1 CITY OF CHULA VISTA 2026 PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS Amarte: Healing through Art
A workshop series using artistic expression to support
emotional well-being. The project is designed to provide therapeutic and accessible spaces for healing,
reflection, and creative practice, using tools such as
journaling, painting, collage, or guided writing exercises.
Designed for all skill levels, participants can engage and create something meaningful through art.
Award: $6,000
Teaching Artist Fees, Art Supplies, and Promotion
Out of the Studio Open Walls: A Day of Creative
Expression and Public Art
A participatory public art installation that transforms an open outdoor space into a temporary, community-driven
graffiti and mural environment. Located at Casa
Casillas, this project will be an accessible, walk-through installation where participants can actively engage in
collaborative art-making.
Award: $6,000
Artist Fees and Art Supplies
Public Commons Brass Ensemble Performances
A four-concert outdoor brass ensemble program
presented by Westwind Brass at public parks
throughout Chula Vista during summer and
fall 2026. Each concert features a professional brass
quintet performing classical, Latin, jazz, American
songbook, and contemporary arrangements — curated
to reflect Chula Vista's diverse cultural heritage and
engage audiences of all ages.
Award: $6,000
Musician Fees and Promotion
Roots & Blossoms
Student-led public art exhibit featuring original artwork and artists' statements by first-generation, low-income Latinx high school students, who will create original
artwork exploring cultural identity, belonging, and self- expression. The student artists will receive structured arts mentorship, participate in monthly pathway
workshops, and develop written artists’ statements that tell the story behind their work.
Award: $6,000
Art Supplies and Promotion
Un Día de Muertos: To Be Everywhere and for
Everyone
The San Diego Museum of Art will develop a community
engagement project centered on the creation of large-
scale Day of the Dead altar installations by students
from the Chula Vista Elementary School District. The
installations will be displayed at Casa Casillas and
Chula Vista City Hall, where they will be free and open to the public throughout November 2026.
Award: $6,000
Artist Fees and Art Supplies