Who We Support

Below is a list of organizations and artists that have received support from the Arts Council through grants, scholarships or the workplace giving program.   

2011 Arts Council Silicon Valley Grantee List

• Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose, San Jose
• Academic Film Archive of North America, San Jose
• Afsaneh Art and Culture Society , San Jose
• American Beethoven Society, San Jose
• Arab Film Festival - San Jose, San Jose
• Art Docents of Los Gatos, Los Gatos
• Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos
• Arts Action 21,Sunnyvale
• Bay Area Glass Institute,San Jose
• Bay Choral Guild, Los Altos
• Break Through The Static (for Palo Alto project), San Francisco
• Bus Barn Stage Company, Los Altos
• California Bach Society, Palo Alto
• Cambodian Cultural Dance Troupe, San Jose
• Capriccio Music, Mountain View
• Center for Literary Arts, San Jose
• Children’s Musical Theater San Jose, San Jose
• Cinequest Film Festival, San Jose
• City Lights Theatre Company of San Jose, San Jose
• City of Cupertino/Free Shakespeare in the Park, Cupertino
• Community School of Music & Arts, Mountain View
• Cupertino-Toyokawa Sister City Committee, Cupertino
• Dancing Sun Foundation, San Jose
• David Perez (Spoken Word), Campbell
• de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara
• Dragon Productions, Palo Alto
• El Camino Youth Symphony, Palo Alto
• Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino
• Festival Theatre Ensemble, Los Gatos
• Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra, San Jose
• Gilroy Arts Alliance, Gilroy
• International Russian Music Piano Competition, San Jose
• Ives Quartet, Palo Alto
• Kaisahan of San Jose Dance Company, San Jose
• Karen Gabay (Choreography), San Jose
• Kurosawa Piano Music Foundation, San Jose
• MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura, San Jose
• Margaret Wingrove Dance Company, San Jose
• Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga
• Music for Minors, Mountain View
• Nakayoshi Gakko, Mountain View
• Nova Vista Symphony, Sunnyvale
• Oriki Theater, Mountain View
• Pacific Art League, Palo Alto
• Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto
• Palo Alto Art Center Foundation, Palo Alto
• Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, Palo Alto
• Palo Alto Philharmonic Association, Palo Alto
• Peninsula Clef Hangers, Palo Alto
• Peninsula Symphony, Los Altos
• Peninsula Women’s Chorus, Palo Alto
• Peninsula Youth Theatre, Mountain View
• PJ Hirabayashi (Music Performance), San Jose
• Poetry Center San Jose, San Jose
• Quadre - The Voice of Four Horns, Mountain View
• Rainbow Women's Chorus, San Jose
• Renegade Theatre Experiment, San Jose
• Russian House Kedry, San Jose
• San Jose Chamber Music Society, San Jose
• San Jose Chamber Orchestra,San Jose
• San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose
• San Jose Jazz, San Jose
• San Jose Multicultural Artists Guild, San Jose
• San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose
• San Jose Stage Company, San Jose
• San Jose Taiko, San Jose
• San Jose Youth Symphony, San Jose
• San Khau Viet Cali Performing Arts Group, Milpitas
• Santa Clara Chorale, Santa Clara
• Schola Cantorum, Mountain View
• SCVPAA/Mission Chamber Orchestra, San Jose
• Shady Shakespeare Theatre Company, Santa Clara
• Shannon Amidon (Photography), San Jose
• Silicon Valley Ai Yue Chorus, Cupertino
• Silicon Valley Faces, San Jose
• Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival, Cupertino
• sjDANCEco, San Jose
• South Bay Guitar Society, San Jose
• South Valley Quilt Association, Morgan Hill
• St. Paul’s Creative Arts Project for Youth, San Jose
• Stanford Jazz Workshop, Stanford
• Stanford Lively Arts, Stanford
• Sunset Concerts at St. Luke’s Project Committee, Los Gatos
• Teatro Vision de San Jose, San Jose
• Terry Berlier (Sculpture), La Honda
• TheatreWorks, Palo Alto
• Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara
• United Nations Association Film Festival,Stanford
• Winchester Orchestra of San Jose, San Jose
• Yuva Bharati, Palo Alto
• Zohar Dance Company, Palo Alto

2011 Scholarships Provided by Applied Materials Technical Support Grants

• 18 people received National Arts Marketing Program (NAMP) Conference scholarships
• 2 people received  Arts Advocacy Day scholarships
• 4 people received Arts in Healthcare scholarships

2009 - 2010 Workplace Giving Fundraising Recipients

• Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose
• African American Community Service Agency
• Arab Film Festival
• Art Docents of Los Gatos
• Arte Flamenco de San Jose
• Association for Viet Arts
• Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley
• Bay Area Glass Institute
• Bus Barn Stage Company
• Calaveras Repertory Theatre
• California Youth Symphony
• Cambodian Cultural Dance Troupe
• Cantonese Opera Association - SV
• Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Iris & B Gerald
• Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose
• Children's Musical Theatre San Jose
• Chinese Moon Festival Committee
• Cinequest
• City Lights Theater Company of San Jose
• Community School of Music & Art
• Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County
• Dancing Sun Foundation
• de Saisset Museum, SCU
• El Camino Youth Symphony
• Evergreen Balvihar, Inc.
• Filipino American Association of Milpitas
• Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra
• Flamenco Society of No. CA in San Jose
• Gutairs Not Guns
• History San Jose
• Hiyas Philippine Folkdance Company
• Kaisahan of San Jose Dance Company
• Los Lupenos de San Jose
• MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana
• Mariachi San Jose
• Mexican Heritage Corporation of San Jose
• Milpitas Alliance for the Arts
• Mission Chamber Orchestra Performing Arts Assoc.
• Montalvo Center for the Arts
• Music for Minors
• Nakayoshi Gakko
• Northside Theatre Company San Jose
• Nova Vista Symphony Assoc., Inc.
• Opera San Jose
• Oriki Theater
• Palo Alto Art Center Foundation
• Peninsula Clef Hangers
• Peninsula Youth Theatre
• Poetry Center San Jose
• Quadre - The Voice of Four Horns
• Raices de Mexico
• San Jose Chamber Music Society
• San Jose Chamber Orchestra
• San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
• San Jose Jazz
• San Jose Multicultural Artists Guild
• San Jose Museum of Art
• San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
• San Jose Repertory Theatre
• San Jose Stage Company
• San Jose Symphonic Choir
• San Jose Taiko
• San Jose Youth Symphony
• Santa Clara Chorale
• Schola Cantorum
• Shady Shakespeare Theatre Company
• Shri Krupa Dance Company of San Jose
• Silicon Valley Ai-Yue Chorus
• Silicon Valley Gay Men's Chorus
• sjDANCEco
• South Valley Youth Orchestra
• Stanford Jazz Workshop
• Symphony Silicon Valley
• Tapestry Arts
• Teatro Vision de San Jose
• Tezkatlipoka Aztec Dance
• The Choral Project
• The Oshman Family
• The Tech Museum
• TheatreWorks
• Vietnamese Goodwill Group of Vovinam Viet-Vo-Dao
• Winchester Orchestra of San Jose
• Wings of 100 Viet Dance Company
• WORKS/San Jose
• Young Audiences of Northern California
• Zer01 San Jose
• Zohar Dance Company