Un Mar de Colores · Spring Valley, CA
Free Poetry, Film & Mural Workshops in Spring Valley
Partnerships with local galleries and museums amplify Spring Valley youth voices beyond the beach.
Un Mar de Colores ofrece cultural arts & storytelling gratuitas para jóvenes de Spring Valley de All ages años, con transporte gratuito de 12 millas desde Spring Valley a nuestras playas de enseñanza. Sirviendo a una comunidad del 79% BIPOC (29,209 residentes), nuestra instrucción se lleva a cabo en OB Pier (13 miles) y Coronado Central (12 miles), con entrenadores bilingües certificados y todo el equipo proporcionado. La inscripción prioritaria es para estudiantes de La Presa Elementary, Loma Elementary, Kempton Street Literacy Academy.
Horario — programa en Spring Valley
Quarterly workshops + summer artist residencies · Completamente gratis
Quizás sientes esto
- —Your child's mural idea about Tijuana River pollution has no wall — no program connected art to environmental justice.
- —Art supplies lists at enrollment always surprise you — another hidden cost stacked on Spring Valley working families.
- —Oral tradition and storytelling aren't in youth programs — your grandparents' coastal memories stay at the dinner table.
Lo que cambia cuando los jóvenes entran al agua
- BIPOC-led arts movement — coastal culture reclaimed by communities who built San Diego shorelines.
- Trauma-informed, welcoming culture for nervous first-time artists from Spring Valley schools.
- Visual arts: painting, mural, and photography workshops with exhibition-ready output.
Por qué operamos este programa en Spring Valley
Spring Valley is 53% Hispanic/Latino and 13% Black — serving one of the most culturally diverse communities in East County. Our cohorts travel from La Presa Elementary and Kempton Street Literacy Academy to OB Pier, with classroom programming anchored at Spring Valley Library. We prioritize this partnership because of the city's distance from the coast and demographic alignment with our mission.
- Población
- 29,209
- Residentes BIPOC
- 79%
- Hogares hispanohablantes
- 45%
- Distancia a la playa
- 12 mi
Cultural Arts & Storytelling en Spring Valley — Lo que debes saber
Coastal storytelling workshops for Spring Valley families integrate oral tradition, Kumeyaay living culture, and barrio poetry — narratives commercial surf media erases for communities where 79% of residents are BIPOC.
Free cultural arts for Spring Valley communities is part of Un Mar's BIPOC-led Cali-Baja movement — coastal culture as community right, not gallery commodity.
Por qué Spring Valley importa para nuestra misión
With 29,209 residents, Spring Valley is one of the communities where a single free surf cohort can change dozens of lives per season. Our shuttles and school partnerships make distance (12 miles inland) a logistics problem we solve, not a barrier families carry alone.
The ocean off Spring Valley belongs to everyone. Un Mar de Colores exists because San Diego has spent decades telling BIPOC youth otherwise — and we're changing that story one cohort at a time.
Socios comunitarios locales en Spring Valley
En asociación con el La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools y organizaciones comunitarias locales, reclutamos jóvenes de 3+ escuelas Título I.
Distrito escolar y escuelas Título I
- La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools
- •La Presa Elementary
- •Loma Elementary
- •Kempton Street Literacy Academy
Socios comunitarios
- ◆La Mesa-Spring Valley School District
- ◆Spring Valley Library
- ◆Grossmont Union High School District
Currículo del programa
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.
- →Coastal storytelling and oral tradition
- →Kumeyaay history and living culture
- →Latino and Chicano surf culture history
- →Visual arts (painting, mural, photography)
- →Poetry and spoken word
- →Film and documentary-making
Qué se incluye — Gratis para cada joven de Spring Valley
- ✓All art supplies provided
- ✓Guest-artist workshops
- ✓Exhibition and publication opportunities
- ✓Bilingual instruction
- ✓Culturally grounded curriculum
- ✓Partnership with local galleries and museums
Por qué Un Mar de Colores
Board and staff leadership is BIPOC-majority. Decisions about Spring Valley programming are made with community partners, not corporate sponsors.
Lo que dice nuestra comunidad
“"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."”
Preguntas frecuentes — Cultural Arts & Storytelling en Spring Valley
Do I need to bring art supplies?+
No — we provide paint, canvas, cameras, mural materials, and all workshop supplies. Spring Valley families show up ready to create, not shop for materials.
How is cultural arts connected to other Un Mar programs?+
Arts integrate with watershed education (Tijuana River visual narratives), Ocean Stewards after-school, and surf camp afternoons. Spring Valley youth see culture, environment, and ocean access as one movement.
Do participants get exhibition opportunities?+
Yes — every workshop cycle aims toward public exhibition, publication, or film screening. Un Mar partners with local galleries and museums to return Spring Valley youth art to the community — not sell it to tourists.
¿Los programas de Cultural Arts & Storytelling en Spring Valley son realmente gratuitos?+
Sí. Todos los programas de Un Mar de Colores en Spring Valley son 100% gratuitos. Proporcionamos trajes de neopreno 3/2mm, tablas de surf, transporte desde escuelas asociadas como La Presa Elementary, Loma Elementary, Kempton Street Literacy Academy, e instrucción bilingüe certificada. El financiamiento proviene de la San Diego Foundation, subvenciones comunitarias y donantes individuales.
¿Dónde se realizan exactamente las lecciones en Spring Valley?+
Los jóvenes de Spring Valley viajan en nuestro transporte a OB Pier (13 miles), aproximadamente a 12 millas. Los componentes de aula ocurren en escuelas y bibliotecas asociadas dentro de Spring Valley.
¿Qué edades son elegibles en Spring Valley?+
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 La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools.
¿Cómo inscribo a mi hijo/a?+
Contáctenos a través de nuestra página de contacto. La inscripción prioritaria se otorga a estudiantes de La Presa Elementary, Loma Elementary, Kempton Street Literacy Academy y otras escuelas de Título I en La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools. Los grupos de verano suelen llenarse con 3-4 semanas de anticipación.
¿Listo para entrar al agua?
Parents in Spring Valley: bilingual staff, certified lifeguard-trained coaches, and zero cost. Sign up now.
Todos los programas de Un Mar de Colores son gratuitos para jóvenes de Spring Valley. 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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