“Beth is a gift to us. She is a force of nature, open to life, change and transformation. She is a strategic human being, placed—I believe—by God in the heart of Inner-City Arts to aid us in opening the possibilities for the artistic and creative growth of thousands and thousands of beloved children living and […]
Inner-City Arts is excited to welcome back Richard Cabral’s Fighting Shadows for a series of performances from October 18 to November 4. The Rosenthal Theater at Inner-City Arts and Lineage Entertainment Group in association with Jamie Gertz is proud to present this second run of Emmy-nominated and star of FX’s Mayans M.C. Richard Cabral’s Fighting Shadows, a […]
From VoyageLA‘s “Meet Bob Smiland of Inner-City Arts“: Bob, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far. Life growing up in a modest income family in South Los Angeles was a great joy; I didn’t know any different. We didn’t have a car […]
Actors Rami Malek and Amber Heard accepted a grant award in the total of $30,000 for Pre-Professional Training & Mentorship on behalf of Inner-City Arts at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association gala on Thursday, August 9, 2018 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. This award is in support of Inner-City Arts’ media arts programming, which provides high-quality […]
For ten years, The Rosenthal Theater has been a literal and metaphorical stage for blossoming creative collaborations and meaningful mentorships. Last year, Inner-City Arts alumna, Moises Garcia, assisted a professional costume designer in the 2017 Inner-City Arts Repertory Dance Company Production, COME TOGETHER. This year, a new mentorship is taking flight. On July 21, the […]
“And we do it all here. This safe haven of creativity. Where we capture light, dream in color, make music, dance to the rhythm of our song, pray through performance.” We are overjoyed to share this film, “The Inner City Artist,” by high school student Atziri M. Debuted at the Work of Art graduation this […]
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, […]
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 […]
We are proud to share with you our recently published 2017 Impact Report! Discover the many ways Inner-City Arts served our city last year and explore the wide-range and impact of our student, educator and community programming and service. Preview a digital version below or download here.
We could not have asked for a more beautiful morning in Downtown Los Angeles this past Saturday, when we welcomed in hundreds of new students from the LAUSD Partnership for Los Angeles Schools to our campus for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to paint with world-renowned Panamanian artist, and friend of Inner-City Arts, Olga Sinclair! [VIEW MORE […]
At the start of Fall Session 1, we launched a new partnership with Children’s Institute, Inc.(CII), one of LA’s largest child welfare agencies, to offer arts opportunities to more students living in areas neighboring the CII Otis Booth campus just west of Downtown. Through four new visual and media arts studio classes taught by our […]
