Needs
Funding to expand current programs and seek new opportunities, including the Four Freedoms Youth Arts Competition.
The Crocker Art Museum and the VITA Academy host a competition for students ages 12-20 to share their artistic visions of The Four Freedoms, outlined by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and memorialized in the famous Rockwell illustrations.
Freedom of Speech • Freedom from Want • Freedom of Worship • Freedom from Fear
The competition is open to students in Northern California and includes students who are enrolled in public schools, private schools and home school. Students are invited to create a broad re-imaging of the Four Freedoms reflecting greater cultural, religious, ethnic and gender diversity.
Funds are needed for prize money for the young artists and honoraria for teaching artists mentors.
Other VITA programs include the Great Composers Chamber Music Series, Youth Chamber Music Workshops and CalCap Chamber Music Workshop.
Additional funding is needed to meet the basic needs of insurance and supplies to empower us to focus on dynamic programs.
We are a volunteer organization and welcome those who would like to join in our efforts.