Muckenthaler Cultural Center Foundation
PROGRAMS
Arts Education and Outreach Classes
The Muckenthaler provides a variety of visual and performing arts classes for our children, seniors and adults in subjects such as ceramics, drawing and painting, book making, animation, puppetry, theater, music production, and poetry. We won an award from the Superintendent of Public Education for our STEAM (Arts with STEM) programs which include Photography/Photoshop, Painting/Manga Studio, Clay Modeling/3D Modeling, Fabric Arts/e-design software, and more. We also partner with local hospitals, shelters and social service agencies to provide arts education outreach classes to under served populations such as homeless, refugee and foster care children; teen mothers; and children facing domestic violence.
We hope to be a provider of arts classes with VAPA Standards based curricula to under served and at risk populations who may otherwise never be exposed to the arts. There is a compendium of research that demonstrates the beneficial effects of arts education. According to the Americans for the Arts (2002), arts education “stimulates and develops the imagination and critical thinking, and refines cognitive and creative skills; and has a tremendous impact on the developmental growth of every child and has proven to help level the learning field across socio-economic boundaries”; among other benefits. Our long term success will be embedded in the individuals, who's long term success is aided by our efforts.
Performances, Festivals, and Exhibits
We produce performances every Thursday night February-November and 5 free family festivals throughout the year. We have a variety of fun, eclectic, and entertaining performances such as a Jazz Festival, a Hometown Heroes series which features local performers, and a Virtuoso Block which brings the greatest artists in the world to our doorstep. Among our annual FREE festivals are The Silk Road Unity Festival which celebrates al the cultures along the ancient trade route, and our Ambiente event which provides an unique and enhanced version of the traditional Dia De Los Muertos celebrations. Bring your family to any of our free festivals to enjoy free art workshops, a children's play area, an arts and crafts vendors faire, and historic home and gallery tours.
Through our performances, festivals and exhibits we hope to reach All of Fullerton. We hope that ultimately the composition of our patrons will look like the demographics of Fullerton: 40% Latino, 40% White, and 20% Korean and other Asian groups.
Arts in Corrections
The Muck brings to arts into four southern California prisons, and into facilities for parolees and incarcerated youth. With the goal of teaching expression and self worth along with the artistic skills, our offerings include African drumming, Hip Hop Dance, and Storytelling.
We have seen success both anecdotally, as students recount their growth, and in the lowered recidivism rates.
CONTACT
Muckenthaler Cultural Center Foundation
1201 W Malvern Avenue
Fullerton, CA 92833
Phone: 714-738-6595