With support from the California Arts Council, Media Arts Santa Ana will produce the 11th OC Film Fiesta, a cinematic celebration of Orange County’s diversity and multicultural heritage, and strengthen MASA’s expansion to year-round programming. This project will support countywide programs that promote intergenerational and intercultural exchange, provide free & accessible screening opportunities for local and immigrant filmmakers, and inspire the next generation of digital visionaries.
MASA’s core programs include the OC Film Fiesta multicultural film festival, SMART Walk (South Main Art, Retail & Technology) resource fair, the Millennial Producers Academy (MILPA), Cafe MASA, Grassroots Garage Band, MASARTE Gallery exhibits, Curator Incubator Project, the OC Teen Cinema Camp, the Youth Murals and Media Class and Taco Truck Cinema. MASA is also a presenting partner in Arts Orange County’s OC Día del Niño festival. MASA promotes self-expression, community empowerment, civic participation and cultural agility by providing affordable film screenings and discussions, media arts training and interdisciplinary workshops to underserved youth and adults in the primarily Latino immigrant and working class communities in and around Santa Ana. Media Arts Santa Ana operates the TVGB Digital Maker Space and MASARTE Gallery, located in the Santa Ana Arts Collective artist affordable housing building, located at 1666 N Main in Santa Ana.