Calynn Watson Fields, a high school senior from South Central LA, didn’t have a lot of friends, didn’t know she could make people laugh, didn’t know she had something so important to share with the world – her story and vision. But that changed when she signed up for an Eamon Cannon Comedy workshop at […]
In 2017, Inner-City Arts welcomed hundreds of students to take over the streets of Downtown Los Angeles for Art Beyond Borders in partnership with FOSART. This week, Inner-City Arts partnered with FOSART once again in Los Angeles for Art Beyond Borders 2019 and invited more than 600 students and their teachers to paint with world-renowned […]
“In a broader sense, Inner-City Arts is a non-profit that offers free or low cost arts education to students around Los Angeles, but in a more specific and micro-sense, Inner-City Arts has become my second home.” Mia Bella Chavez, an 11th grade student at Inner-City Arts, was featured in Bright Lite Magazine this month! Mia Bella, […]
Inner-City Arts is excited to debut a new series presented by The Rosenthal Theater called LA SPEAKS, a gathering and platform for voices in our community. In our first installment, LA SPEAKS: On the Evolution of the Artist, we welcome teen participants to engage with professionals and emerging creatives on November 3, 2018 on the Inner-City Arts campus. This […]
Earlier this year, Martellus Bennett retired from the NFL to build a company he’d been thinking about for a long time: the Imagination Agency, which creates multimedia stories for children. We spend a day with him, from big presentations to the Kids’ Choice Awards. View the video featuring Bennett’s visit to Inner-City Arts on Inc.com.
New Board Chair Jonathan Schreter volunteers in the Ceramics Studio, supporting middle school students enrolled in summer programming. Photo credit: Kenzie Kate Floyd Inner-City Arts is thrilled to announce the appointment of longstanding board member and supporter Jonathan Schreter to Board Chair. “Inner-City Arts has spent the past 29 years deepening and strengthening their impact […]
“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 […]
Photo credit: Andrey Andreev [ VIEW MORE PHOTOS ] This month, we celebrated the 2018 Work of Art graduating class, sending the cadre of 17 students off to pursue their creative career or college endeavors. The graduation program–attended by family, friends and supporters–highlighted student artwork and performances. Students heard from Inner-City Arts alumnus Kenneth Chancey and […]
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, […]
We are proud to have been featured in the inaugural issue of TONAL, a new biannual printed journal dedicated to celebrating the strength, ambition, and beauty in women of color. The 300-page hardcover magazine, which features more than 50 writers, photographers and creatives from around the world, has highlighted the work of Inner-City Arts […]
We are astounded and filled with joy over a completed project emerging out of this past session’s Inner-City Arts x Red Hook Labs high school workshop “Seen and Unseen: The Making of a Zine,” led by teaching artist Collette McGruder. In this course, student artists collaborated with zine makers, photographers, creative directors and stylists to create […]
We are excited to announce and share with you our first-ever Membership Program! Join our movement, and a growing community of dedicated supporters, to unlock the creative potential of Los Angeles’ youth by becoming an advocate for arts education. In the coming weeks, hear from Inner-City Arts students, teaching artists, and alumni about the life-changing […]
