Limited public awareness of border's impact
on the quality of live in San Diego-Tijuana |
Promotes mis-perceptions about the border impacting
public policy, funding, trade,commerce and tourism |
The San Diego-Tijuana Sister City Society
and Artswalk is promoting binational cultural exchange
and arts organizations such as the San Diego Reperatory Theatre,
with their performances "Border Town" and "Las Californias"
are bringing down the barriers that divide our two communities. The
San Diego based Pacific Rim Foundation, in coordination
with the Universidad Ibero- Americana School of Architecture
and the Rotary Clubs of Mission Valley, Tijuana and
Rosarito Beach, are now raising funds for a Tijuana Pacific Rim Park
to be located near Playas de Tijuana as a symbol of our shared future
in the Pacific Rim. |
Limited arts related educational enrichment programs in Tijuana
public schools as well as San Diego' Latino communities |
Leads to fewer opportunities for youth to express themselves
through art, limiting their creative potential. |
Border Arts Workshop is providing arts educational
enrichment programs in Maclovio Rojas, one of Tijuana's colonias populares.
Mainly Mozart is providing binational music related
educational enrichment. Thanks to the efforts of the San Diego-Tijuana
Sister City Society, ArtsBusExpress is being expanded binationally
to offer arts enrichment opportunities for Tijuana school children.
In San Diego, the San Diego Media Arts Center is
engaging Latino young through media, film and the arts; ¡art
now!/The Voices Project is using contemporary art, technology
and media to engage Southeast San Diego Latino residents in the creative
process of exploring contemporary issues and topics of concern to
them, their families and their neighborhoods. |
| A thriving arts and culture scene is critical
to promote a "creative class" city yet ,for many San Diegans,
Tijuana's creativity quotient is an unknown. |
Under-investment in binational arts and culture
programs that are critical to promoting thriving cross-border arts
culture |
inSITE is bringing artists from
around the world to our border; The San Diego Museum of Contemporary
Art and the San Diego Photography Musuem
have made a commitment to highlighting emerging artists and photographers
from Baja California; the San Diego Opera and Mainly
Mozart are promoting cross-border cultural exchange and enrichment
through music. Tijuana's Culture and Arts Center (CECUT)
is bringing world-class arts and cultural exhibitions and performing
arts programs to our region. |
| Limited special education programs in Tijuana schools. Tijuana
schools, where the arts can offer opportunities for enrichment.
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Leads to otherwise challenged children and adults not fully maximizing
their potential contribution to society and limits the economic independence
that these physically challenged individuals may have. |
Asociación Pro-Autismo, A.C., a nonprofit
organization founded by parents of children with autism, uses arts
and crafts as a part of their educational activities. Taller
Pro-Discapacitados, A.C. (Workshop for the Disabled), works
with all disabled youths and adults including those with Down Syndrome. |