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Alice Allen dedicated over 22 years to volunteering at the Harlem School of the Arts. During that time, she encouraged and supported many young dancers who developed extraordinary talents. The Alice Allen Scholarship Fund for the Arts will support talented dancers at three distinct stages of their dance educational experiences.
Our Mission
Our mission is to ensure that children living in inner-city communities who show interest, promise, and dedication in developing their talents in dance have an opportunity to earn a scholarship to study dance.
We partner with individuals, programs, schools, organizations, and businesses who seek to support exposing inner-city youth's exposure and experiences in the arts. Through our innovative approaches to raise scholarship funds for our four-point support initiatives, interested entities have the ability to create short- and long-term partnerships with AASFA.
Additionally, AASFA accepts and strongly encourages individual donations of any amount.
Alice Allen worked tirelessly to support young aspiring dancers and artists to realize their dreams to perform on stages across the world. Many members of dance companies, performers, and artists attribute their tenacity and willingness to achieving their goals to Ms. Alice's special and no nonsense talks of encouragement.
AASFA is built on the foundation of over 22 years of voluntarism conducted by Alice Allen at Harlem School of the Arts.
The organization's goal for the 2018 is to raise at least $10,000 to provide scholarships to students of the arts.
At least two students will receive assistance from AASFA to pay for attendance at a dance school or program.
The Alice Allen Scholarship Fund for the Arts offers four formal opportunities for inner-city youth to receive support to attend or prepare to attend schools of the art. These opportunities allow the scholarships to target children who are at different stages of their art exposure and experience. Just as Alice Allen assisted and encouraged students at various points of their dance exposure, the AASFA will continue that dedicated work to support students who are simply thinking about taking a dance course to students who have concluded that the arts will play a major part of their life's endeavors. This approach allows AASFA to positively impact the lives of inner-city youth by providing exposure and access to their inner artist.
The AASFA Discovery Scholarship is granted to inner-city youth who show an interest in attending an arts summer, weekend, after-school, or intensive institute or camp to explore a budding interest or curiosity in the arts. This scholarship is targeted towards children 8 - 12 years old.
The AASFA Foundational Scholarship is granted to inner-city youth who are planning to auditioning to a specialized high school or college program that requires an audition. The scholarship will be used to provide the student an opportunity to work with a dance professional who will guide the student with the auditioning preparation and process.
The AASFA Transitional Scholarship is granted to inner-city youth who are seeking to transition from isolated dance classes to joining a formal group to further their interest in dance. This scholarship is targeted towards children 13 - 16 years old.
The AASFA Sustainability Scholarship is granted to inner-city youth who are involved in established dance groups, schools, and companies and require enrollment in a tuition-based program to refine their craft.
-Kim Brown
We keep our team small and our outreach large to ensure that we minimize the need to use funds for operational overhead. We involve professional artists to advise and join our team by becoming a member of our Advisory Board.
Since the Alice Allen Scholarship Fund for the Arts was founded in recognition of the of importance of voluntarism and partnerships, we actively seek people and organizations who are willing to assist us with supporting exposing and supporting inner-city youth to the arts. There are a variety of ways people and organizations can get involved with AASFA.
Sponsor an innovative event to support future scholarships and get listed as an AASFA partner.
Volunteer to assist AASFA with various events, programs, and outreach initiatives.
Donate towards the general sponsorship fund or select a specific program to support.
According to a study using national data representing over 25,000 school-aged students, researchers learned that students highly involved in the arts watch fewer hours of television, are actively involved in community service, and self-reported less boredom in school (Catterall, 2002).
