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- EIN 16-1767852
- (210) 383-9723
- 2803 Fredericksburg Road San Antonio TX 78201 USA
- www.bihlhausarts.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Cultural & Ethnic Awareness
Mission: Bha's mission to -create community through the arts" is at the heart of its three core programs, which are: (1) the go arts program (f. 2007) employs the arts to create community among seniors living in affordable housing or participating in activities at city-operated senior centers. Go arts currently serves 400+ seniors/week at 17 senior communities in 9 of 10 city council districts. It received national council on aging's 2013 award for the program at the lopez senior center. Ongoing uthscsa/utsa research validates its therapeutic effects and high quality. (2) the gallery series features 6-7 art exhibits/year (100 to date) plus related programming (poetry/dance/music/theater/lectures), most free and open to the public. Programming addresses a wide range of topics (gender, identity, race and ethnicity, and global themes like nuclear power and climate change) presented by a diverse community of artists. And (3) the annual on & off fredericksburg road art studio tour (f. 2008) employs
Direct beneficiaries per year: 1000 older adults
Programs: The mission of Bihl Haus Arts-creating community through the arts-is founded on the belief that each person, when given a chance, will achieve significant personal, social and cultural growth through the arts. To support our mission, Bihl Haus Arts: nurtures and promotes the work of diverse visual and cultural artists in San Antonio, TX; fosters artistic excellence and intergenerational and multicultural understanding and awareness; builds collaborations with other cultural and social service organizations to maximize access to collective resources; and creates community between older adults and veterans enrolled in Bihl Haus Arts classes, area established and emerging artists, members of surrounding neighborhoods, and the global art culture. Founded in 2005, Bihl Haus Arts is perhaps the only non-profit professional art gallery on the premises of 100% senior affordable housing in the United states. The gallery occupies a renovated historic building at Primrose at Monticello Park Senior Apartments. Bihl Haus Arts serves diverse economically disadvantaged populations in underserved neighborhoods targeted by the city for revitalization. Bihl haus Arts is staffed by the 20-member volunteer docent committee, many of whom reside at Primrose. Most events are conducted in the gallery, which also serves as a classroom for GO! Arts, begun in 2007. BIhl Haus Arts, has produced non-stop, diverse, critically acclaimed cultural programming developed with input from local arts experts and enriched by community collaborations. Bihl Haus Arts began receiving ongoing operating support from the City of San Antonio's Department for Arts and Culture in 2013 and the Department of Human Services in 2015, and from the Texas Commission on the Arts in 2015. Local support has also come from the Kronkosky, Genevieve and Ward Orsinger, Shield-Ayres, and WellMed Charitable Foundations, among others.