Children
Mass Creativity
THINK. PLAY. COMUNIDAD.
T
he New Children’s Museum
downtown is expanding its
community outreach and
engagement to include three
efforts designed to impact
local communities and stimulate, cultivate
and nurture creativity. “ Now in its sixth year, our Mass Creativity
program has touched the lives of more than
13,000 children and their families,” Tomoko
Kuta, Deputy Museum Director shared with
Giving Back Magazine. “Its success has
enabled us to secure funding and expand
our reach into the community.”
Mass Creativity offers collaboratively-
designed art workshops throughout the
County and culminates in a free all-day
festival at the Museum. This year’s partners
include the Barrio Logan College Institute,
Casa Familiar, The San Diego LGBT Center,
Skyline Hills Branch Library (in partnership
with Asian Pacific Islander American
Community Actions (APICA) and Made in
Paradise Hills), Solutions for Change, South
Bay Community Services and the Southern
Sudanese Community Center. Mass
Creativity Day is June 23. Funding for Mass Creativity is provided
in part by the City of San Diego, Cox
Communications, The Hearst Foundations,
Las Patronas, One San Diego, Darlene
Shiley, Southwest Airlines and U.S. Bank.
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Mi Familia, Mi Historia is a collaboration
with Casa Familiar and UCSD’s Institute
of Arts and Humanities, engaging Latino/a
families, including underserved families. The
program offers creative activities that revolve
around oral history, family stories and
narrative art-making. Funding is provided
in part by California Humanities, a nonprofit
partner of the National Endowment for the
Humanities, The Hearst Foundations and
Darlene Shiley.
Comunidad is a two-year program that
builds on Mass Creativity with increased
creative activities and professional
development opportunities. Comunidad
includes Casa Familiar and South Bay
Community Services during its first year,
and Barrio Logan College Institute and the
Southern Sudanese Community Center
in its second year. Funding was provided
by the Institute of Library and Museum
Services (IMLS), The Hearst Foundations
and Darlene Shiley.
The New Children’s Museum is an arts-
based children’s museum focused on early
learning through exposure to art and play.
Part of the San Diego community since
1983, the Museum is celebrating its 35th
year in San Diego and its 10th year as The
New Children’s Museum.