Starting Arts is proud to be the Managing Director for the Shared Arts Center of San Jose, initially sharing the space with four nonprofit arts organizations. And this is just the beginning!
Designed to promote artistic cross-pollination and a sharing of resources, the Shared Arts Center will be accessible to additional partners in the arts ecosystem who are interested in creating a community hub that provides safe, high-quality arts programming and performances in an inclusive, supportive artistic community.
Shared Arts Center Partners
Playful People Productions (PPP) fosters a positive, inclusive, and family-focused theater environment in the South Bay that provides children, youth, and their families with positive experiences in all aspects of theatre.
Core Programming for families and children ages 4 to 104:
- After-school programs.
- Classes.
- Summer stock/camps.
- Internships.
ArtHouse Studio helps level the playing field through the power of creativity and innovation.
Core Programming:
- In-school programs from transitional kindergarten–12th grade (80% Title I schools)
- Mental health resource programming and training in schools.
- Professional Development and mental health events for adults, students and free art events to
the public. - Youth art exhibits/public digital projections.
Silicon Valley Shakespeare (SVS) invigorates the classics by providing our community with innovative, economically equitable, and professionally oriented theatre experiences.
Core Programming:
- Shakespeare San José – 3 weeks of free Shakespeare in the Park in Willow Glen.
- Shakespeare at Sanborn Park – 6 weeks, 2 plays under the stars in Saratoga.
- Montalvo Arts Center – an immersive holiday production in Saratoga.
- New Works – a 48-hour Play Festival (8 new Shakespearean plays written, rehearsed, and performed in just 1 weekend); plus world premieres of other classics-inspired plays.
- ShakesBEERience – 3 one-night “a pub, a pint, and a play” performances of a Shakespeare play, with the drinks flowing at ComedySportz San José.
- Shakespeare Camp – 2 weeks at San José History Park resulting in a youth performance of an abridged Shakespeare play.
- In-school Workshops – a wide range of theatrical training for elementary through high schools throughout Silicon Valley.
Los Lupeños de San José is committed to sustaining the preservation, presentation, and education of Mexican folk culture through dance.
Core Programming:
- Dance Company Los Lupeños de San José rehearses and performs throughout the year in large and small, public, and private venues.
- Dance Company Los Lupeños Juvenil rehearses and performs throughout the year and has invited guests for SJ Dance Co. and New Ballet performances.
- Los Lupeños Academy offers four sessions of ten-weeks, each with 9 to 12 classes that range from Baila y Canta (a toddler + parents introduction to song, movement, & rhythm) to Advanced Adults (a fast paced class run like a company rehearsal).
- Artist Exchange projects range from short visits from regional master instructors to one-month residencies of renowned researchers/choreographers. In addition, we continue our five-decade long legacy of sending dancers on experiential dance research projects to different parts of México.