Inner-City Arts President and CEO Bob Smiland was recently interviewed by The Pasadena Outlook about his professional journey from successful corporate executive to passionate nonprofit arts leader: “I’ve learned how devastating life is for so many people in our inner city. Students come here from very tough situations, violence and hunger and poverty,” Smiland said. “Our […]
Special thanks to Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber for curating an art auction and selecting Inner-City Arts as one of the non-profit beneficiaries along with LIFT Los Angeles. The LA art-loving community gathered at TA’s Artist Space in Beverly Hills to take a peek at the Bieber’s private collection, including pieces from Takashi Murakami, and […]
Inner-City Arts has partnered with Curiious to explore and support a fresh, innovative approach to education using virtual reality (VR) to engage students. Curiious is a virtual reality education and training company that has used creativity and technology to solve problems for over 20 years. With offices in Sydney, Los Angeles, and New York, […]
This November, Inner-City Arts will host the 2019 Imagine Awards on our very own campus, where we will present the Lifetime Achievement Award to our co-founder and Artistic Director Bob Bates for his dedication and vision. This year’s festivities will be hosted by Glorya Kaufman. In 2009, long-time supporter Glorya Kaufman awarded Inner-City Arts a […]
This summer’s Red Hook Labs x Inner-City Arts Summer 2019 photography courses focused on fashion photography and portraiture. With guidance from teaching artist Collette McGruder, students created images across various sites, including the Santa Monica National Forest. These young photographers drew inspiration from specific sites to launch an unexpected visual dialogue about youth, nature, history, […]
On Thursday, July 25, the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture gathered together L.A. county officials, nonprofit partners and other grantees in The Rosenthal Theater at Inner-City Arts to announce that it has received up to a record-breaking $5.5 million in funding for the arts this year. The grants will be distributed to […]
[ VIEW MORE PHOTOS ] This year The Rosenthal Theater’s Youth Performance Ensemble, along with the Inner-City Arts Repertory Dance Company, performed Anywhere & Everywhere, In Our America, a multimedia production of theater, dance, and video work that explored the stories of America that divide, bind, and inspire us. This production tackled difficult topics — […]
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 […]
“Working on the podcast was so much fun. We worked as a team to produce this work of art, and things were hectic at times, but we came together and it’s amazing!” — Sienna Facundo This week, students launched the Work of Art Radio with a podcast series for teens by teens titled “Artists in […]
“I came from a dark place before I came to Inner-City Arts. Work of Art has been my healing process. And now I want to help other people tell their story just like Work of Art helped me tell mine. I came to Inner-City Arts searching for arts education because my school didn’t have any […]
