Inner-City Arts
  • 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
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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
    • Photo gallery
    • Videos
    • Press
  • CONTACT
  • DONATE
    • Make a one-time donation
    • Matching gifts
    • Become a member
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  • Team
  • Board
  • Founders Board
  • YPB
Leadership & Staff

Justine Adeboyejo

Teaching Artist, Visual Arts
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Collette Williams Alleyne

Chief Education Officer
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Matías Anaya

Teaching Artist, Music
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Nancy Avila

Accounting Manager
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Ernest Baker
Teaching Artist, Dance

Giselle Barrios

Senior Programs Manager
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Bob Bates

Co-Founder, Artistic Director
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Joanna Berkowitz

Program Coordinator
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Emily Buttner

Teaching Artist
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Jennifer Carroll

Associate Director of Education
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Amy Cuenco

Director of Finance & HR
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Dylan Diloretto

Teaching Assistant, Visual Arts
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Marquisha Doolittle

Development Associate
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Amanda R. Edwards

Director of Communications
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Zion El-Amin
Teaching Artist, Dance

George Garcia

EVP & Chief Operating Officer
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Holli Hornlien

Associate Director of Work of Art
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Marshawn Hunter

Facilities
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Holly Le

Senior Accountant
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Jovonie Leonard
Teaching Artist, Dance

Nick Manuguerra

Assistant Facilities Manager
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Ashley Margo

Lead Designer + Teaching Artist, Media Arts
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Karina Mata

Teaching Artist, Media Arts
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Orlando Moreno

Outreach + Programs Manager
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Cynthia Nava

Teaching Artist, Visual & Media Arts
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Adrian Noriega

Program Coordinator
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Eva C. Perez

Lead Teaching Artist, Visual Arts
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Wendy Roque

Senior HR Generalist
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Esai Salas

Teaching Artist, Music
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Michael Sample

Co-Artistic Director
(on sabbatical)
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Tom Simmermaker

Teaching Artist, Performing Arts
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Matthew Sutphin

Communications Manager
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Rebecca Tager

Teaching Artist, Ceramics
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Jessie Tucker

Facilities Manager
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Rosanna Tullio

Associate Director of Institutional Giving
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Sarah Tytus

Development Operations Associate
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Anabel Vallin

Programs Assistant
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Alma Villegas

Senior Director of Development
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Nancy Deren Weingarten

Creativity Lab Studio Assistant
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Shelby Williams-González

President & CEO
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Board Officers

Grant Withers headshot

Grant Withers

Board Chair
Capital Group

Kapil Gupta

Vice Chair
Boston Scientific

Darris Sherman

Treasurer
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Vanessa Walker-Oakes

Secretary
Flintridge Preparatory School
Board Members

Kingsley Afemikhe

Shield AI

Kara Ahmanson

Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association

Malina Brown

Sugerman Communications Group

Gillian Calof

ClimateWorks Foundation

Lauren DeVillier

Standing Ear Productions, LLC.

Brian Goldsmith

Lionsgate

Allison Graff-Weisner

Otis College of Art and Design
Jackie Harman headshot

Jackie Harman

COYN

Roth Herrlinger

Evolution

Jeffrey E. Jaeger

Standard Communities

Tae Kim

Collins Kim, LLP

Thomas Kim

Insomniac / Live Nation

Kevin Pleasant

Chase

Margaret Richard

MLR Consulting Partners

Julia Taylor-Brown

The Garcia Companies
The Founders

Bob Bates

Co-Founder and Artistic Director
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Irwin J. Jaeger

Co-Founder
Founders Board Members

Geoffrey Anenberg

Creative Space

Wallis Annenberg

Kim Baer

Bill & Tamara Bagnard

Jon Basalone

Trader Joe's

Frank Baxter

Craig Benell

Alan Berro

Cynthia Harnisch Breunig

Al Brooks

Marvin G. Burns

Vera R. Campbell

Ira Cohen

Bob Davidson

Sharon DeBriere

Susan Emerling-Torres

Mitchell Frank

Spaceland Productions

Bobbie Greenfield

Crosby Haffner

Synan Holdings

Eugene L. Hernandez

Douglas Hinchliffe

Steve Hirsh

Linda Hothem

Paul C. Johnson

Glorya Kaufman

Laurie Konheim

Melanie Lundquist

Rick Madden

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Michael Maltzan

Jay Mangel

Jeff Marine

Silvia Marjoram

American Business Bank

Randy Miller

Connie Moran-Romero

Scott Morielli

Graff Californiawear

Anthony E. Nicholas

Drew Planting

Maura Rampolla

Monica Rosenthal

Joseph Sanford

Martha Saucedo

Steve Schoenholz

Tempted Apparel

William Schoenholz

Eric Schotz

Michael Schreter

Bob Shearin

Mithra Sheybani

Attorney

Mark Slavkin

Beatriz Stotzer

Katerina Tana

Joni Topper

JP Morgan Chase
Young Professionals Board Members

WHO WE ARE

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WHAT WE DO

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  • FOR STUDENTS
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  • THE ROSENTHAL THEATER
  • OUR IMPACT
  • IMPACT REPORT
  • EN ESPAÑOL

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ABOUT US

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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