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HomeMy WebLinkAbout17 We the People Cultural Dance Center/WE 3 ProductionsCx� VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS -- -GRANT APPLICATION FORM City of San Bernardino —Fine Arts Commission I. Applicant /Organization Name of Organization We The People Cultural Dance Center / WE 3 PRODUCTIONS Physical Address 781 W. 24th St. San Bernardino, CA 92405 Mailing Address PO Box 56101 Riverside, CA -9251 7 Telephone No. ( 951) 751 -3077 Cell Phone ( 33- 093905 Non - Profit I.D. No. Website Address (if available) https: / /www.youtube.com /watch ?v= kXipt440tbY Number of Years in Existence or in Teaching 15 11. Contact Person Makeda (Clydean Parker) Kumasi Title Board Member - We The People Cultural Center / Owner WE 3 PRODUCTIONS & UEIE Telephone No: (951) 751 -3077 E -mail address: we3makedakumasi @gmaii.com Cell No: ( III. Program Category Under which Support is Requested: Dance / Music IV 7 Period of Support Requested: From December 1 2017 Starting Amount of Grant Requested Through_ Ending $7,300 February 28, 2018 Total Organizational Budget for current fiscal year $16,500 (Not applicable to schools) Percent of total Organization Budget Requested. 44 fT7 rr' c rTi c.n C.4 c~� w cn V. Project Description /Need Statement Doundounba is a traditional west african rhythm and dance known as the dance of the strong man. It is a dance that showcase the heritage and culture of Africans and African Americans, and the values of strength, agility, vitality, community, communication, creativity, and wholistic health. This dance was known to be used as a way to resolve conflict and disagreements in the village or with neighboring tribes in the Great Mali Empire of West Africa. The 1 st Annual Ultimate Doundounba Experience San Bernardino is an invitational competition hosted by San Bernardino performing arts group Umoja Ensemble of the Inland Empire (UEIE) and FLO Motion of Riverside. Dance companies from across the state will be invited to San Bernardino Valley College's Auditorium where they will showcase their Doundounba to guest judges who will calculate a set of standards to determine the best performance. The top performing group will be awarded the grand prize as well as the title San Bernardino Ultimate Doundounba. There will be a $10 ticket charge for adults. Children eighteen and under will be admitted free of charge. The program will also feature guest performances from the Umoja Ensemble of the Inland Empire (UEIE), FLO Motion, and the youth group from The Sesh Project at Anne Shirrells Park Community Center. Moreover, the project provides San Bernardino residence access to this traditional art form, as well as establishes an annual event that brings these artists to San Bernardino, specifically Valley College. The educational component is built into the program. The feature performance will also include a lecture demonstration with audience participation, educating the audience about the cultural context of Doundounba, the various West African percussion instruments used, and dance movements associated with the rhythm. Several audience members will be brought on stage to demonstrate playing the instruments, as well as dance. The remaining audience members will participate in the lecture demonstration by clapping drum rhythms and doing dance moves while standing in front of their chairs. The local business partnership will be with World Seafood Restaurant on Highland and Medical Center Dr. They will provide a %10 discount advertisement in the production program as well as display promotional flyers. Makeda (Clydean Parker) Kumasi has been providing arts education and entertainment in the Inland Empire for over a decade. Currently, she is a lecturer in the Department of Dance at the University of California, Riverside and a small business owner in San Bernardino with WE 3 PRODUCTIONS. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Theater from the University of Southern California and a Master in Education from the University of Phoenix. Ms. Kumasi has over 20 years experience performing with Southern California African Dance ensembles that have toured nationally and internationally, and is the founder and artistic director of the Umoja Ensemble of the Inland Empire an arts group with a mission to help restore, repair, and regenerate the physical, psychological and spiritual health of the populations we serve, through the preservation, practice, and presentation of African Arts. She has been an advocate for Pan African Arts Education teaching Fine Arts at charter schools, summer programs and community classes and organizing stage productions in San Bernardino and the Inland Empire in general. As director, she will coordinate invitations to various African Dance companies and guest judges in December 2017, set the standard judging criteria, as well as organize the February 2018 production program. We The People Cultural Dance Center (WTPCDC) will be the fiscal sponsor of the project. Founder and Artistic Director, Lori Heyes is a lecturer at Moreno Valley and San Bernardino Valley Colleges, and is Director of the Dance Department for Inland Conservatory for the Performing Arts in Ontario, as well as founder and Artistic Director of FLO Motion. She holds an Master of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of California, Riverside. WTPCDC's goal is to make fine arts accessible to families with school age children. Their mission is to increase community awareness, appreciation and respect for cultural commonalities of world artistic expressions displayed through dance and music. WTPCDC's greatest community impact has been through an 8 year running Annual Drum, Mask & Dance Festival. For more than 14 years we have been providing cultural fine arts education and engaging over 100,000 people throughout Riverside and San Bernardino counties in classes, workshops, performances, lecture demonstrations and community festivals. There is a void of African arts in the San Bernardino area. This program will help fill the void of activities that target African American families and other San Bernardino residents that have an interest in traditional and contemporary African arts. Specifically, the target population includes underserved and low income African and African American families of San Bernardino County. This is a population of whom 1/3 have weight related health risks and inclining cases of mental health disorders, as well as representing over 35% of the people living on or below poverty income (San Bernardino County 2014 Community Indicator Report). Furthermore the program aims to serve as a conduit for the transmission of the positive mental and physical health values, norms and practices that are based in African heritage and culture. Moreover, it adds to the multi- cultural activities available to the community at large. A grant from the San Bernardino Fine Arts Commission will help fund marketing and printing expenses, guest judge honorariums, facility rental, Technical staff fees, performer compensation, as well as production catering and other miscellaneous expenses. VI. Realistic number of persons expected to benetit trom this program. a) Number of persons paid by attendance 400 b) Number of persons admitted by no fee 275 c) Number of classes and /or performances scheduled /length of display 1 performance d) Total attending classes /performances /displays /exhibits VII. Intended Results: 675 Target Groups) Community Time Frame Dec. 2017 - Feb. 2018 Number of 1 performance performances /classes, exhibits Anticipated maximum 25 youth participants audience, 650 audience participants, etc. VIII. Project Budget What are the project expenses, and how much is requested from the Fine Arts Commission (FAQ? Line Item Expenses Brief Description of each line item Total Budget per line -item for this project Total amount requested from FAC Technical Services Director / Stage Manager & Staff 2900 1900 Professional Fees Guest Performers / Judges / Grant Coordinator 4900 2600 Grand Prize winning ensemble purse 500 500 Promotion and Marketing design, advertisements flyers and invitational mailings 2000 1000 Venue rental fees 1000 1000 Misc. catering, postage, other 500 300 TOTAL EXPENSES AND AMOUNT REQUESTED 11,800 7,300 What are other sources of funding for this project? Grants, Contributions. Revenue (such as ticket sales. etr_1 Name of funding source Amount committed to this project Ticket Sells 3,100 In Kind Donation 1,400 TOTAL AMOUNT 4,500 10 ix. Future Objectives The Ultimate Doundounba will be an annual invitation competition. The anticipation is that the popularity of the production will grow creating an interest for continued participation by perfromance ensembles and San Bernadino residence as audience members. It will also foster creativity within the genre as well as provide a performance venue for students of The Sesh Project at Anne Shirelles Park. 11 X. Provide a brief history /background of your organization /school project (s). (What you have done before in this category of the arts. For almost two decades WE 3 PRODUCTIONS (WE 3) has offered a variety of workshops, performances and productions of West African Dance and various Pan African Arts. Our productions have been sought out by public and private institutions including the San Bernardino Public Library, Mt. San Antonio College, Mt. San Jacinto College, University of California Channel Island, Loma Linda African Network, The African Fire Fighters in Benevolent Association of Los Angeles, Rivers Run Deep Institute, We the People Cultural Dance Center of Riverside, Girl Scouts of America, San Bernardino Black Chamber of Commerce, and United Nations of Consciousness at Anne Sherilles Park in San Bernardino. We The People Cultural Dance Center ( WTPCDC) has reached more than 100,000 people within the last ten years through its community based activities including classes, workshops, performances, lecture demonstrations and an eight year running Annual Drum, Mask & Dance Festival in Riverside County. In 2014 WTPCDC collaborated with WE 3 on "Exploring African Expressions; A Dance and Drum Project ", summer classes held in San Bernardino. Winter of 2015 the artistic collaboration continued as they produced "I Know Women; Soliloquies of Feminine Comprehensions ", a multi media production funded by a grant from The Community Foundation of Riverside. The production collaboration "I Know Women..." featured professional, semi - professional, and student performers. The production was a culmination of community drum and dance classes, as well as a writer's workshop that encouraged the development of personal experience scripts of Inland Empire residents. This program engaged approximately 425 Inland Empire Residents in Pan African and Multi Media Art. Both performances had standing room only audiences at the University of California, Riverside's Barbara and Culver Center for the Arts. Xl. Attach a copy of your last fiscal year financial report, audited or unaudited. This does not apply to schools or parks. Failure to submit this will result in rejection of your application. CERTIFICATION: Project Officer: Lori Haves 'Title President Telephone No: Cell Phone No.: 951 - 751 -3077 Date 2 -15 -2017 Email Address: 2dancinfeet @gmail.com or Idismuke @sbccd.cc.ca.us 12 WTPCDC FINANCIAL STATEMENT FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2015 - JUNE 30, 2016 EXPENSE MARKETING TRAVEL LICENSE(S) BANKING FEES OFFICE SUPPLIE! RENTALS PROGRAM SUPPI. FOOD PROGRAM STAFF VIDEOGRAPHY TOTAL EXPENSE REVENU' BANK BALANCE CASH DONATION' GRANT DONATIO IN KIND DONATIC TOTAL REVENUE SURPLUS (DEFIC 1 1,400.00 ,175.00 $235.00 $144.00 $850.00 ,520.00 ',075.00 $300.00 ,900.00 $500.00 $35.00 $600.00 ,000.00 ,500.00 135.00 $36.00 List Board of Directors and Officers (does not apply to parks and schools) (Include names, addresses, and telephone numbers.) Lori Hayes, President Yvonne Choyce, Vice President Clydean (Makeda Kumasi) Parker, Secretary Valerie Pichon, Treasurer 13