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ART OF ELY SIUM

Grant Year

2025-26

Grant Program

General Operating Support

Award Amount

$12,600.00

Project Description

With support from the California Arts Council, The Art of Elysium will sustain and expand its transformative, community-based arts programming for individuals facing medical, emotional, and systemic hardship across Los Angeles. CAC funding will support not only our monthly workshops, but also the artists and staff who bring them to life—covering fair compensation, materials, and accessibility resources. From bedside songwriting to youth-led fashion shows, our programs transcend circumstance, fostering belonging, resilience, and joy. Over the past 27 years, we have served more than 445,000 people—patients, elders, unhoused individuals, incarcerated youth, and families in crisis—through trauma-informed, culturally responsive creative experiences. We believe that artists are the solution, and that creativity builds community, heals pain, and lifts the next generation. This grant will help us keep that lifeline strong, sustainable, and open to all.

Organization Summary

We offer academic and community programming matching volunteer artists with communities in need. Artists work with The Art of Elysium’s program directors in their field to develop, or plug into existing programs. Volunteer artists are then eligible for artist support services.

We offer community service programs in the following disciplines: Fashion & Design, Film & Theatre, Music & Movement and Visual Arts. Each program is designed to:
-Support individuals in the midst of difficult emotional challenges related to illness, hospitalization, displacement, elder care, hospice, and/or crisis
-Promote opportunities for growth and development
-Encourage socialization
-Provide relief and self-expression through exposure to various artistic skills and disciplines
-Liberate and empower individuals to see beyond their fear and limitations
-Foster integration of emotional, cognitive and sensory processes
-Improve self-awareness and self-observation through creating and viewing ones’ own art
-Inspire artists to use their creativity in service
-Support the growth of emerging artists by providing opportunities to showcase their craft to the community at large

Organization

The Art of Elysium

Address

3278 WILSHIRE BLVD APT 1001

LOS ANGELES

90010-1422

County

Los Angeles

Region

South – Los Angeles & Orange

Phone

(213) 389-3201

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