Inner-City Arts was honored to be recognized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at their Annual Grants Banquet this week. HFPA awarded a total of $3.8 million in grants to nonprofits. Actor, singer, comedian, and television host James Corden accepted a grant in the total of $30,000 for Pre-Professional Training & Mentorship on behalf of […]
From Grimy Goods‘s “Inner-City Arts’ Summer on 7th Bustles With Joy With Performances by Best Coast and Shannon & The Clams“: Inner-City Arts opened their campus for a fundraiser on Saturday night. Summer on 7th promised a musical lineup that brought a crowd of a thousand people to their rooftop show, but there was plenty to take […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
From KCET ARTBOUND‘s “The Broad Invites the Children of L.A. to Explore Their Very Own Museum“: Bob Bates, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Inner-City Arts (ICA), also feels thankful for his educational art center’s partnership with The Broad. ICA teachers have been able to visit with their students on a regular basis. “It is a […]
Last year, LIFEWTR connected with Inner-City Arts and asked us to nominate students to consider for their latest design bottle series. The new Series 4 artwork highlights the work of three emerging artists who discovered a more inspired future through arts education programs available to them in their communities. We’re proud to share with you […]
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 […]
To view photos, click Next. During a five-week collaboration, 6th grade students from Arroyo Seco Elementary teamed up with mentors from Disney Consumer Products and Walt Disney Imagineering in the Creativity Lab to build and race their own Disney-themed slot cars! Teams of two were each assigned a theme to design their product around: Disney XD’s Mech […]
To view photos, click Next. Thanks to a very sweet partnership with artisanal ice cream kitchen Salt & Straw, 4th and 5th grade students from Inner-City Arts had the opportunity to collaborate and create three new signature flavors which will launch in the Salt & Straw Arts District store for the month of April. In […]
