With support from the California Arts Council, Highways will present the two- month Behold! Festival at our Santa Monica venue in spring 2020. The Festival will comprise 16 nights of risk-taking and challenging performances by racially diverse established and emerging LGBTQ artists, an exhibition, 2 master classes, 1 artist residency, 2 panel discussions and opening and closing night receptions. Awarded funds will support the Artistic Director and the participating artists’ fees.
Highways presents over 100 annual performances by culturally diverse dramatic soloists, small theater groups, dance companies and spoken word artists. We also curate an average of 10 annual contemporary exhibitions exploring the boundaries between the performing and visual arts and sponsor residencies that provide emerging artists access to professionally directed training in the performing arts. Our presentations and promotional campaigns financially support hundreds of culturally diverse and cutting-edge artists and nurture their artistic development. To date, Highways has presented over 1000 original works, and has produced over 2400 different arts programs that have attracted over 285,000 people.