Grantee Database
THE H E ART PROJECT
Grant Year
2024-25
Grant Program
Impact Projects
Award Amount
$20,832.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, H.E.Art Project dba artworxLA will collaborate with the Hammer Museum at UCLA, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Lynwood Unified School District, and Teaching Artists Beatriz Jaramillo and Tasnim Boufelfel to deliver a two-semester arts workshop at Vista High School (Lynwood) in 2023/24, enabling continuation high school students to address environmental and climate justice concerns in relation to their immediate proximity to the LA River. Artwork shared in culminating community exhibitions at the Hammer Museum, MOCA, and the Lynwood Unified Arts Festival.
Organization Summary
artworxLA has refined an innovative approach that relies on a network of partnerships with artists and creative professionals, cultural centers, businesses and colleges/universities. Our four-step “ladder” of arts opportunities includes:
1. Level 1 Classroom Workshops and Public Presentations: A series of artist-led, classroom workshops based on current programming at three prominent cultural centers that culminates with student public presentations at partnering venues.
2. Level 2 After-School Fellowships and Creative Career Skills Workshops.
3. Level 3 College Prep Summer Scholarships to college art programs.
4. Level 4 Career Prep Internships and Support: artworxLA staff provides guidance through the transition to college or the workforce through mentorship and opportunities such as, paid internships and job-shadowing at creative companies.
Organization
artworxLA
Address
3787 S. Vermont Ave., Suite 101
Los Angeles
90007
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(323) 465-1404
Congressional District
California's 37th congressional district
State Assembly District
57
State Senate District
28
