The Oak Cliff Coalition for the Arts (OCCA) is a multi-disciplinary arts organization, founded in 1993. OCCA has produced many programs and special events that are community-inspired and community-driven and has been a leader in arts advocacy for artists and arts organizations for thirty years. OCCA has been instrumental in bringing the literary arts to the forefront with their Voces/Voices Chapbook & Lit Seminar, offering bilingual writer's workshops and publishing an annual chapbook. Voces recently expanded their repertoire to include the Calaveras literarias or calaveritas, traditional Day of the Dead satirical poems. OCCA also launched the Vocecitas/Little Voices Lit Youth Program, which focuses on reading, writing, and publishing. The participants select books to read and discuss literary themes with a teacher guiding them using TEKS standards. The student will write a story, and finally, create a chapito zine. Students will keep the books and zines for sharing with family and growing their home library. For more information visit www.oakcliffart.org.
Oak Cliff Coalition for the Arts promotes the arts and education for all, enriching lives across ethnic, social and economic backgrounds.
OCCA established the Vocecitas/Little Voices - Reading Writing, & Publishing to provide opportunities for youth to learn and create through reading, writing, and publishing/making chapitos (little chapbooks or zines).
Vocecitas/Little Voices is in its 3rd year, offering free registration. OCCA is focused on expanding the Vocesitas/Little Voices - Reading, Writing, & Publishing Chapitos and needs funds ($5,000) for the following:
1) fund a part-time art & education director/teacher
2) include youths from 8 thru 17
3. purchase books for reading and discussing literary themes, following TEKS standards
3A. Each participant will receive one or more books to keep and share with their family.
4. purchase writing supplies
5. funds for printing the chapitos/zines (little chapbooks), each writer/participant will be able to publish their works in their chapbook, as well as publish their work(s) in the anthology chapbook (zines will be created individually)
6. funds for a venue to hold the reading, writing, and publishing workshops
7. host a reading with Q&A and book signing.
OCCA believes in being fair and impartial in its operations and in producing and presenting arts and education programs, pursuant to their mission of providing arts and education for all. OCCA's programs and special events celebrates and welcomes people of all cultural background, language, ethnicity, sex, nationality, age, economic status, sexual orientation, gender/gender identity, religion, and ability.
OCCA welcomes all people to participate, create, experience, and share in all programs.
Organization name
Oak Cliff Coalition for the Arts
other names
Vocecitas / Little Voices
Causes
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Operating Budget
Less than $100,000
Counties Served
Dallas
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latinx, Native American
Equity Statement
Equity Statement
Address
529 Hoel Drive