About Us

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To facilitate and advocate Vallejo community participation in the Arts,
including the promotion of the rich history of the Arts in Vallejo, the
development of educational programs and support for Vallejo Arts
organizations, and the celebration of our unique cultural diversity
through the expressions of Art.

Who we are

The Vallejo Community Arts Foundation (VCAF) was founded as a California
Public Benefit Corporation in 1991. The primary objectives and purposes
of VCAF are to promote and enhance public awareness, appreciation, and
participation in community arts programs; to hold fund-raising
campaigns, social events, and community programs to promote arts and
cultural facilities; to manage the receipt of funds from the City of
Vallejo for allocation to cultural and arts programs; to be responsible
for the overall management and funding of designated community arts
facilities; and to raise and disburse funds for community arts programs
and facilities.

Board of Trustees

Timothy MacDonald, President

Raymond Victor Mommsen, Vice President

Kerry Benthall, Treasurer

Secretary (Currently Vacant)

Lenard East, Frank Malifrando, Darrell Edwards, Susan MacDonald, Marlene Bremer, Members
At Large

Parliamentarian (Currently Vacant)

City Council Liaison - Marti Brown

What we do

The Arts Foundation is committed to arts education for children and
adults and produces programs to support this commitment. We continue to
improve our Summer Arts Camp for children, Post-Kindergarten ? Sixth
Grade, (ages 6-12,) increasing its length to four weeks, and deepening
its curriculum. This has been met with great appreciation and support
from the community. The courses are taught by local professional
artists, with arts assistants to ensure one on one attention to the
children. Such classes as ceramics, African dancing, abstract drawing
and painting and a Community Mosaic Art Project are included in this
years? program. We offer the Summer Arts Camp for $110 per week per
child. Some scholarships are available to make sure low-income children
from our community can attend. Click here for the Summer Arts Camp
Registration Form <pdf/summercamp.pdf>.

The Vallejo Community Arts Foundation (VCAF) is the manager and operator
of the historic Empress Theatre, a mixed-use performing arts center. The
Empress Theatre is key to the revitalization of historic downtown
Vallejo and a cornerstone to the overall downtown/waterfront development
master plan. VCAF worked with the City of Vallejo and Triad Communities,
LLP in an historic public-private-nonprofit partnership to develop the
Empress Theatre.

The Empress fills the existing need for a venue in Vallejo that will
serve as a performing arts center and movie house. The primary goal of
the Downtown Master Plan is to incorporate mixed land uses which are
pedestrian-friendly and allow the downtown and the waterfront to evolve
into the social, cultural, recreational and entertainment hub of the
City of Vallejo.

The Arts in Vallejo

# Empress Theatre <http://www.empresstheatre.org/>
# Vallejo Music Theatre <http://www.vallejomusictheatre.org/>
# Mira Theatre Guild <http://www.miratheatreguild.org/>
# Vallejo Symphony <http://www.vallejosymphony.org/>
# Vallejo Waterfront Artists <http://vallejowaterfrontartists.org/vwa/>

The Arts Foundation provides support to the following groups by offering
office and meeting space, exhibitions and general support.

# Vallejo Cultural Commission
# Soroptimists International of Vallejo
# Vallejo Sierra Club
# Solano JFK Library
<http://www.solanolibrary.com/locations/branch.cfm?id=1114>
# Vallejo Artists' Guild <http://vallejoart.org/>
# Darkroom Productions <http://darkroomarts.com/>

How you can participate

It is through the generosity of our donors that the Vallejo Community
Arts Foundation is able to offer a wide range of diverse cultural and
educational programs to benefit our community. There are varied levels
of sponsorship for both individual and business donors, as well as ways
to sponsor specific programs. Please visit our?Donor?
<donors.shtml>link on the home page for more information.

There are many volunteer opportunities with the Vallejo Community Arts
Foundation, including:

* Summer Arts Camp classroom assistant
* A number of volunteer needs at the historic Empress Theatre
* Major and minor carpentry
* General administrative support
* Serving on special event committees
* Public relations activities
* Board Membership