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  • ABOUT
    • Welcome
    • Impact
      • Strategic Plan 2023-28
      • Impact Report 2023-24
    • History and mission
    • Staff directory
  • PROGRAMS
    • For youth
      • School-day: K-8th grades
      • Self-select classes: 6th-12th grades
      • College and career readiness: 11th-12th grades
    • For educators and parents/guardians
    • For audiences
    • Community resources
  • GET INVOLVED
    • Attend events
    • Volunteer
    • Support
    • Stay up to date
    • Employment
  • MEDIA
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July 7, 2010  |  By Matthew Sutphin
Can Architects Change the World?

As the economy puts the skids on McMansions, Dubai towers, and all the projects that might give architects a bad name, Frances Anderton thought it time to correct some misconceptions. “Architects have strong egos, but they also have strong ideals,” said Anderton, host of KCRW’s DnA: Design and Architecture. In an event co-sponsored by the […]

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May 11, 2010  |  By Matthew Sutphin
Hopes from Big Sunday: Inner-City Arts

Today, take a look at these stories from Inner-City Arts, an “oasis of learning, achievement and creativity in the heart of Skid Row, and a vital partner in the work of creating a safer, healthier Los Angeles.” On Big Sunday weekend, dozens of volunteers came together from across the City of Los Angeles for a […]

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April 6, 2010  |  By Matthew Sutphin
Inspiring Inner-City Children Through Art Class | GOOD Look

We’ll need creative thinkers to deal with the challenges of the 21st century. But the arts are being crowded out of our schools by testing and choked off by budget cuts. To help make sure the next generation has the imagination to improve the world, Inner City Arts is giving kids a canvas in Los […]

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March 15, 2010  |  By Matthew Sutphin
NEA chairman Landesman encounters the arts on Skid Row

A few weeks ago, Rocco Landesman, the chairman of theNational Endowment for the Arts, was in the East Room of the White House as President Obama conferred this year’s National Medal of Arts on Jessye Norman, Rita Moreno, Maya Lin and Michael Tilson Thomas, among others. On Monday, the cowboy-booted country music fan and self-described […]

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February 18, 2010  |  By Matthew Sutphin
Designed to Help Uplift the Poor

LIKE almost every other American architect who came to prominence in the recent gilded age, Michael Maltzan built his reputation with commissions for prestigious museums and luxurious private houses. In 2002 he garnered national attention for his graceful design for the temporary Museum of Modern Art in Queens. His most recent projects include a flying-saucer-like […]

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November 18, 2009  |  By Matthew Sutphin
The Best LA Buildings of the Decade!

With Curbed LA’s new look, what better time to take a look at the… past? Here, a round-up of the 10 best new—and rehabbed—buildings of the decade. To compile the list, we asked local architects, media types, Curbed readers, and various other experts for their opinions. We tallied the votes and then cast this list, […]

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October 27, 2009  |  By Matthew Sutphin
Zombies invade Los Angeles for 'Thrill The World'

When choreographer and dance instructor Ines Markeljevic rounded up 62 people in Toronto in 2006 to perform the dance from Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video, she probably didn’t imagine her humble gathering would spark a worldwide phenomenon. In 2007, Thrill the World included 1,722 dancers in 52 cities on five continents. In 2008, for the first […]

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September 30, 2009  |  By Matthew Sutphin
LAPD Chief Bratton Kicks Off Farewell Tour With Pair of Downtown...

There may still be a month before William Bratton officially departs Los Angeles for the private sector, but the Police Chief’s farewell tour is well underway. On Tuesday afternoon, back-to-back stops at Inner City Arts and Parker Center gave Bratton a chance to speak about what he views as two of his primary accomplishments in […]

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September 2, 2009  |  By Matthew Sutphin
ICA in Arch Record

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August 19, 2009  |  By Matthew Sutphin
Inner-City Arts Modern School Project by Michael Maltzan + Nancy Goslee...

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July 26, 2009  |  By Matthew Sutphin
LA's art oasis dances on its 20th birthday

The sounds of Salsa blasted near downtown Los Angeles’s Skid Row on Saturday evening, and the unlikely area was busy with valet drivers who attended to those who presented themselves at the Inner-City Arts 20th anniversary celebration. It so happens that in that humble part of downtown stands one of the best things the city […]

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July 25, 2009  |  By Matthew Sutphin
Get Out: ACME Saturday Night, Drive-In Movie, Party for a Cause,...

Summer on 7th: Party for Inner-City Arts Tonight Inner-City Arts celebrates its 20th anniversary with Summer on 7th. Guests can eat, drink, dance and enjoy from 7pm to midnight. Hear and see Son y Clave, one of L.A.’s premiere Latin music bands with Enio Cordoba, world champion salsa dancer and instructor; The Versa-Style Dance Company, […]

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Founded in 1989, Inner-City Arts offers a safe, creative space in Los Angeles where more than 200,000 children have been invited to create and explore. Inner-City Arts provides quality arts instruction for students from underserved communities, integrated arts workshops for educators, and programming designed for the community through The Rosenthal Theater.
    
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