Un Mar de Colores · Encinitas, CA
Quarterly workshops and summer artist residencies center Indigenous, Latino, and Chicano coastal voices — all free.
Un Mar de Colores ofrece cultural arts & storytelling gratuitas para jóvenes de Encinitas de All ages años, directamente en la costa de Encinitas. Sirviendo a una comunidad del 28% BIPOC (62,007 residentes), nuestra instrucción se lleva a cabo en Moonlight Beach, Swami's, con entrenadores bilingües certificados y todo el equipo proporcionado. La inscripción prioritaria es para estudiantes de Park Dale Lane Elementary, Capri Elementary, El Camino Creek Elementary.
Quarterly workshops + summer artist residencies · Completamente gratis
Encinitas holds five distinct breaks — Moonlight Beach, Swami's, Beacon's, D Street, and Stone Steps — across Encinitas Union and San Dieguito Union High School District. Our lessons run at Moonlight Beach (with its sheltered lifeguard cove) and Swami's on calmer mornings, with Park Dale Lane and Capri Elementary as our primary Title I partnerships for inland-neighborhood recruitment.
Parents searching cultural arts near Encinitas, CA find paid studio classes first. Un Mar is different: BIPOC-led nonprofit programming with Kumeyaay elders, Chicano surf culture history, and gallery partnerships — not tourist craft afternoons.
Cultural arts integration with watershed education connects Tijuana River stories to visual art — Encinitas students paint, film, and perform environmental justice.
Whether Encinitas is on the coast or on the coast inland, we treat transportation as part of the program — not an extra parents must figure out. That's how you build real access, not marketing copy.
Encinitas's relationship to the Pacific is complicated by history and economics. Our curriculum weaves Kumeyaay coastal stewardship, environmental justice, and culturally grounded instruction into every session — not as an add-on, but as the foundation.
Un Mar's primary Encinitas beginner location. Sheltered cove, year-round lifeguards, and direct access from Encinitas Library classroom programming.
Moonlight Beach is named for its former all-night beach parties in the late 1800s. Today it's Encinitas's primary family beach with a large sand area and protected swim zone.
Used only for intermediate/advanced Surf Athletic Scholarship students. Never a beginner break due to reef bottom.
Swami's is named for the Self-Realization Fellowship gardens on the cliff above. One of the most photographed surf spots in California, featured in the Beach Boys' 'Surfin' USA.'
En asociación con el Encinitas Union School District y organizaciones comunitarias locales, reclutamos jóvenes de 3+ escuelas Título I.
Cultural Arts & Storytelling at Un Mar de Colores is where the surf, the coast, and community narrative meet. Quarterly workshops and summer artist residencies bring together youth, professional artists, and Kumeyaay elders to create work that reflects the living cultural traditions of the California coast. Programs center Indigenous, Latino, and Chicano voices historically marginalized in coastal culture, and every workshop ends with a public exhibition, publication, or film screening that returns the art to the community that made it.
Un Mar is a member of the surf equity ecosystem across California — connected to Surf Justice Collective, Native Like Water, and cross-border watershed coalitions.
“"He used to approach new activities with extreme anxiety — to the point where sometimes we couldn't even get out of the car. Now he goes much deeper into the water."”
Un Mar de Colores Cultural Arts centers Indigenous, Latino, and Chicano voices of the California coast through quarterly workshops and summer artist residencies. Encinitas participants create visual art, poetry, film, and oral tradition work with Kumeyaay elders and professional BIPOC guest artists — all free with supplies included.
Yes — bilingual instruction and materials in English and Spanish. In Encinitas, where 12% of households are Spanish-speaking, artists and elders deliver workshops in both languages.
Yes — every workshop cycle aims toward public exhibition, publication, or film screening. Un Mar partners with local galleries and museums to return Encinitas youth art to the community — not sell it to tourists.
Sí. Todos los programas de Un Mar de Colores en Encinitas son 100% gratuitos. Proporcionamos trajes de neopreno 3/2mm, tablas de surf, transporte desde escuelas asociadas como Park Dale Lane Elementary, Capri Elementary, El Camino Creek Elementary, e instrucción bilingüe certificada. El financiamiento proviene de la San Diego Foundation, subvenciones comunitarias y donantes individuales.
Las lecciones principales se realizan en Moonlight Beach. También usamos Swami's según el nivel del grupo. Todas las sesiones de agua ocurren dentro de las zonas salvavidas de la bandera.
Servimos a jóvenes de All ages años. Nuestra Beca One Ocean cubre las edades 6-12, Ocean Stewards After-School sirve a 13-17, y las Becas Atléticas de Surf están disponibles para jóvenes competitivos a través de nuestras asociaciones con Encinitas Union School District.
Contáctenos a través de nuestra página de contacto. La inscripción prioritaria se otorga a estudiantes de Park Dale Lane Elementary, Capri Elementary, El Camino Creek Elementary y otras escuelas de Título I en Encinitas Union School District. Los grupos de verano suelen llenarse con 3-4 semanas de anticipación.
Support the movement or enroll your youth — Un Mar de Colores is building coastal access for Encinitas families.
Todos los programas de Un Mar de Colores son gratuitos para jóvenes de Encinitas. Contáctanos para inscribirte, hacer voluntariado, o apoyar el movimiento.
Un Mar de Colores es una organización sin fines de lucro 501(c)(3) liderada por personas BIPOC, basada en Oceanside, California. Ofrecemos programación gratuita de surf, océano y educación ambiental para jóvenes en San Diego y Tijuana — conectando culturas, costas y comunidades desde 2018.
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