Grantee Database
INTERNATIONAL EYE LOS ANGELES
Grant Year
2024-25
Grant Program
Impact Projects
Award Amount
$21,989.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council International Eye LA will present Los Angeles Carnival, a Caribbean-style festival and parade along Crenshaw Boulevard, parallel to portions of the Metro K-Line, and in Leimert Park Village as part of the renaissance and economic revitalization of that iconic community. Capturing the spirit and heritage of the area, the event is being branded as ‘LA Carnival on the Shaw,’ and features a multicultural 100-Drum procession, a spectacular roadshow of masqueraders and dancers with creatively lit cyclists interwoven along the route. Local artists will be contracted to work with business owners before, during and after the event to activate their spaces with creative ‘Vibe Spots’ and ‘Chill Spaces’ that encourage audiences to engage and patronize the businesses.###
Organization Summary
Our core programs are built around five pillars:
Healing Our Spirits: Supporting spiritual wellness to maintain inner peace in the midst of chaos and despair.
Healing Our Minds: Supporting educational growth, mental wellness and mindful living.
Healing Our Bodies: Encouraging physical movement, healthy nutrition, attire, sleep, safety and comfort.
Healing Our Selves: Supporting self care as a critical part of sustaining a healthy community and a content life.
Healing Our Community: Creating and facilitating opportunities for economic growth and social equity.
Under our ‘Healing Minds’ pillar, IELA launched LA Creative Industries Academy (LACIA) and Carnival Arts in Education programs. Between 2020 and 2023 we graduated 15 LACIA fellows from underserved communities, some of whom have started their own creative practices or are pursuing opportunities in the creative industry.
Under our ‘Healing Spirits’ and ‘Healing Selves’ pillars, we have helped to preserve the endangered Jamaica Jonkonnu tradition, a practice that is rooted in the connected histories of Jamaica and Ghana. This work garnered us an invitation to present our work in Ghana in 2023, where we made spiritual connections and new skills in mask-making and costume design, which we are passing on through our youth and creative development programs. Our Los Angeles & Festival of Arts embodies our ‘Healing Community’ and ‘Healing Bodies’ pillars. Following a very successful inaugural presentation of the LA Carnival on Crenshaw Boulevard in 2023, we rebranded it as ‘LA Carnival on the Shaw’ to activate businesses and infuse economic revitalization along this economically depressed section of Crenshaw Boulevard. We are collaborating with other community developers to revitalize and market this area as ‘The Crenshaw Strip’ and create a global tourism destination for the Crenshaw/Leimert Park area.
Organization
International Eye LA
Address
7381 LA TIJERA BLVD UNIT 451034
LOS ANGELES
90045-7046
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(213) 761-4475
Congressional District
California Assembly district 36
State Assembly District
District 61
State Senate District
District 28
