“I did well with keeping eye contact as well as maintaining the flow of the conversation, but I need to work on presenting my work to the interviewer and making sure to use less ‘uh’s’ and ‘hmmm’s.’ Thank you for giving me this opportunity to practice! Now I feel more confident for when the real […]
During our Learning & Achieving Through the Arts winter session, students had the unique opportunity to collaborate not only with different schools, but also across different studios! Teaching artists Matt Bogdanow, Sadie Yarrington, and Kristy Messer, envisioned a three-art form collaboration between Digital Music, Dance, and Filmmaking. Over three weeks, sixth graders from Aspire Centennial […]
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 […]
We are thrilled to share with you our recently published 2018 Impact Report. In 2018, Inner-City Arts provided arts instruction for more than 6,500 Los Angeles children and teens, professional development for over 1,500 educators, and theater events for 12,000+ attendees. It was a big year and we are proud of our students, teaching artists, […]
Amanda Tooley, a fifth grade teacher at Angeles Mesa Elementary School in Crenshaw, first engaged with Inner-City Arts in 2018 by participating in the Professional Development Institute’s Creativity in the Classroom series. Seeing the impact of the workshops on her own teaching practice propelled Amanda to later attend our Summer Creativity Practicum and STEAM Connections […]
“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 started the New Year with music, horses, and lots of flowers. Our long-time friends and supporters, Wells Fargo, invited our students to take centerstage during the festivities leading up to and during the 130th Tournament of Roses Parade. Days before the 2019 Rose Parade, Inner-City Arts student alumni Yrah Ramos Del Sol sang […]
Together, we are LA. Together, as a community, we have the potential to greatly impact the lives of thousands of Los Angeles youth through arts programming. For being such an essential part of this effort and remaining a supportive member of this community, thank you. Please enjoy these digital gifts from our students, created in our studios, as […]
