Dancer and choreographer, Casper Smart, played for Inner-City Arts on MTV’s The Challenge: Champs Vs. Stars. Professional athletes and entertainers competed against each other to raise money on behalf of causes they deeply care about. As an artist and Southern California native himself, Casper choose to rally behind Inner-City Arts’ mission to provide high quality […]
Year after year, Summer on Seventh continues to be an amazing celebration that brings together people from all over Los Angeles to experience the fun and transformational power of creativity, but this year seemed especially memorable! We welcomed hundreds of Angelenos to our campus to enjoy musical performances from Mark Ronson, Mayer Hawthorne, Travis Holcombe, […]
From Freunde von Freunden‘s “Artist Norberto Rodriguez helps shine a light on the cultural initiative, Inner-City Arts“: “I’m not sure I have a message with my work. I’m still working that one out. I think though, the larger thesis is to try to completely demystify art, almost to the level of eliminating it from culture.” Norberto—it […]
This June, we are celebrating the most recent graduating class of Work of Art, our college and career exploration program designed to prepare teens with the skills, training, and real-world experience necessary to prepare them for life beyond high school. As one cadre ends and another one begins, we took the time to interview Lottie, […]
As part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND) commissioned Guadalajara-based artist Jose Dávila to create Sense of Place, a multi-site, large-scale, public sculpture exhibition. This 8-foot cube made of 40 separate but interlocking forms slowly dissembled its various pieces from November 2017 to May 2018. Over the course of three “movements,” different […]
Los Angeles-based arts education provider, Inner-City Arts, announced Monday The DreamWorks Animation Charitable Foundation has donated a grant in the amount of $250,000 over five years in continued support of theDreamWorks Animation Academy at Inner-City Arts. Inner-City Arts provides instruction in digital media, film-making and graphic design to Los Angeles area students… Read more at Below the […]
In a survey conducted by IBM last year, 1,500 CEOs identified creativity as the number one competitive edge” of the future. And Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently wrote that dance, music, theater, and visual arts “are essential to preparing our nation’s young people for a global economy fueled by innovation and creativity.” Yet despite […]
The British Council is excited to announce a new children’s theatre project in Los Angeles, in partnership with the UK theatre group Gob Squad and Inner-City Arts, an L.A. arts non-profit serving young people from low-income backgrounds, which was visited by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their L.A. visit last year. The British […]
Call it a United Nations summit of sorts in the heart of Southern California. About 50 ambassadors from all over the world are here to learn about the culture of L.A. Ambassadors paid a visit to the Inner-City Arts school in downtown L.A. It’s easy to see the true diplomats at this gathering. More than […]
A little bit of the European theater world is coming to the skid row neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles. Inner-City Arts is teaming up with the British-German theater company Gob Squad and L.A.’s Center Theatre Group to launch a two-year stage project. The initiative will involve a handful of Inner-City Arts students participating in a […]
United States Chief of Protocol Capricia Penavic Marshall will lead the Obama Administration’s latest Experience America trip to Los Angeles with members of the Diplomatic Corps and their spouses from February 28th – March 2nd, 2012. Nearly 50 ambassadors representing countries spanning five continents will spend three days learning about the history, economy, and people […]
Before celebrities grab up their Golden Globes trophies Sunday, they’ll have the chance to learn about anti-bullying, homeless and arts charities. While organizers lay out the hottest, new products at the Golden Globes Gift Lounge and the Awards Gifting Suite, they’ll also tout their charities of choice,NeonTommy.com reports. Stars will learn about Gobble, Gobble Give, […]
