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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 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 […]
