Art and Culture Center of Hollywood facts for kids
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| Established | 1975 |
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| Location | 1650 Harrison Street, Hollywood, Florida, United States |
| Type | Art museum |
The Art and Culture Center/Hollywood is a fun place for arts in Hollywood, Florida. You can find it at 1650 Harrison Street in Broward County. It started in 1975 as the only non-profit group for visual arts in south Broward County. Back then, it was in a small community space on Hollywood beach.
Today, the Center has art galleries in the old Kagey Home, which was built in 1924. It also has an Arts School next to the main building. Plus, there's a big theater with 500 seats in downtown Hollywood.
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Discover Arts Education
The Center offers many exciting art classes for young people. These classes connect art to other school subjects like math, science, reading, and history. This helps students from pre-kindergarten to high school see how art can be part of everything they learn.
Some popular programs include the Summer Arts Camp and the Arts Aspire leadership program. They also have Free Arts! Family Days, where everyone can enjoy art together. Other programs are the Distance Learning Arts Studio, Stage Kids – Encore, ARTastic Collaborations, and Early Voices. In 2016, the Center won an ArtsEd Forever! award for its great work in arts education.
Exciting Future Plans
In March 2019, the City of Hollywood set aside $2.5 million for the Center. This money is for a project called Arts Ignite! It will help expand the Center's buildings in two steps. Construction for a new Arts Education building is planned to start in 2021. This new building will be right next to the historic Kagey Home.
Through all its programs and buildings, the Center creates a special place for art. It helps new and interesting art ideas grow. They have art shows and activities that show off amazing talent and different cultures.
History of the Center's Building
The main building of the Art and Culture Center is the historic Kagey Home. It was built in 1924. This house has many features similar to Joseph Young's house on Hollywood Boulevard.
The area that is now the main art gallery used to be a beautiful garden. You can still see the fountain there! The office for the Executive Director was once the main bedroom. The library used to be the living room, and its original fireplace is still there.
In the 1930s, a factory owner who made Brillo pads owned the home. In the 1940s, some people say it was a secret gambling place. Later, in the 1950s, the Foster family lived there. In 1960, the Fosters turned the house into a funeral home. They made the house much bigger, doubling its size to 12,000 square feet. It became the Johnson-Foster Funeral Home.
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The Art and Culture Center building today.
