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.
Photo credit: Craig Johnson Photography [for more photos] “My dance is home! A place where I can let go of all my fear and show the world who I truly am and the power I have within.” — Giselle Barrios, 2018 Inner-City Arts Repertory Dance Company This month, the Inner-City Arts Repertory Dance Company not […]
We are pleased to share that The Rosenthal Theater Director Dolores Chávez will receive the Queen of Angels Award from Stage Raw, which recognizes significant contribution to the Los Angeles theater and arts community. Past recipients include a list of esteemed LA-based actors and advocates, arts administrators and leaders, artistic directors and even drama critics […]
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 […]
“I spent most of my life doing what you are doing right now—exploring and discovering,” said former NFL football player and current CEO of The Imagination Agency Martellus Bennett to a theater filled with middle school students. “Creativity is something you can never discover enough of, so you always have to find new ways to […]
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 […]
