Youth Arts Alive, a free arts education program for Santa Maria youth, returns this summer to the Abel Maldonado Community Youth Center and Grogan Park from June 11 through July 12.
For five weeks, Youth Arts Alive Alive will present 90-minute classes in theater, dance, music, and visual arts taught by local professionals. Classes include drumming with Sean Allen; acoustic music and singing with Laura Ruth; dance with Marilyn Mercado and Teresa McIntyre; theater with Caity Petterson; and visual arts with Laura-Susan Thomas, Susan Manbeian, and Charlene Callahan.
The program culminates in a Fiesta of Performing and Visual Arts on July 13 at 6 p.m. at the Maldonado center, 600 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria. At this celebration, student art will be displayed and there will be student performances.
Youth ages 12 to 17 can register for classes online at youthartsalive.org or in person at the Santa Maria Recreation and Parks building across the street from the Maldonado center. Youth Arts Alive is a project of the Santa Barbara County Action Network (SBCAN), hosted by Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department, and supported by the Fund for Santa Barbara and many local donors. For more information, email info@youthartsalive.org.
This article appears in May 24-31, 2018.