– Shari Sarinas, FEC Galing Bata Program Director
“I enjoyed watching the students make their own portraits and how it was fun for them to continuously engage throughout the workshop. I value the students being able to connect with their identity a lot, so seeing them create their own portraits and making something that connects to their identity is impactful”
– Charity Farre, FEC Galing Bata Program Leader
About The Filipino Education Center Galing Bata
The Filipino Education Center (FEC) Galing Bata programming harmonizes children’s culturally and linguistically sensitive development by promoting biliteracy in English and Filipino (Tagalog) through enrichment activities, academic support and engagement in our larger multicultural community. Since 2001, the FEC Galing Bata Bilingual Program has been providing quality guidance, care, and protection (gabay, lingap, bantay) to students from transitional kindergarten to the eighth grade at Bessie Carmichael Filipino Education Center Pre K–8.
