Grantee Database
ART SHARE LOS ANGELES INC
Grant Year
2024-25
Grant Program
Impact Projects
Award Amount
$23,147.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, ART SHARE LOS ANGELES INC will expand and enhance our Comeback Fest in the summer of 2025. This free community festival in the Arts District serves as a vital platform to engage and uplift historically underserved communities, showcasing underrepresented and marginalized artists through art, music, poetry, film, dance, and food. By increasing the festival’s footprint, we will provide more opportunities for diverse artists and engage a wider audience. Key features include live painting, musical and spoken word performances, artisan vendors, and public art initiatives.. This support will help us create a vibrant, inclusive platform that reflects the rich tapestry of Los Angeles’ artistic community, enriching and empowering our community while contributing to the cultural and economic vitality of the Arts District.
Organization Summary
Established in 1998, Art Share L.A. owns and operates a 30,000 sq. ft. building in the heart of the Arts District. Art Share’s mission is to create equitable access and opportunity for artists by providing a creative environment for them to live, work, learn, perform, and exhibit.
In 2020, our programs shifted to meet the newest challenges facing our community of creatives. Art Share launched Let’s Paint the Town, employing artists to create public murals, underscoring that artists are ESSENTIAL to the health and safety of our communities. Art Share innovated to offer new means of digital connection. We hosted virtual exhibitions and updated our facilities to enable podcast recording and live-streaming from our theater. We offered regular online concerts and performances. Our 2021 Comeback Fest welcomed over 2000 to the streets and spaces of Art Share, presenting 136 artists.
Our building continues to act as an access point to the arts. We are the only affordable cultural infrastructure in the downtown Arts District that prices 100% of our exhibition, performance, studio, and classroom spaces to be affordable to low-income and emerging artists, and offers 100% of our housing units to low-income tenants.
CREATING PATHWAYS FOR CREATIVE CAREERS
Our creative career program connects artists to paying opportunities from commissions to curation.
NURTURING ARTISTS’ PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Art Share L.A.’s Creative Exchange program is a free professional development series targeting emerging and underrepresented artists.
PROVIDING AFFORDABLE SPACES TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTED
Art Share prioritizes supporting underrepresented creatives and is committed to building an inclusive artist community.
UPLIFTING EMERGING AND UNDERREPRESENTED ARTISTS
Our galleries + theater present work that amplifies the voices of artists who have not been heard.
FIGHTING FOR AFFORDABLE ARTIST HOUSING AND RELIEF
Art Share’s 30 affordable live/work lofts provide housing for artists without fear of displacement.
Organization
Art Share L.A.
Address
801 E. 4th Place
LOS ANGELES
90013-1805
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(213) 687-4278
Congressional District
California's 34th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 53
State Senate District
District 24
